Function · Hardware visualisation Roadmap
A real-time picture of equipment status across the warehouse. Today openWCS visualises the conveyor topology; the live status view of every device is planned, not yet built.
⚑ Roadmap — live equipment status visualisation is planned, not yet implemented. The conveyor topology editor below exists today.
Built today
The one visualisation that ships today: the editor where admins draw and inspect the conveyor graph — the same graph the routing layer runs against.
Admins lay out nodes and edges in a visual editor (React Flow) and set each node's hardware address — the live, editable picture of the conveyor network.
Topology learned from sniffed scan traffic surfaces in the same editor as a proposal to accept or diff — visualising what the hardware is actually doing.
An admin toggle puts every device adapter (conveyors, ASRS, AMR, AutoStore) into emulator mode: it simulates the machines and emits synthetic telemetry, so you can run the whole automation flow with zero hardware. Ideal for evaluation, onboarding, and CI.
On the roadmap
Extending visualisation from the conveyor graph to the whole automated estate — with live state on each device. Planned, not yet implemented.
Planned: live status across equipment — running, faulted, idle, in maintenance — overlaid on the topology so the floor sees state at a glance.
Planned: a live view of ASRS aisles, crane/shuttle position and fill, so storage state is visible alongside the conveyors that feed it.
Planned: AMR fleet positions and AutoStore grid/port status, bringing mobile robots and cube storage into the same live picture.
At a glance
conveyor topology editor (draw · learned overlay) (built)
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┄┄┄ roadmap ┄┄┄ live status: equipment · ASRS aisles · AMR fleet · AutoStore grid
Open & honest
The conveyor topology editor is live today; the live status views are tracked in the open.