Event-triggered capture
Use configured PLC conditions and machine events to preserve the evidence surrounding the moments that matter.
See the event. Understand the cause. Prove the improvement.
RootTruth™ is an industrial investigation platform designed to capture and synchronize the evidence engineering teams need to understand machine events, identify root cause and reduce recurrence across industries.
For operations with machinery, automation and process equipment. Explore industries and applications →
WHY RootTruth
The event passes. The evidence should not.
A machine event may last only seconds, but the investigation can take hours. Operator recollection is incomplete, alarm logs lack context, PLC values have moved on and camera footage rarely aligns naturally with controls data.
RootTruth™ is designed to preserve that evidence automatically and bring it together on one timeline—so the investigation begins with what happened, not a reconstruction of it.
CORE CAPABILITIES
The evidence engineers need, synchronized around the event.
Synchronized video
Use rolling camera buffers to preserve relevant pre-event and post-event footage when an event occurs.
PLC signal history
Capture selected digital and analogue signals and present meaningful state changes clearly around the event.
Event correlation
Group related primary and sub-events while preserving the exact order in which conditions appeared.
Structured investigation
Turn important events into cases with root cause, resolution, confidence, action and effectiveness verification.
Reliability learning
Use repeat-event patterns and investigation outcomes to show where engineering effort can have the greatest effect.
A DIFFERENT APPROACH
Not another OEE dashboard.
RootTruth™ starts where monitoring ends: when something has gone wrong and engineering needs to determine why.
Rather than replacing the PLC, HMI, SCADA or camera system, RootTruth™ sits across the existing environment and connects the evidence needed for investigation.
EVENT→EVIDENCE→ROOT CAUSE→IMPROVEMENT
INTEGRATION PHILOSOPHY
Built to fit existing automation environments.
CONTROLPLC / OPC UA
+VISIONRTSP / ONVIF Cameras
+EVENTSMachine Conditions
→RootTruthSynchronized Evidence
Protocol and hardware support will expand as the product develops. RootTruth™ is intended to remain vendor-neutral rather than tied to a single controls ecosystem.
THE INVESTIGATION JOURNEY
From machine event to verified improvement.
Capture
Configured machine conditions trigger automatic preservation of the relevant video, PLC signals and event context surrounding the moment something happened.
Investigate
Engineers replay the event on one synchronized timeline, compare signal changes with physical behaviour and identify the sequence that led to the failure.
Improve
Record root cause, corrective action and confidence, with higher-tier workflows intended to verify whether the change reduced recurrence and improved performance over time.
SEE IT. UNDERSTAND IT. SOLVE IT.
Investigate the event as one connected story.
Instead of switching between CCTV, alarm logs, PLC traces and handwritten notes, engineers work from one synchronized investigation view.
Illustrative interface · example data, not a live product screen
RootTruthEventsCasesAnalyticsReportsSearch events, tags or cases…
CONVEYOR STOP · LINE 1
Conveyor Speed
Motor Current
Product Sensor
Air Pressure
- Event type
- Conveyor Stop
- Severity
- High
- Triggered by
- PLC signal
- Related events
- 2
WHAT THE ENGINEER SEES
The evidence around the event, presented in context.
Pre-event video
See what the machine, material and surrounding process were doing before the event occurred.
PLC state changes
Follow the digital and analogue signals that changed around the event instead of reviewing long lists of repeated samples.
Primary & sub-events
Understand the order in which related conditions appeared, helping separate the first cause from downstream symptoms.
Investigation case
Keep evidence, root cause, resolution, actions, confidence and verification together in one traceable engineering record.
CASE CLOSURE
Restore the machine. Then make the learning permanent.
Important events can become investigation cases that stay open until the team records what happened, what caused it and what was done about it.
The result is a repeatable engineering workflow instead of knowledge disappearing into notebooks, chats or shift handovers.
Root Cause
Document the underlying cause rather than stopping at the alarm that first appeared.
Resolution
Record the engineering change, repair or process action taken to address the problem.
Confidence
Distinguish between confirmed, highly likely, suspected and unknown conclusions.
Effectiveness
Check whether the problem actually reduced after the action instead of assuming the fix worked.
FROM ROOT CAUSE TO RELIABILITY
Every solved event should make the next investigation easier.
RootTruth™ preserves the conclusion as well as the event: the root cause, action taken, confidence in the diagnosis and whether the improvement actually worked.
Over time, those closed investigations become a searchable record of recurring problems, successful fixes and engineering knowledge across the site—turning individual fault finding into a reliability learning system.
THE BUSINESS CASE
Downtime is expensive. Better investigations can have a measurable return.
RootTruth™ is designed to shorten the path to root cause, reduce engineering time spent gathering evidence and help prevent repeat failures.
For many automated operations, even a modest reduction in investigation time—or avoiding a small number of repeat downtime events—can represent significant operational value compared with the cost of the software.
We will never present a generic payback claim as a guarantee. The value depends on your downtime cost, event frequency and current investigation process.
ILLUSTRATIVE VALUE DRIVERS
Faster investigationsLess engineering time spent reconstructing events
Reduced repeat downtimeTurn confirmed root causes into lasting corrective action
Better use of evidenceMake decisions from synchronized machine data instead of assumptions
Retained knowledgeKeep solved investigations available for future teams and sites
LICENCE OPTIONS
One core platform. Three levels of capability.
Every RootTruth™ licence includes the core event-capture and synchronized replay experience. Higher tiers add structured investigation, reliability workflow and advanced intelligence—not artificial limits on users, machines, cameras or PLC tags.
Basic
For teams that want reliable evidence around machine events and a faster way to understand what happened.
- Automatic event capture
- PLC and configurable event triggers
- Pre/post-event video
- Synchronized video + PLC timeline
- Digital & analogue signal history
- Primary & sub-event correlation
- Event history, search and basic metrics
BEST FORSeeing what happened
Contact sales →Engineer
For engineering teams that want to turn captured events into structured investigations, actions and reusable site knowledge.
- Everything in Basic
- Investigation cases
- Root cause + resolution workflow
- Root-cause confidence rating
- Corrective actions, owners and due dates
- 5-Why investigation workflow
- Searchable investigation knowledge base
- MTTR, repeat-event and reliability views
- Weekly reliability digest
BEST FORUnderstanding why
Contact sales →Intelligence
For reliability-led operations that want to verify improvements, expose recurrence patterns and prioritise engineering effort.
- Everything in Engineer
- Effectiveness verification
- Baseline vs post-fix comparison
- Target reduction tracking
- Advanced recurrence analysis
- Reliability Score
- Advanced reliability trends
- Cross-machine / site comparisons
- Pattern discovery and prioritisation
BEST FORKnowing what to improve next
Contact sales →No artificial infrastructure limits.RootTruth is intended to be licensed per site/server, with deployment capacity governed by genuine technical requirements rather than arbitrary per-user, per-camera, per-machine or per-tag charges.
OPTIONAL ADD-ON
RootTruth AI
Add AI-assisted investigation, analysis and reporting to the RootTruth™ licence that fits your operation. Turn event evidence into practical insight for engineers and business leaders.
Likely first-cause signalsSurface signals and changes that appear most relevant to the event sequence.
Investigation summariesTurn captured evidence and case activity into a concise engineering summary.
Correlation assistanceHelp engineers explore repeat relationships across events, signals and conditions.
Daily, weekly & monthly reportsGenerate summaries of machine events, investigations, recurring issues and corrective-action progress over the reporting period.
Business reviewsBring reliability trends, downtime impact and improvement progress into a clear review of operational performance, with priorities for the next period.
Advisory by designAI supports the engineer's investigation; it does not replace engineering judgement or automatically alter machine control.
CAPTURE. INVESTIGATE. IMPROVE.