Introducing Relay Control
How we are transforming the way engineering teams work with design documents and control systems.
Today, we are excited to introduce Relay Control — a new way for engineering teams to transform design documents into deterministic, auditable industrial control code.
The Problem We're Solving
Industrial automation projects involve countless documents: equipment lists, I/O schedules, P&IDs, control narratives, and more. These documents contain critical information that needs to be translated into PLC programs, SCADA configurations, and control system databases.
Traditionally, this translation process is manual and error-prone. Engineers spend hours copying data between spreadsheets and programming environments, introducing mistakes that are often only caught during commissioning — when they are most expensive to fix.
A Different Approach
Relay Control takes a fundamentally different approach. Instead of treating code generation as a one-time manual task, we treat it as a repeatable, auditable process.
Here's how it works:
- Import your documents — Bring in your existing Excel sheets, PDFs, and other design documents.
- Define extraction patterns — Tell Relay Control where to find the data you need. Our AI helps identify patterns and suggests rules.
- Configure validation — Set up rules to catch errors before they become problems. Type checks, range limits, cross-references — all explicit and version-controlled.
- Generate outputs — Produce PLC code, SCADA configurations, databases, and documentation. All from the same source of truth.
Built for Collaboration
Relay Control isn't just a tool for individual engineers. It's designed for team collaboration:
- Shared Libraries — Build up a library of extraction patterns and templates that your whole team can use.
- Version Control — Track changes to your rules and templates. Know who changed what and when.
- Audit Trail — Every generated output can be traced back to its source data and the rules used to create it.
AI That Assists, Not Replaces
We use AI thoughtfully. In Relay Control, AI helps you identify patterns in documents and suggests extraction rules — but every suggestion requires human review and approval before it affects your outputs.
This approach gives you the efficiency benefits of AI while maintaining the rigor and accountability that industrial projects demand.
Get Started
Relay Control is available now for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Download it from our download page and follow the getting started guide to create your first project.
We can't wait to see what you build with Relay Control.
— The Relay Control Team