Questions OEM Partners Ask Us

Integrating CommsXtend® into a machinery product line starts with Connected Farms' engineering team working directly with the OEM's team to mount the hardware on the machine and establish the private 5G/4G zone specification for that equipment line. From there, the integration goes through joint certification - testing against the specific product line before it enters production - so every unit shipped performs consistently rather than varying unit to unit.

Because CommsXtend® is designed to be embedded rather than added on afterward, this process happens once during the design and manufacturing stage, not per customer or per unit sold. Amazon Leo satellite backhaul and the AWS cloud layer are part of the same certified integration, so OEMs don't need a separate process for coverage gaps or diagnostics. Full technical specifications and the certification workflow are detailed on the CommsXtend® product page.

Yes, Connected Farms works with OEMs as a long-term manufacturing partner, not a one-off vendor. Connectivity is co-engineered during the design and manufacturing process: Connected Farms works directly with an OEM's engineering team to mount CommsXtend®, establish the private 5G/4G zone specification, and certify the integration against the equipment line before it goes into production.

Once certified, CommsXtend® ships as a standard feature across an entire product line rather than requiring a new network build for every unit or every customer. Ongoing support runs through the same relationship: an AWS cloud layer gives OEMs visibility into diagnostics and remote support across every machine in the field, and Amazon Leo satellite backhaul is built into the certified integration from the start, so coverage gaps don't surface as a support issue after the fact.

This is a manufacturing-stage partnership model, not an aftermarket retrofit - the certification work happens once, before production, rather than being repeated per customer or per unit.

Certification timelines vary by product line, but the process itself follows the same sequence for every OEM partner. Connected Farms' engineering team starts by working with the OEM's team to define the private 5G/4G zone specification for that equipment line, then moves into hardware mounting and integration testing, and finishes with joint certification against the specific product line before it enters production.

Because CommsXtend® is designed to be embedded during manufacturing rather than retrofitted afterward, this certification work happens once per product line - not per unit or per customer - so the upfront engineering time is an investment that doesn't need repeating as units roll off the line.

Each certified integration is scoped to a specific product line's engineering specification, mounting requirements, and private 5G/4G zone, so technically, supporting multiple OEMs - even across competing equipment categories - doesn't require them to share infrastructure or data with one another. One OEM's certified integration has no visibility into another's.

CommsXtend® and the AWS cloud layer give an OEM visibility into diagnostics and remote support data for machines running their embedded connectivity, while the same connectivity also feeds the farmer's own operational data back into their farm management systems. Both parties draw on data generated by the same connected machine, which is exactly why ownership, access rights, and any onward-sharing terms need to be explicit in the partnership agreement rather than assumed from the technology alone.

Because CommsXtend® is certified against a specific product line before it enters production, the hardware and integration are validated as part of that line's manufacturing process rather than added on afterward. Ongoing support runs through Connected Farms' AWS cloud layer, giving visibility into diagnostics and remote support across every machine running the certified integration. How warranty coverage and support liability are apportioned between Connected Farms and the OEM - parts, labour, on-site service - is a contractual matter, not something to state definitively here.