Ignition by Inductive Automation®
The Unlimited Platform for SCADA and So Much More. Ignition by Inductive Automation is unlimited, so for the low cost of one server license you can seamlessly connect all your data, design any kind of industrial application with ease, and instantly web-deploy unlimited clients to anyone, anywhere — all from one universal platform for industrial automation. Ignition is server software that acts as the hub for everything on your plant floor for total system integration. No matter what brand, model, or platform, it talks to your plant-floor equipment just as naturally as it talks to SQL databases, seamlessly bridging the gap between production and IT. Ignition comes with everything you need to create any kind of industrial application. The included Ignition Designer combines a rich component library, easy data-binding, as well as powerful tools for drawing and scripting, into one fully-integrated development environment.
Ignition comes standard with an unlimited number of concurrent Ignition Designers at no extra cost. Ignition has a full range of software modules to develop virtually any kind of industrial application. Ignition is used in virtually every industry around the globe. See real-world Ignition applications in action. Ignition gets your vital real-time data to anyone anywhere. Instantly web-launch an unlimited number of zero-install, full runtime clients from an on-premise or cloud-based server. The cost of one Ignition server license buys you the freedom to launch as many clients as you need. Ignition is totally cross-platform and installs in minutes onto servers, laptops, and embedded devices. Ignition’s server-centric web-deployment model is flexible and scalable enough for architectures of any type or size.
ECS is a Premier Integrator and Top 100 Seller!
Premier Level Qualifications:
- Consistently produce high-quality work
- Reach a minimum of $100,000 in overall Ignition sales
- Maintain a minimum of $50,000 in annual Ignition sales
- Minimum of two engineers with current Gold Certification status
- An active participant within the Ignition community
How ECS Solutions uses dataset tags in Ignition by Inductive Automation, updated periodically by gateway timer scripts, to drive graphics on dashboard displays.
Creating informative dashboards, especially dashboards that provide data analytics, can be challenging. Oftentimes the requirements for the dashboard will evolve as it is developed. Over time, the queries and scripting functions and analyses that drive the data behind the dashboard start to pile up. This drains resources and drags down performance. This can also leave end-users with a (technically) functional but inefficient, slow, or even “clunky” result. If the analyses are being performed on the clients (a common pitfall for an inexperienced Ignition developer), this problem is compounded as more and more users start to access or view the application, each client running its own separate queries and analyses.
Implementation of a Data Pump with Ignition
There are many tools on the market for historizing process data. These tools typically treat each point of data individually when historizing, which works great for trend screens and instrumentation reporting. However, it is often desirable to log a “set” or “group” of data together, associating many data points with a single event. This use case is particularly common with batching operations, where detailed records must be kept. This can be accomplished in many different ways.
Using Ignition Scripting Libraries
Volumes have been written about the proper use of tools within a software application and how to create projects for maximum efficiency in both development and execution. Senior programmers and leaders of development teams strive to write and deploy robust solutions that are simple, efficient, easy to debug, and easy to adapt in the future.
Ignition is a multi-faceted tool that continues to revolutionize industrial applications. The package includes a powerful scripting tool that has undergone significant upgrades from versions 7 and before and has existed in its current form since version 8. When combined with the software’s other capabilities and using a disciplined approach to the application of all the tools, Ignition can give you efficient and optimized solutions that can solve most SCADA and business integration challenges.
Ignition Perspective® Module
Human-machine interface (HMI) vendors have been promising a utopia based around web-based technologies for over two decades. The prospect of simply providing a web address to anyone within an organization that leads to a fast-loading, full-power supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system has been on most factories’ wish list for a long time. After all, internet page tools and functionality have far outpaced advancements in SCADA software over the same time. The advancements seem to leap forward every time someone reloads a page, with new widgets and tools available almost daily. When coupled with hardware developments like high contrast screens; enhanced touchscreen operations; and capabilities like Bluetooth, accelerometers, geolocation, and more; a flexible, web-based option has been coveted.
Innovative Tools for the Evolving Systems Integrator
At ECS Solutions, Inc., we’ve been a proponent of Inductive Automation’s floor-side solutions for many years. Products like Perspective are ushering in a new era of connectivity and usability within our clients’ organizations. These changes are welcome for our developers who have traditionally been confined to the factory floor or who have connected applications to a database where someone else would integrate ERP or other packages beyond our traditional demarcation points. Today our team examines the entire enterprise more holistically and considers not only personnel working equipment side but also consider the needs of those working at the bridge between the floor and office as well as those who rarely visit the production floor.
Exploring the Benefits of Enterprise Architecture with Inductive Automation’s Ignition
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, companies face numerous challenges such as data fragmentation, operational inefficiencies, and the need for real-time decision-making. To overcome these obstacles, many organizations are turning to enterprise architecture solutions that offer a holistic approach to optimizing operations. One such solution is Inductive Automation’s Ignition, a powerful software platform that offers a wide array of benefits for enterprise architecture implementation. In this blog post, we will explore the advantages of employing Ignition as part of a comprehensive enterprise architecture strategy.
Large Scale SCADA Migration using Ignition coupled with the Perspective Module
ECS Solutions, Inc., recently completed a large-scale SCADA migration for a fortune 500 food manufacturing client. This upgrade was noteworthy based on the size of the facility-wide project and the fact that it was executed using Inductive Automation’s Ignition platform coupled with the Perspective visualization module as the basis of design. This client has embarked on an enterprise-wide modernization effort which will enable them to maintain and monitor their dozens of facilities. In many ways, this made possible by rapid advancements in plant floor hardware and computing software, commonly referred to as Industry 4.0.