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Design Like A Pro: 25+ Tips For Lightning-Fast Development

Join industrial automation experts as they share their top tips and tricks for developing applications amazingly fast (and without compromising quality). You’ll learn about functions in the Ignition designer that shorten a project’s timeline, how to speed up scripting, time-saving techniques for using the Ignition gateway, and a whole lot more.

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What Is A System Integrator?

Whether you call them “control system integrators,” “systems integrators,” “system integrators,” or just “integrators,” these technology professionals combine different hardware, software, and communication protocols to create an automation system for their customers, and they are becoming increasingly important with the rising adoption of new automation technologies.

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Assembling The Puzzle Pieces Of Digital Transformation

In this webinar, you will see how to build a scalable system for SCADA, MES, IIoT, and Digital Transformation, step by step. Experts from Inductive Automation, Cirrus Link Solutions, Sepasoft, Opto 22, and 4IR Solutions will explain how their respective software and hardware components fit together to create a seamless automation ecosystem within an Ignition Hub and Spoke Architecture.

61 min video

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Integrator Roundtable: Building A Successful & Sustainable Future In Manufacturing

This integrator roundtable will be packed with practical, first-hand advice on sowing the seeds of tomorrow’s success in today’s economy. Some of the best integrators across a wide range of industries will share insights on achieving great leadership, actionable tips to finding incredible talent, and what it really takes to create a company culture that cultivates success. They’ll also discuss building sustainable systems, recent challenges in integration, and emerging technologies in industrial automation. Don’t miss it!

54 min video

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SQL Bridge Module: Bridging the Gap Between SQL and PLCs

Often called a “Swiss Army Knife” for efficiently moving data between PLCs and SQL databases, the SQL Bridge Module leverages Ignition’s native database connectivity to map data to any tables you want, in any format that you want. The SQL Bridge Module acts as a transaction manager for logging data with additional context, calling stored procedures, and synchronizing data bi-directionally.

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OPC UA Module: Upping Your Interoperability

The OPC UA Module adds a cross-platform OPC UA server and client to Ignition, making it easy to exchange data between devices and forming the core of most Ignition applications. With a host of built-in drivers for common protocols as well as a public API that enables third parties to build their own drivers, the OPC UA Module increases the interoperability of any system — simply browse for tags in the PLC, drag them into Ignition, and they're ready to go.

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Tag Historian Module: Time-Series Data in No Time

The Tag Historian Module turns any SQL database into a high-performance time-series historian, enabling powerful data aggregation with easy storage, table management, and query binding. There is no need to be a database expert — the Tag Historian Module creates and manages all the tables in the database for you, partitioning data by default while featuring adjustable settings for increased flexibility. Additionally, the Tag Historian Module allows you to easily configure history on any tag, and query data through components bindings and scripting functions.

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Accelerating The Journey From Edge To Cloud To Results

In this webinar, find out how an integrated and proven set of technologies can make the edge-to-cloud journey much faster and easier. Industry experts will explain how to drive successful business outcomes through tools like unified namespace (UNS), digital twins, data lakes, KPI visualization frameworks for OEE and other metrics, and a lot more.

60 min video

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Experience The Updated Ignition Water Treatment Demo App

This demo is a vivid showcase of how Ignition's capabilities, such as real-time control, historical trending, alarming, reporting, and more, can be leveraged to enhance water treatment management and operational efficiency.

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What Is Edge Computing?

Edge computing means moving computation and data storage capabilities closer to the source of data. Narrowing the distance between data generation and collection can reduce latency, bandwidth usage, and overall cost for the enterprise.

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