Ignition 8: Perspective Module

The biggest new feature of Ignition 8 is the new Ignition Perspective Module. Ignition Perspective is the next-generation visualization system for industrial applications, optimized specifically for mobile devices.

Ignition Architectures

One thing that sets Ignition apart is its server-centric web-based deployment model; you can deploy it anywhere and use it everywhere. Discover unlimited expansion with our standard architecture. Get massive amounts of data under control with the scale-out architecture. Link multiple local and remote sites to the central Ignition Gateway with the Hub and Spoke architecture, and collect data from any field device with the IIoT Architecture. The possibilities for SCADA solutions are endless.

Technology Panel: Open Technology's Impact on Industrial Automation

Industrial automation is changing faster than ever, and the adoption of open technologies is a big reason why. In this panel discussion, you'll hear from many of the innovators and thought leaders behind some of the open technologies that are impacting industry the most, such as MQTT, OPC UA, the Ignition platform, and more. In this fascinating session, our panel will also discuss the benefits and challenges associated with using open technologies as well as the potential role of these technologies in the continuing evolution of the industrial automation industry.

Integrator Panel: Positioning Your Integration Business for Success

At this panel discussion, some of the leading system integrators in the Ignition community will talk about many aspects of success for integrators today, including the Integrator Program, strategies for business growth, technology trends, and how Ignition helps transform challenges into opportunities.

What is Ignition?

Ignition seamlessly connects data from the plant floor to the top floor, and everywhere in between. We built Ignition from the ground up to improve the processes for every industrial professional in virtually every industry. Design any kind of industrial application with ease, and instantly web-deploy clients to anyone, anywhere. Discover the power of Ignition’s modularity, affordability, flexibility, and expandability.

Migrating Existing Vision Projects Into Ignition Perspective

With the release of Ignition 8, there have been some questions about how or whether to move existing Vision Module projects over to the new Ignition Perspective Module since there is no automatic conversion or migration option available.

Ignition 8 at ARC Forum

Inductive Automation gave a preview of the new, highly anticipated Ignition 8 and Ignition Perspective Module at the 2019 ARC Industry Forum.

Ignition 8 Demonstration

Travis Cox, Co-Director of Sales Engineering, provides an online Ignition 8 Demo project showcasing the key highlights in Ignition's latest update. These include designing mobile-optimized screens, data logging, alarming, the ease of drag-and-drop functionality, and more.

Ignition 8: Built for Designers and Teams

Whether you’re a one-man integration shop or part of a large team of control system engineers, Ignition 8 has the tools you need to work smarter and faster than ever.

Ignition 8: Built for Enterprises of all Sizes

Whether you’re a system architect rolling out Ignition enterprise-wide to multiple facilities, an IT specialist securing your company's data, or an efficiency officer looking to improve productivity, Ignition 8 is built for you.

Ignition 8: Vision Module

In Ignition 8, the Vision Module is getting one of its biggest updates since it was first released in 2010, allowing you to make your HMIs and plant-floor dashboards faster, easier to deploy, and more beautiful than ever.

Improving Management

Industrial professionals in multiple industries discuss how they’ve achieved success at the management level by quickly and easily getting the data they need to drive better decision-making. "Design to implementation to usability have all benefitted greatly from a time, cost, and management perspective." — Jimmy Hood, Director of Plant Operations - DEPCOM Power

Ease of Project Design

Automation and System Engineers from different industries share how easy it is to design in Ignition and create a solution to meet any industrial process. "You can really get any kind of customization you want out of Ignition." — John Furby, Automation Engineer - Chobani

Fast Installation & Development

Engineers, programmers, project managers, and integrators from different companies talk about expediting the engineering process with fast development and fast installation. "I was very impressed with the capabilities of Ignition... We were able to run a simulation on the first day that the program was done." — Rudi Kuehnel, Process Engineer - Bachem Americas

Water/Wastewater: Fast & Easy

Fast industrial application development, staying up and running during rollout with zero-install, and a SCADA software that's easy to learn are critical needs in the water/wastewater industry. Hear water industry professionals tell us why Ignition is providing a new level of openness and better ways of meeting a water utility’s SCADA and business needs. "It’s actually extremely user-friendly." — Julie Halford, City Corporation

Water/Wastewater & Remote Access

Ignition users in the water & wastewater industry talk about their entire team gaining remote access to their whole facility. "We’re seeing more and more automation and operators ability to know everything that’s going on very readily.” — Jason Hamlin, Plant Instrumentation Technician - Dept. of Water Resources

Unlimited Integration

Engineers, Managers, Plant Directors, Integrators, and company Presidents tell us what makes Ignition limitless in SCADA integration. Hear about the open, unlimited nature of Ignition and not having to worry about adding tags, clients, or devices. "Ignition opened those doors, made it user-friendly, and openly integrated with every data type connection." — Jimmy Hood, DEPCOM Power

Gaining Remote Access

Ignition users from different industries and different levels share their experiences with gaining remote access and having full control of their plant floor from any location. "It eliminates having people going out to the location multiple times to check on the unit. You're able to log on and look at it in real time." — Jimmy Leal, PROS Incorporated

Flexible and Adaptive

Ignition users from different backgrounds and positions talk about having the flexibility to implement customized projects and be adaptive in any industry. "When you receive a request from the customer, you have the tools right there and the ability to do so many different things all in one place." — Jim Coleman, Automation Engineer, Miller Eads Company

System Integration

Ignition users from different industries and different levels talk about Ignition’s compatibility with existing systems, and the seamless integration process. "It’s probably the best platform for integrating with other software packages out there." — John Schroeder, Senior Vice President of Plant Operations - DEPCOM Power

Upping Plant Floor Efficiency

Ignition users from different industries and levels discuss improving the efficiency of their industrial facilities, automating processes, and using data to drive decision making. "Ignition has really helped us to improve the efficiency on our filling lines and packaging lines and has also reduced the amount of downtime." — Hugh Roddy, Vice President of Global Engineering & Project Management - Chobani

Water/Wastewater & Unlimited Growth

Ignition users in water & wastewater talk about the cost-effective, and unlimited growth in their industry. "Whether it’s new instrumentation, or new reporting capabilities, we are constantly modifying our SCADA system, and before Ignition, we did not have that luxury.” — Nick Graue, Public Utilities Engineer - Park City Water

Getting Data on Demand

Ignition users from different industries and different levels discuss how they solved the increasing demand for data from multiple sources and put that data into more hands. "Ignition makes it very easy and affordable for plants and plant managers to get this data." — Mike Ficchi, Engineer - Multi Dimensional Integration

A Great Learning Tool

Ignition users from different industries and different levels share how easy it is to get your team members trained with Ignition. "I believe Ignition is the easiest platform to teach new people, and using Inductive University is a great tool." — Chris Grindstaff, Energy Specialist - Vertech

Technical Support

Ignition users from different industries and different levels share their experiences with the unbeatable tech support provided by the people at Inductive Automation. "There’s really really smart people that can architect a system for you, get it right, and understand what’s at stake with these projects " — Titus Crabb, Owner & President - Vertech

Andy Stanford-Clark: The Internet of Things

Andy Stanford-Clark is the CTO for IBM UK, co-inventor of MQTT, and even recognized as an IBM Master Inventor. Stanford-Clark was hosted by Inductive Automation for an evening of stories and examples of the Internet of Things (IoT) in action. From setting up a twitter feed to notify passengers of local ferry times to reprogramming animatronic dinosaurs in a local amusement park for more realistic movement, Stanford-Clark is a fountain of wisdom on all things Internet of Things. This is a fun, engaging talk for anyone who is interested in this highly relevant topic.

Kent Ignition Remix

Sales Engineer Kent Melville is more than just a control systems master, he’s also a top-notch singer. At ICC 2018, in anticipation of the release of Ignition 8, Kent put his two passions together to create his highly entertaining song “Remix of Remix: Ignition”, a play on the pop song “Remix: Ignition”. Any Ignition user will appreciate this short, funny video and see why the Ignition community is so excited about Ignition 8.

Kevin and Travis Training Video

Inductive Automation’s Co-Directors of Sales Engineering battled it out for fun and bragging rights in this satirical training video leading up to the release of Ignition 8. With Chief Strategy Officer Don Pearson championing his role as trainer to Travis Cox and Kevin McClusky, this montage is hilariously epic. See what training was going on behind the scenes to build out some of the first projects in Ignition 8, and what Don has to say about Kevin and Travis’ building efforts.

Introducing the Ignition Perspective Module

Get a preview of an upcoming Ignition module and get a first-hand look at how to use it to create amazing new Ignition projects. In this session, the Ignition development team will give you a guided tour of the module’s powerful new features in action.

Live Ignition Build-a-Thon

Co-Directors of Sales Engineering Travis Cox and Kevin McClusky both have years of experience building Ignition projects for companies in just about every industry. At this one-of-a-kind session, you'll get a front-row seat to watch Travis and Kevin build an Ignition project from start to finish in under an hour. During the session, Travis and Kevin will answer questions and share tips about the many ways to rapidly build projects in Ignition.

ICC 2018 Keynote

The world of industrial automation is changing for the better and the Ignition community of industrial professionals are leading the way. In this special extended keynote, you'll hear from Inductive Automation's leadership about the exciting new developments at the company, in the Ignition community, and for the Ignition platform as you get a preview of the game-changing new features of Ignition 8.

Vertech Brews Up Winning Solutions — and Beer Too!

Vertech is a national integration firm that works in a variety of industries including solar, water/wastewater, aerospace, and craft brewing and distilling. Since starting to work with Ignition, Vertech has built winning systems for companies of all sizes, and been able to grow their accounts steadily. Vertech scales their team with Inductive University, our free online university that gets new hires up to speed and acts as a reference for their whole team. Titus Crab, President of Vertech systems, talks to Chief Strategy Officer Don Pearson about their success with Ignition.

Welcome to 90 Blue Ravine

With lots of extra space, a bike rental room, views of the river, a gaming room, a large training room, a beautiful cafe, and a backyard bbq, there’s so much to love about our headquarters in Folsom CA. This building opens up a world of possibilities, and shows our commitment to the Ignition Community. Explore the building with us as many of our employees see it for the first time on move-in day.

Alarm Consolidation - Demo

Co-Director of Sales Engineering Travis Cox gives an insightful demo of alarm consolidation in Ignition’s Alarming Module. Alarming can be customized for your facility’s needs. See how to make multiple alarms happen at the same time, how to create an alarm pipeline, tips on sending alarms via email, and more in this quick video.

Alarm Escalation - Demo

Learn how to create alarm escalation pipelines with Co-Director of Sales Engineering Travis Cox. If your alarm pipeline is less straightforward and more detailed, these steps will help you create a robust system. Create role-based pipelines to help notify supervisors if operators are not responding so you can guarantee that your alarms will get the necessary response.

The Future of 90 Blue Ravine

Inductive Automation CEO Steve Hechtman discusses the history of IA’s buildings and moves. Next, he gives viewers a sneak peak of the new office at 90 Blue Ravine, including construction plans, dreams, and views of some interior spaces. See how the plan to build took shape, what Steve is most excited about in the new space, and why our new location is better than ever before.

Firebrand Awards ICC 2017

Ignition Firebrand Awards will be given for this year's most outstanding Discover Gallery projects. The award recipients will gather for a lively and inspiring panel discussion about how their projects came about, what it took to achieve success, their future plans for Ignition, and more. Their stories could help you build your next great Ignition project!

Using Ignition to Innovate New Solutions for Food Processing

A winner of Food Engineering's Plant of the Year Award, and an innovator in their industry, SugarCreek Packing Company embraces cutting-edge disruptive technologies across their operations, from the processing of their food products to the management of their IIoT infrastructure. At this intriguing session, you'll hear from SugarCreek’s Director of Operational Technology Dan Stauft and Director of Information Technology Todd Pugh about how they leverage Ignition to empower their processes, get an advantage over their competition, and achieve a solid return on investment.

Transforming Food Processing: Bridging IT and OT with Ignition

Hear how a leading food processor is using Ignition to bridge the gap between IT and OT, and the transformative effect this is having on their processes. Hugh Roddy of Chobani will talk about the process of moving from their old infrastructure to an Ignition system that emphasizes agility and mobility, and the process and business upsides of that transformation.

The IIoT Revolution: Transforming the Modern Enterprise Architecture

As the demand increases for faster industrial data analysis at an enterprise level, the need for a more simple, standardized, and connected system architecture becomes greater than ever. Through the decoupling of devices and applications, a new type of IIoT architecture holds the promise of increased data throughput, greater agility, and improved enterprise-wide communication. In this session, learn more about some of the factors driving this new trend and how IIoT could reshape the way industrial organizations think about and implement their system architectures for years to come.

Learning Ignition Fundamentals

If you're new to Ignition or just need a refresher, this is the session for you. Ignition's training team will cover the basic knowledge and fundamental features you will need to know to get started with Ignition.

BlueTech: MQTT and Ignition Use Cases

MQTT and Ignition have made it possible for Magnetrol to implement Sparkplug and gain 24/7 access to the HART data from Magnetrol level transmitters. This information has been instrumental at deciphering and solving customer issues to make their smart transmitters work better and benefit the end users.

Beyond Compliance: Improving Food Safety and Traceability with Ignition and the Sepasoft MES Modules

In this session you’ll learn how the Food Safety Modernization Act has changed the way food producers and suppliers do business. You’ll also see several examples of how and where using Ignition and integrated MES technologies can make a big impact. Learn how modern MES software from Sepasoft and Inductive Automation can be used to enhance food safety plans and processes by ensuring truth in labeling, product quality, and traceability — automatically on the plant floor.

Transforming the Modern Oil Field: Moving to a Distributed Gateway Architecture

Pioneer Natural Resources is a large, Texas-based independent exploration and production company that delivers industry-leading production and reserve growth through onshore, unconventional oil and gas resource development in the United States. SCADA Operations and Development Manager Charles Lame will present an interesting case study of how Pioneer is using Ignition to move from a single-server architecture to a scaled-out enterprise architecture with distributed services. Their large-scale implementation features more than 1,700,000 tags and 29,000-plus device connections, logging 52 million records per day and polling 160,000,000 tags overall.

The Enterprise Transformation Journey: How Reynolds American Created a World-Class Operation

Projects are hard – transformation takes courage! Few industries face the challenges that the tobacco industry faces. The success Reynolds American achieved over the past 10 years is truly a remarkable story. Join Reynolds American and their integrator Brock Solutions as they tell the story of leading the transformation of the industry and their organization — leveraging leading-edge technology, driving measurable business value, and overcoming barriers that few thought possible to conquer. And the journey is far from over as Ignition is blazing new trails to creating a digitally connected enterprise.

Industry Panel: Using Ignition to Adapt and Stay Competitive

This panel discussion brings together Ignition users from leading companies in a number of different industries. They'll talk about how they're utilizing Ignition within their enterprises to help meet their customers’ changing demands, manage growth, and fuel innovation to strengthen their competitive advantages.

Building Enterprise MES Solutions with the Sepasoft 2.0 Modules

In this session, learn how Ignition and the new Sepasoft MES 2.0 modules can be used to fulfill the MES needs of an entire enterprise. We'll show you how the newest OEE 2.0 and MES Enterprise 2.0 modules take advantage of the scale-out architecture and Gateway Area Network (GAN) features in Ignition v7.9, to provide a powerful and flexible way of distributing MES functionality across your enterprise.

Blending OT and IT: Meeting Plant-Floor and Enterprise Challenges with Ignition

For Tyson Foods, the challenges of running a global food processing company are both big and small: How do you keep production on-target and improve efficiencies on an individual line or multiple lines across a facility? How do you manage resources and maintain servers across the enterprise? Tyson Foods is solving these challenges, along with many others, by using Ignition. In this session, you’ll hear how Tyson uses Ignition all the way from the plant-floor level, where it helps improve their processes, to the enterprise level, where they use it along with the Enterprise Administration Module to manage their system centrally.