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Monitor, Control & Optimize Your Power Supply with Ignition

Ignition is a connection-centric workhorse providing data centers, energy plants, and countless others with the visibility necessary to improve efficiency, minimize energy waste, and maximize power availability. Configure Ignition as a central gateway to connect your intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) and build an Industrial IoT solution to visualize data and control equipment from custom dashboards. With unlimited clients, tags, and connections at your disposal for no additional cost, Ignition enables you to build the exact power monitoring system you need.

Benefits of Using Ignition for Power Monitoring

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Unlimited Licensing:

Add as many tags, clients, devices, and database connections as you need at no extra charge.

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Rapid Deployment:

Configure, manage, and launch clients instantly from anywhere on any device that has a web browser.

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Universal Platform:

Run it on any operating system, use it on any device or interface, and leverage it across any IT standard.

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Streamlined Data Pipeline:

Create a Single Source of Truth to seamlessly collect and spread data across an entire enterprise in real time.

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Customizable Development:

Use the free, low-code Designer to build custom modules for your unique functions.

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Communication Protocol Drivers:

Gain device interoperability and data modeling with drivers for IEC 61850, DNP3, Modbus, BACnet, and more.


“The ability to manage complex systems from the palm of your hand is certainly the real next step in automation”

– Massimo Tribolati

MTech Engineering


MTech Engineering leverages Ignition to provide advanced monitoring and control for a large data center

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Major Features

Connect Practically Any Device with Powerful Protocol Drivers

Ignition is a versatile SCADA platform to manage and control power usage for microgrids, substations, and edge devices across enterprises. Built-in IEC 61850, Modbus, and DNP3 protocol drivers help establish fast and easy connections to switchgear, relays, PLCs, and more.

IEC 61850 Driver

The IEC 61850 Driver provides a way to connect to any IED that supports the IEC 61850 protocol for use in Ignition.

Driver Documentation

DNP3 Driver

A TCP/IP DNP3 master implementation that can connect to any DNP3 slave device. Supports DNP3 Level 1, 2, and 3 implementations.

Driver Documentation

Modbus Ethernet

The Modbus TCP Ethernet Driver provides a way to connect to any device that supports the Modbus TCP protocol for use in Ignition.

Driver Documentation

BACnet Driver

The BACnet driver provides access to HVAC, lighting and access control, and any other systems or devices that use this network.

Driver Documentation

IEC 61850 Driver

The IEC 61850 Driver provides a way to connect to any IED that supports the IEC 61850 protocol for use in Ignition.

Driver Documentation

DNP3 Driver

A TCP/IP DNP3 master implementation that can connect to any DNP3 slave device. Supports DNP3 Level 1, 2, and 3 implementations.

Driver Documentation

Modbus Ethernet

The Modbus TCP Ethernet Driver provides a way to connect to any device that supports the Modbus TCP protocol for use in Ignition.

Driver Documentation

BACnet Driver

The BACnet driver provides access to HVAC, lighting and access control, and any other systems or devices that use this network.

Driver Documentation

Monitor Power Usage,
Optimize Power Load &
Balance

Gain complete visibility with Ignition, a platform with the versatility to streamline data so you can monitor power usage in real time and proactively manage power distribution from anywhere. Ignition boosts data integrity and makes it easier for you to maintain stable devices. That means you can minimize power interruptions, reduce energy waste, and increase uptime.

Visualize Your Data With
Custom Dashboards

Ignition has a way with displaying data for maximum effect. Leverage the Vision or Perspective modules to build comprehensive and accessible dashboards of live and historical data for a clear picture of power usage. View the data on any plant floor screen, or from your mobile device anywhere. IT interfaces for data streaming are fully supported and enable connection to analytics platforms or machine learning.

Build Scalable Solutions With Flexible Architectures

Use Ignition to establish architectures that scale easily as you grow. Build anything, big or small, from a single site to large-scale operations with numerous edge devices that employ store-and-forward practices. Ignition connects all enterprise assets through a platform you can build upon one module at a time. Its gateway accommodates on-premise site management, cloud hosting, or a hybrid model for all current and future sites on one system.

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Control Equipment & Operations From One Place

Power monitoring software features

Screen courtesy of MTech Engineering and Aruba S.p.A.

Ignition helps you connect disparate elements in one place. One dashboard to visualize data from multiple vendors and OEMs. One central gateway to remotely monitor power distribution chains using standard protocols or turn screens into an HMI to enable control of equipment. All this, with full data-stream encryption plus integration with identity security and directory services.

Configure Alarms & Notifications That Maximize Uptime

Ignition’s Alarm Notification Module helps you keep up with what’s going down, and prevent downtime. Configure email, text, and call notifications that allow you to send, receive, and react to problems in real time, protect equipment from damage, and minimize outage durations. Or, set up condition- or period-based Escalation Pipelines to stay alerted about unresolved events.

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Generate, Review & Distribute Reports Anytime

Put historical and event-driven data into context for your workforce with Ignition’s Reporting Module. Customize parameters, data sources, and layouts with drag-and-drop ease and distribute data-rich reports via email, print, or file upload. Or, automatically generate reports at intervals or upon event triggers.

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Simplify Data Modeling with Flexible Data Types & UDTs

Empower your engineers to easily create, deploy, and maintain flexible projects with Ignition’s object-oriented design. Leverage user-defined types (UDTs) for data modeling and for building visualization projects that leverage reusable parameterized templates. Cross-system sharing of data types and templates brings central management that standardizes processes like equipment setup, data monitoring, and software update distribution as you grow.


More Features


Do Even More With Ignition Power Monitoring Software

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Totally Cross-Platform

Works on Windows, Linux, macOS, and more.

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Dynamic Reporting

Create a full range of dynamic, data-rich reports and send them anywhere.

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Instant Installs and Updates

Install on a server in just 3 minutes; push updates to clients everywhere, instantly.

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Industrial Historian

Turn a SQL database into a high-performance time-series tag historian.

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Quick Start

Quickly configure the Ignition gateway and work with the sample project to get a head start in Ignition development.

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Get Mobile Access

Get mobile access to your control system via smartphones and tablets.

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Easily Scalable

Scale from a single client installation to an enterprise-wide system with ease.

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Strong Security for Today's World

Ignition features ultra-secure SSL technology and supports modern cyber security protocols such as two-factor authentication.

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Mission-Critical

Easily add fault tolerance for mission-critical systems by adding redundant servers.

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Unlimited Clients

Deliver data to anyone without additional costs.

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Symbol Factory

Choose from thousands of customizable graphics for your project.

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Concurrent Web-Launched Designers

Comes out of the box with unlimited, concurrent design clients — for free.