Ignition® Unified Namespace Solution
Maximize Data Management With an Ignition® Unified Namespace Solution
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One Platform. One Source of Truth.
Easily organize and contextualize your data with any hierarchy or naming structure using an Ignition UNS solution — an effortless way to pull data from different sources into a common data model. With built-in support for MQTT and Sparkplug B, you can achieve reliable and efficient data transmission, so any consumer can access your UNS and automatically discover and understand data (Ignition can also provide that data through OPC-UA and a REST API). Build the ultimate Industry 4.0 foundation with an Ignition UNS solution, and take data management to a whole new level.
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Benefits of Using Ignition to Build Your UNS
A Trusted Solution
65% of the Fortune 100 use Ignition, and it supports MQTT — the most widely used publish/subscribe UNS protocol..
Advanced Analytics & KPIs
Leverage cutting-edge analytics tools to combine real-time data with historical data.
Scale Effortlessly
Add new data sources, applications, and tools easily — no big infrastructure changes required.
Faster Value From Data
Reduce the cost and complexity of integrating data with rapid development capabilities.
Escape Vendor Lock-In
Use an open platform based on open standard technologies, and connect to nearly any PLC.
Universal Platform
Create SCADA, alarming, reporting, and more solutions — all on one platform.
“The creation of this Unified Namespace in Ignition, embedded into the design of the tag structure of the SCADA, makes the integration of the resulting data from these systems possible. Essentially our data is self-describing.”
– Chris Monchinski
CTO, InflexionPoint
How UNS Works With Ignition
Connect all your applications and devices from the edge to the cloud using Ignition to publish and subscribe to a Unified Namespace. While your UNS architecture will vary depending on the specific challenges you’re addressing, here’s a framework for establishing a UNS with Ignition.
Connect to All Your Data Sources
With Ignition, you can easily connect to OPC UA, PLCs, MES & ERP systems, APIs, web services, and more to ingest data from across your enterprise.
Standardize OT Data Models
Standardize connected OT data with tag naming conventions, contextualizations, and modeling with UDTs across multiple facilities using Ignition.
Publish Data Centrally With MQTT
Use the MQTT Engine Module to publish contextualized data to an MQTT broker and create a single source of truth with a standard model.
Get Historical Context
Augment the real-time source of data in an MQTT broker with Ignition’s powerful historian, to get valuable historical context for your data.
Visualize Your Data
View IT and OT data across sites, the edge, and the cloud on any PC, phone, or device with Ignition’s powerful visualization tool, the Perspective Module.
Major Features
Standardize & Organize Data Across Your Enterprise
Make data accessible, standardized, and contextualized throughout your entire organization. Ignition’s dynamic functionality lets you push and pull information to and from your UNS, creating a healthy flow of data enterprise-wide. Get a single source of truth for your data and enable performance optimization, predictive maintenance, proactive decision-making, and more.
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Leverage Industry-Leading Protocols: MQTT & Sparkplug B
Publish and subscribe to a centralized hub with Cirrus Link Solution’s MQTT modules for Ignition using Sparkplug B. Decouple devices from applications, enable bidirectional communication, reduce bandwidth usage by up to 90%, and get valuable context for your data.
“The Ignition platform with Cirrus Link’s MQTT modules is ‘the tool’ for your UNS strategy. You have everything you need from the native interfaces for your machines, to crafting UDTs that represent your business processes, to easily publishing into your UNS.”
– Arlen Nipper
President/CTO of Cirrus Link Solutions & Co-Inventor of MQTT
CertainTeed used Ignition to implement a custom MES solution at 15 plants.
See the Full Picture of Your Enterprise’s Data
Unify disjointed data across multiple sites with IIoT capabilities that connect all your devices. Create dynamic solutions for viewing data like SCADA, MES, ERP, and more to help reduce downtime and boost productivity throughout your plant — all through one interface, in one common format.
Speed Up Development With Supersonic Data Tools
Develop large applications in hours instead of weeks. Changes made to Ignition UDTs are immediately inherited by their instances. Plus, Ignition’s Historian enables quicker data storage and queries up to two times faster than SQL databases, so you can rapidly create solutions.
Access Real-Time & Historical Data, Wherever You Are
Build full-fledged, mobile-responsive, industrial applications in HTML5 with the Ignition Perspective Module, so you can view real-time data from any device, anywhere. And with the Historian Core Module, you can store tag history to a database with one simple click.
Dashboard Design Made Simple
Create versatile dashboards and HMIs with custom graphics, animations, dynamic data-driven symbols, and more. Ignition’s incredibly intuitive and easy-to-use drag-and-drop designer simplifies the design process from start to finish.
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Unlock Your Vision With Modular Flexibility
Build a UNS solution tailored to your unique business needs, create data standards based on ISA 95 or customize them, and extend functionality with a full suite of Ignition and third-party modules that integrate seamlessly with the platform.
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“To date we have not obtained something that can't be done in Ignition.”
– José Esteban González
Industrial Systems Manager, Cinfa
See how Cinfa achieved real-time plant orchestration with Ignition UNS.
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Build a Powerful Industry 4.0 Foundation
Create a fully integrated system to connect all your people, processes, and programs for true digital transformation with Ignition and complementary editions like Cloud Edition and Edge working together.
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Extend Data Collection to the Edge
Safeguard your data at the network’s edge by ensuring it’s not lost in transmission to your UNS with Ignition Edge, a powerful and lightweight version of Ignition with built-in store-and-forward capability. Easily install it on your edge device, process data directly at the source, and sync it to your central Ignition system.
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Expand Operations With the Cloud
Bring cutting-edge technology to your UNS solutions by leveraging the cloud’s vast computing and storage capabilities with Ignition Cloud Edition. Open the door to machine learning and business intelligence tools, extend on-premise data and enterprise operations, and bring elasticity to your UNS architecture.
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More Features
Do Even More With an Ignition UNS Solution
Cross-Platform
Works on all major OSes, including Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Lightweight Pub/Sub Protocol
Optimize your network’s bandwidth with MQTT’s extremely lightweight messaging protocol.
State-of-the-Art Data Security
Safely store and protect your private data with Secrets Management, ultra-secure SSL technology, and modern cybersecurity protocols.
Concurrent Web-Launched Designers
Comes out of the box with unlimited, concurrent design clients — totally free.
Stunning HMIs
Create high-performance HMIs and enterprise dashboards to display your data.
Dynamic Reporting
Create a full range of dynamic, data-rich reports and send them anywhere.
Mobile Access
Get mobile access to your control system via smartphones and tablets.
Alarming Notification
Set up an alarming system that sends notifications to you through email, SMS, and voice.
Instant Installs and Updates
Install on a server in 3 minutes flat and push updates instantly to clients everywhere.
Start Building Next-Level UNS Solutions
Schedule a demonstration with one of our friendly Ignition experts to see how you can raise the bar on data management with Ignition UNS.
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