ELEV8 2024 Recap: Building a Digital Infrastructure
On 22 and 25 October, the Ignition, Canary, and Flow communities gathered in Hazendal Estate in the Western Cape and Irene Country Lodge in Gauteng for the 2024 Elev8 Community Conference. This year’s theme, “Building your Digital Infrastructure,”…
How Digital Transformation Starts with SCADA
We cannot overstate the significance of a robust and modern Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. SCADA systems are at the heart of…
Deeper Dive into Ignition 8.3
In this video, Travis continues to share what’s new with 8.3. This time, we’re looking at some project-level resources and other features available through the designer, including new…
What’s New in Ignition 8.3
Travis explores the upcoming features in Ignition 8.3 and how these powerful new tools can inspire users to achieve their next significant breakthrough.
Customer Showcase: Reproplast
Reproplast, a leading force in the circular economy for polyolefins, has integrated digital solutions to streamline their production processes. In doing so, they have gained more profound insights into operational…
Customer Showcase: Clover South Africa
Clover Industries, a leading group in branded foods and beverages, has adopted Ignition, Canary, and Flow as their digital infrastructure to address essential technology requirements. In this video, Deon discusses…
Customer Showcase: City of Cape Town
The City of Cape Town Bulk Water Department produces approximately 1,000,000,000 litres (1000 MLD)of water daily, serving one of South Africa’s largest cities with geographically dispersed…
Customer Showcase: Devil’s Peak
Devil’s Peak Brewing Company, founded in 2012 in Cape Town, has grown from a small microbrewery into one of South Africa’s leading craft beer and cider producers. With a strong focus…
Fireside Chat
This year’s Elev8 Fireside chat offered a view into the current state of the automation industry and how it’s changing. The panel touched on many important topics, such as…
What is SCADA? A Guide to Understanding This Powerful System
In industrial automation and data management, staying ahead means leveraging the latest technologies to optimise operations, enhance efficiency, and minimise downtime. In effect, the role of edge computing has become increasingly significant. Ignition Edge by Inductive Automation, a compact but powerful variant of the acclaimed Ignition platform, is designed to bring the power of automation closer to where the action happens: at the edge of your network.
Unlocking the Potential at the Edge: An In-Depth Look at Ignition Edge
In industrial automation and data management, staying ahead means leveraging the latest technologies to optimise operations, enhance efficiency, and minimise downtime. In effect, the role of edge computing has become increasingly significant. Ignition Edge by Inductive Automation, a compact but powerful variant of the acclaimed Ignition platform, is designed to bring the power of automation closer to where the action happens: at the edge of your network.
Igniting Success: Harnessing the Power of Automation in the Energy Sector
Our automation in the energy sector webinar session, with exclusive demos, a case study from SolaSynergi’s journey with Ignition, and more. Listen now.
The Power of Ignition: Revolutionising Cross-Site Monitoring for SolaSynergi
SolaSynergi’s solar hybrid projects are diverse and located in different areas, often involving advanced technology. In most instances, their clients lack on-site technical staff to maintain or troubleshoot these assets. This situation prompted SolaSynergi to develop a method for remote management and maintenance of the assets.
REVOLUTIONISING WATER MANAGEMENT IN MINING WITH IGNITION AND MQTT
Watercare Innovations is a leader in industrial water treatment solutions with a focus on Africa and the US. The primary challenge faced was the need for a comprehensive system that could prioritise live monitoring while incorporating control, trending, and ultimately prediction capabilities for a complex network of treatment sites.
EskomSePush Ignition Integration: A Vanguard in Home Automation
In the heart of a world continuously evolving through technological advancements, energy management emerges as a paramount concern. South Africa, in particular, grapples with…
The Power of Partnership: Our Top Partners of 2023
We are thrilled to bring to the forefront our top partners of 2023. These remarkable organisations have not only achieved unparalleled success within their specific industries but have also played a pivotal role in shaping our narrative.
DLF Takeoff: Launching into 2024 with Innovation, Success, and Community
This power-packed session includes insights, innovation, and recognition, leaving you equipped to take your operations to the next level.
Hear directly from Dilan Jivanji at Watercare Mining, as they reveal their winning formula for building an exceptional solution with Ignition.
Grindrod TCM and Implats Customer Panel
The panel discussions brought together some of the best and brightest from the worlds of automation and technology. Customers and partners participated in the panel, discussing how their companies have deployed solutions and answering audience questions.
Döhler and PROXA Water Customer Panel
The panel discussions brought together some of the best and brightest from the worlds of automation and technology. Customers and partners participated in the panel, discussing how their companies have deployed solutions and answering audience questions.
Ignition Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Basics
The diagnostics and troubleshooting basics for Ignition were aimed at the more experienced developers and users. Laura discussed the numerous built-in tools for gathering diagnostic and health information about the Ignition system.
What’s That in the Sky? An Intro to Ignition in the Cloud
There’s so much buzz around deploying Ignition in the cloud that you’d think it gives your system superpowers. But does a cloud deployment align with your organisation’s grounded, realistic objectives? Our “captain” for this flight, Kent Melville, introduced cloud deployment
concepts and discussed which architectures and scenarios most benefit from cloud-based integration.
High-Performance HMI Techniques with Ignition
Gary Lowenstein from Element8 shares the value of high-performance HMI design, the basic concepts to remember, real-world examples, and helpful resources to get started with this approach.
The Unified Namespace (UNS): How-To Guide for Success
With the Unified Namespace, we’re entering a new frontier where you can bring order to your data by standardizing how you organize and name it. And by doing that, you’ll increase efficiency, enable easy scalability, and say goodbye to data silos for good. Get tips on building a successful Unified Namespace architecture and find out how to leverage Ignition UDTs and MQTT for data standardization.
The Unified Namespace (UNS): What is it, and why should you care?
The UNS is a hot topic! Kent shares how Data management can sometimes seem like the Wild West, with the chaos caused by inconsistent conventions for naming and organising data, what the Unified Namespace is and its significant benefits.
Ignition Fundamentals: The Unlimited Platform for SCADA and so much more
While we recognise that our community includes many specialists, the Ignition fundamental session served as an introduction to the Ignition Platform for many new members in attendance—the features and benefits and why and how you would deploy Ignition.
The New Ignition Edge
All the features of the Ignition Edge product line have been packed into two powerful products: Ignition Edge IIoT and Ignition Edge Panel.
DLF Live: Unleashing the Powerhouse Trio with Ignition, Canary & Flow
The Data Liberation Front team, led by Jaco, convened for their quarterly update, focusing on providing intuitive solutions for data-driven growth. Discussions included community news, product updates, and upcoming training courses.
How to import an Ignition project into Ignition Edge
This Technical Note contains all the information required to transfer a project from any Ignition instance into an Ignition Edge instance.
Ignition SQL Bridge Module – The Swiss Army Knife for integrating PLCs
With guest speaker Damian de Arruda from Afrilek
IGNITION SAVES UCL SAWMILL TIME & MONEY
UCL Sawmill has come a long way since being founded in 1935, establishing themselves as an important part of the local economy by ensuring sustainable and reliable movement of timber throughout South Africa. Though…
Changes to our training starting 2023
Our 2023 training schedule is now live, and we’re excited to share that we will be having more courses available in Durban and Cape Town going forward.
ICC X 2022 Highlights and our Experience
Our first ICC event! For those of you who weren’t able to attend, we’ve compiled a list of ICC X highlights and share how you can watch the replays.
DLF Breakfast Get-Together – Gauteng
Our third DLF Breakfast Get-Together was another raging success, and it was all thanks to the support of our partners and customers.
Case Study: Merweville – Beaufort West Local Municipality
It’s nothing new that South Africa has been struggling with drought in recent years. And one little town in particular in the Great Karoo was suffering, as it’s one of the driest parts of the country. Besides the drought, Merweville was dealing with a list of other problems that included a crumbling reservoir and tedious manual processes.
Luckily, Integ System Integrators could help save the day by installing the Ignition Platform & the Flow Information Platform.
Download the full case study to read how Ignition and Flow were able to transform Merweville’s reservoir infrastructure, modernise their processes and erase the possibility of future theft problems.
How to integrate barcode scanning in your Perspective project
This guide contains all the information required to integrate barcode scanning into any Ignition Perspective project.
Evolving Water Operation’s Edge With Ignition And MQTT
In this conversation with Brian Cooper from INTEG System Integrators, we’ll share how Ignition and MQTT transformed the operations of the Oudtshoorn municipality in South Africa. Situated in the Klein Karoo region of the Western Cape, Oudtshoorn is a water-scarce region. Visibility, measurement, and effective control of irrigation systems and borehole levels are crucial, both to reduce waste of available water resources and minimize variability in flow regimes and recharge. Using small and cost-effective Edge devices and standard protocols, MQTT and Ignition by Inductive Automation® solved several challenges. There are lower operating costs, enterprise-wide and real-time visibility, and reduced response times, from five minutes to mere seconds.
Evolved Enterprise Operations For Clover South Africa
Leading South African branded foods and beverages group Clover Industries adopted Ignition by Inductive Automation® to meet crucial system technology requirements. In this panel discussion, Francois and Deon from Clover share their needs, architecture overview, and multi-site implementation approach, including new standards and templates and the coordination of several System Integrator partners. We’ll also talk through the valuable lessons learned and challenges overcome during implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ep 27: By Definition, HMI Speaks To An Interface For Humans. And Design Should Have This In Mind
In this episode, we speak with Ray Sensenbach, Product Design Manager at Inductive Automation. Designing an interface might seem like a second-tier priority for many engineers when creating their industrial applications since it appears to be a decorative detail. But, good interface design can increase operator productivity, decrease human error, and make operators feel more at ease. Ray shares his thoughts and practical approach to the power of user interface (UI) design
How to Store Ignition Historian Data in Canary
We will show you in this guide how to Store Ignition Historian Data in Canary.
Ignition Perspective Piping
In this Technical Note, you will find information about the new pipe drawing tool in Perspective.
Sending Ignition Notifications to Telegram
Learn how to send Ignition notifications to Telegram in this guide.
Sending Ignition notifications to Microsoft Teams
In this guide we will show how to send Ignition notifications to Microsoft Teams.
Where’s My Data? Dataops and the Unified Namespace with Ignition, Canary and Flow
Learn more about the value of the Unified Namespace. How to democratize your data, build your data model and facilitate cooperation.
#2 Changemaker Community Live!
Live Food & Bev Industry feature:
Data to Value: A tiered approach with Rowan Ray, AB InBev
#1 Changemaker Community Live!
Water Industry feature: 10 Steps to architecting a sustainable control system. And product updates. Watch the recordings here!
How-To: The Power Of Perspective: How To Utilise Breakpoints For Responsive Ui Design
Make sure your application functions and deliver the correct display layouts that will cater for any device and resolution.
How-To: Create Assets From Your Current Plc Standards In Ignition
Learn how to connect to a PLC, browse your device standards, and create a UDT in Ignition. Use the power of parameters to mass instantiate your devices. And understand the different ways to mass generate devices.
Ep 13: Online Educator And Industry 4.0 Enthusiast With Walker Reynolds
Online Educator and Industry 4.0 enthusiast, Walker Reynolds, shares his inspiring personal journey with us. And passion for helping save and create middle-class jobs by making manufactures more efficient; leveraging IIoT and Industry 4.0 principles. Walker shares what Digital Transformation actually is, and what it’s not. Why Digital Transformation only has a 10%-20% success rate and why OEE is a number you MUST be calculating.
Flexibility, Scalability, and Mobility for Clover South Africa
In this video you will learn how branded foods and beverages group, Clover Industries, adopted Ignition to provide crucial system technology requirements. How their automation engineers were able to demonstrate advanced skills in an impressively short time. And, accelerated their technology roadmap capabilities.
Manage Edge Data Like A Pro With Ignition Perspective
Part One of a Three-Part virtual learning series. Lenny Smit will build a Solar-Power application and demonstrate how to obtain edge data with Ignition, utilise the Canary Historian as time-series data source, and transform data into actionable information with Flow.
The Importance Of Connectivity During Covid-19
The work environment is changing. And the current pandemic has in many ways accelerated teams towards a fully digital workplace. The best digital workplace brings all tools into one cohesive, productive environment. And, should first and foremost enable mobile working from any device, anywhere. In this webcast Kevin McClusky discuss how Ignition 8.0 and the Perspective module can help, especially during emergencies. Connectivity to your systems can help accelerate businesses during and afterwards.
Discover And Explore Ignition Scada And So Much More!
Now, more than ever, you need operational resilience. To put the control and operational cost, back into your hands, to streamline your process and increase productivity. In this webcast, Leonard “Lenny” Smit deep-dive into Ignition taking you through its typical flows and architectures, and its zero-hassle and unlimited licensing model.
