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DMC Presents at ICC: Optimizing Load Times in Ignition Perspective

At the Ignition Community Conference, Elizabeth Hill Reed and Casimir Smith presented a series of helpful tips for improving perceived load times in Ignition Perspective.


Programming a PLC to be a Game Console

PLC Code This past week, I took on the challenge of turning one of our IO demo kits connected to a Siemens PLC into a working game system. I chose to program the classic games Bop It and Simon Says as they would be easy to understand while still p...


FactoryTalk Optix Series 3 - NetLogic Overview and Examples

Overview NetLogic is C# code that is linked to Optix. Optix can call methods with parameters, set private C# variables, and has numerous C# Libraries integrated by default to assist with passing data between Optix and your C# code. Optix also...


FactoryTalk Optix Series 2 - Variables, Attributes, Dynamic Links, and Converters

Overview Variables, Attributes, Dynamic Links, and converters are the building blocks of Optix UI design. Each variable has a number of attributes associated with it, and Dynamic links and Converters can be used to define a relationship between tw...


FactoryTalk Optix Series 1 - Getting Started with FactoryTalk Optix

FactoryTalk Optix is the next generation of visualization software from Rockwell Automation, meant to provide a higher degree of customized development with its integrated C# support and flexibility for HMI and SCADA applications. This blog series...


Triggering Popups and Display Changes in FactoryTalk View Site Edition from the PLC

window.onload = function() {var aCodes = document.getElementsByTagName('pre');for (var i=0; i Whether you are migrating from Machine Edition or working with FactoryTalk View for the first time, triggering displays or popups from the PLC in Site Edi...


Integrating Mitsubishi GX Works3 with Ignition Using the Ignition Mitsubishi TCP Driver

Mitsubishi GX Works3 is a platform for programming Mitsubishi PLCs, and it is possible to directly integrate the PLC's tags into Ignition with the recent release of the Ignition Mitsubishi driver. Ignition offers native support for Mitsub...


How to Configure NextGen Archiving in WinCC OA to use a Microsoft SQL Server

This two-part blog series is intended to be a step-by-step overview on how to set up and utilize an MS SQL Server and WinCC OA’s NextGen Archive (NGA). Information for a general setup exists via the WinCC OA Documentation (see Further Reading/L...


WinCC OA - How to Create a Microsoft SQL Server Install for NextGen Archiving

This two-part blog series is intended to be a step-by-step overview on how to set up and utilize a MS SQL Server and WinCC OA's NextGen Archive (NGA). Information for a general setup exists via the WinCC OA Documentation (see Further Reading/Link...


What is FactoryTalk Optix?

Rockwell Automation has released FactoryTalk Optix, a brand-new visualization platform offered as a standalone product. The development environment's standard version can run on any local installation and the pro version can run on any local inst...


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