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Configuring PLCSIM Advanced for PLC and Ignition Development over OPC UA

The ability to simulate hardware is an invaluable tool to keep in your development kit. It allows you to develop remotely, test changes without interrupting critical systems, and more. This blog serves as an addendum to Nikhil Holay’s informati...


Migrating Tag History in Ignition's Tag Historian

The Ignition Tag Historian module is a powerful tool that efficiently stores tag history in designated SQL tables. This data can be accessed through scripting, reporting, and historical bindings and has built-in features such as automatic purging and...


Getting Started with the Paintable Canvas in Ignition Vision

Inductive Automation’s Ignition is a reliable, proven HMI/SCADA platform with powerful scripting capabilities. Ignition’s most well-known Vision visualization module has been used in plant floor HMIs and desktop screens for over 10 years....


Ignition 8.3–What’s New and Reasons to Upgrade Your Project

Ignition 8.3 is almost here, delivering a wave of powerful new features and enhancements that will make it the most advanced version of Ignition yet. Whether you're looking for improved performance, enhanced security, or game-changing new tools, ...


Custom CSS in Ignition Perspective: Getting Started with the Stylesheets

Ignition Perspective is a premier graphical front-end environment in the SCADA world. It excels at allowing developers to create custom, sleek-looking HMIs. The styling for every button, text field, or image found on Perspective screens is the sam...


DMC Wins the 2024 ICC Build-a-Thon

DMC’s team was proud to win first place at the Ignition Community Conference (ICC) 2024 Build-a-thon in Folsom, CA. After finishing first in a field of 24 Premier Integrators in a preliminary round, we faced BIJC Ltd in the final round of the c...


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

HMI Programming and SCADA Programming are essential for creating efficient and responsive automation systems. When working with Optix, leveraging NetLogic allows for seamless integration between C# code and the SCADA environment, enabling advanced co...


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...


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