In automation, one of the most requested screens for a SCADA application is the plant or department overview screen. This screen is developed to quickly provide the user an understanding of the manufacturing floor status. Often, the key to an effecti...
Recently, I needed to access tags on a Siemens S7-300 PLC in Ignition 7.9 for one of my projects. These tags were communicated using an intermediate Siemens SIMATIC NET OPC Server. Since I know Ignition’s documentation is usually quite stellar,...