Inductive Automation News and Press Releases

Inductive Automation Announces First Fully Cross-platform System Based On Opc-ua

Sacramento, CA (October 13th, 2010) - Inductive Automation, a recognized pioneer in the realm of web-based and database-centric HMI, SCADA and MES solutions, is pleased to announce Ignition by Inductive Automation – the industry’s first top-to-bottom cross-platform SCADA system built on OPC-UA. “With the operating system wars moving into high gear and with the recent widespread adoption of OPC-UA by major software vendors, there was really no other choice than to develop a fully cross-platform, OPC-UA based solution,” said Steve Hechtman, president of Inductive Automation. “Ignition is the Swiss Army knife of the industrial software business,” he continues exuberantly, “and represents a major step forward in continuing our mission of opening up plant data across the enterprise.” Ignition by Inductive Automation builds upon Inductive Automation’s experience in the industrial software arena, consolidating and enhancing ...

Free Modbus Driver Added To Ignition Opc-ua

Sacramento, CA (October 13th, 2010) - Inductive Automation is pleased to announce the addition of Modbus TCP/ IP to Ignition OPC-UA, the world’s first cross-platform, completely free OPC-UA server. The Modbus protocol is used in millions of devices around the world. The new driver allows Ignition OPC-UA to connect to a broad variety of devices, such as solar cells, lights, generators, flow meters, and even bar code scanners and refrigeration skids. Ignition OPC-UA is offered free as a stand-alone server, and is also included as a free module within the Ignition software. Ignition is a robust platform for creating web-launched HMI, SCADA and MES systems that can run on Windows, Linux, OS X and more. With full support for OPC-UA and classic OPC, and now Modbus, Ignition can be adapted to connect to virtually any industrial device. With its lightning-fast speed, the Modbus driver allows users to quickly and easily access ...