How to Develop a Low-Cost, Open Source Machine Learning Solution Using Ignition

The benefits of applying machine learning in complex industrial systems can be immense, and Enuda has found an open-source approach using Ignition that can give the benefits of ML at a low cost. In this session, you'll learn how they did it by exploring their considerations, testing (and failures), as well as why they decided on using a combination of Docker, Flask framework, and Ignition to create their solution. The session will include an example using the chosen environment for a practical case, and advice on how to get started with machine learning and Ignition.

Practical Smart Water Solutions Capitalizing on the Digital Wave

The demand for reliable, secure, and scalable automation technology is growing exponentially in the water/wastewater industry. Municipalities struggle with “data silos” that limit the flow and availability of information to the various stakeholders and systems, limiting insights that can be gleaned from the operation. At Brock, we are using Ignition to break open these silos and aggregate disparate data sources into a connected central point, providing a complete view from tap to treatment of the water operation.

Top 7 UI Design Tips in Perspective

Users crave a UI experience that is intuitive, efficient, memorable, and visually pleasing. Unfortunately, industrial automation projects can be 100% functional and still miss the mark because of poor design. Good UI standards improve user experience and function, reduce training time, and help ensure long-term use of the system. In this session, you'll hear specific UI strategies that you can use right now to improve your applications in Perspective. Slash the learning curve on beautiful interface design with straightforward tips from a developer's point of view.

ANSI/ISA HMI 101 - Intuitive Information and Guidance

HMI design plays a critical role in determining an operator’s ability to manage an industrial facility’s systems effectively, particularly when detecting and resolving an abnormal situation. Adopting design standards, such as those developed by groups such as ANSI and ISA, allows organizations to add valuable context to data in a way that’s consistent, clear and scalable. During this session, GrayMatter Chief Technology Officer John Benitz will discuss how water/wastewater utilities, manufacturers and other industrial organizations leverage high-performance HMI design to enhance change management practices, convert veteran operators’ unwritten rules into intuitive design elements, and reduce the learning curve for new employees.

Virtualization at the Edge

Digital Transformation is accelerating as manufacturers double down on onshoring and near-sourcing while adding KPI’s focused on resilience and adaptability, strengthening the ROI of digital transformation projects. We’re now well into OT/IT convergence with IT technologies permeating OT, reducing costs and increasing the speed and scalability of deployment. This session will explore the leading technologies moving to the industrial edge of OT. Driving virtualization technologies to the edge of networks is a key enabling technology that will soon become one of the keys to success in digital transformation.

Ignition with Cloud Services

Cloud services like AWS and Azure used in conjunction with Ignition offer many advantages. In this session, find out how using Ignition in a cloud environment can improve your solutions at an administrative, uptime, and management level. This session will also detail the networking and security implications and solutions to ensure a robust and secure system, and will take you through examples for outage usability, highlighting Ignition Edge as a local failover.

Cellular and VPN Connectivity Management for Remote Applications Using Moxa’s ThingsPro

Learn how to use Moxa’s built-in software utility to effortlessly manage the complex task of cellular and VPN connectivity for your remotely distributed applications.

10 Commandments of Protecting Your Network and Assets

When it comes to cyber defense for industrial control networks, there seems to be an overwhelming sea of information. Join ICS Security for this session on cyber defense, breaking down the challenges plant owners and system integrators face and the protective measures they can take. This session will also take a look at SPARTA (SCADA Protection And Real Time Alerts) and how it’s helping to prevent most cyber attacks.

How to Build a Homeless Shelter Operations Management System in Perspective

Anything is possible with a dream and the Ignition community. Case in point: More than 30 engineers banded together to build an Operations Management System in Perspective for a homeless shelter in Nashville. Join Chris McLaughlin as he shares how a group of people working nights and weekends for free can leverage Ignition to create a unified platform to replace multiple other softwares and help serve people in need.

The Power of Ignition and IIoT Secure Digital Power Solutions

Bedrock Automation has brought secure industrial digital power solutions to the IIoT edge. This session demonstrates how to get complete power system diagnostics remotely via Ignition designed dashboards, and details why software configurable devices are important, how to use built-in redundancy to eliminate power-related downtime, and more. See how remote operations can be simple, scalable and secure with significant cost savings.