- You should not need any external software for messaging. Ignition can send text messages to phones via email messages. Your phone provider should have email-to-SMS gateways available. This is referred to as “alerting”, which can be based on a PLC communication handshake or motor value. The following link, discussed in this thread, shows service providers and their email addresses. Give it a try.
- Ignition can work with Sybase databases - or any database with a JDBC driver. In fact, FactoryPMI used to used to include the free jTDS driver for both Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase. Ignition now comes bundled with the Microsoft JDBC driver. I’d recommend downloading the following to work with Sybase.
This should address your other post as well.