Inductive Automation Attends OPC Seminar Roadshows

Helix Water District and Sierra Nevada Brewery Featured in Industry Magazines

By Steve Hechtman, President, Inductive Automation

More Data Helps Company Use Less Energy

Featuring David Lewis from Sierra Nevada Brewery

IT Team is No Longer Backed Up With Requests

Learn how to install and run Ignition as a service under Ubuntu 9

by Carl Gould

We have just released FactoryPMI 3.3.2 build 2754, FactorySQL 4.2.10 build 1232 and Reporting Plugin 1.1.17

Opinion piece by Steve Hechtman featured on Control Engineering

Steve Hechtman, President, Inductive Automation

A growing number of customers are discovering that their FactoryPMI HMI/SCADA system is a capable platform for replacing existing networked Microsoft Access applications, and with better licensing, deployment, and security options.

FactoryPMI^TM 3.3 adds a number of new components including an editable table, tab strip, and a new chart component.

Versions 4.2.6 and 3.2.4 respectively offer a variety of fixes and enhancements, along with a few new features

Interview focusing on why they converted to FactorySQL

Learn how to backup your Inductive Automation project

"FactoryPMI has been running for 24 months trouble-free. It has made my job easier because I can monitor all areas of operation efficiently." - Rick Flikkema

The Sound Player component and the Scriptable Canvas component

New minor updates have been released for both FactorySQL and FactoryPMI, providing a variety of new features and improvements

"Efficiencies have improved upwards of 30%, productivity targets are hit every day." - Paul Franzia

We've put our products through the paces! Our benchmark whitepaper is available now.

Inductive Automation is proud to announce that as of version 3.1.5, FactoryPMI supports running on Linux/Unix operating systems. This groundbreaking change will be welcomed by many of our customers, especially international customers, who are running Linux on the plant floor. Inductive Automation is committed to a long-term approach of providing platform-independent industrial automation software.

Click to Graph is a powerful way to add and remove pens from FactoryPMI's Easy Chart Component in runtime

FactoryPMI^TM's Retargeting feature is one of its most powerful, and least understood features. This article aims to shed some light on this remarkably easy to use feature and expose it to our newer users who may not have heard of it yet.

FactoryPMI and FactorySQL have long supported clustering and redundancy, respectively. But their database-centric architecture always left the question: What about the database? A true clustered database can take 4+ servers and tens of thousands of dollars worth of software. This whitepaper describes how to set up redundancy on the cheap, using 2 servers and MySQL.

FactoryPMI^TM 3.1 can now natively make use of industry standard SSL security to create the most secure SCADA system available. In addition FactoryPMI 3.1 and FactorySQL 4.1 are packed with a number of small feature upgrades and stability enhancements, making them a recommended upgrade for all users.

Two months after the SQLTags releases of FactoryPMI and FactorySQL, we?ve noticed that the Scan Class feature is the least understood feature of SQLTags. This article explains how to use Scan Classes to make your application be much more responsive, and will discuss some of the more advanced options available.

Inductive Automation is proud to announce the release of FactoryPMI™ 3.0 and FactorySQL™ 4.0, introducing its much-anticipated SQLTags™ technology. With SQLTags, rapid development of web-launched SCADA systems has never been easier or more accessible.

A roundup of the 2007 ISA Expo, and 5 frequently asked questions from the show.

Indirect tag binding is a powerful feature of SQLTags that lets the designer create reusable templated components and windows. Learn how to use this feature to cut down on project development time.

The much-anticipated FactoryPMI 2.2 has been released. Simple multi-state component styles, easier Active Directory authentication, and component animation are but some of the exciting new features in this release.

Microsoft’s Active Directory authentication technology is secure and in widespread use throughout the industrial landscape. Keep your HMI/SCADA application secure by using Active Directory for authentication.

Inductive Automation attends 2007 North American OPC Interop Conference, receives 'Self-Tested' certification.

Multihomed configuration explained.

FactoryPMI™ Designer usability improvements make for better experience on laptops

This month Inductive Automation is proud to release version 3.1 of FactorySQL™, and to introduce the new IA TotalCare™ support system.

PDF documentation viewer, more powerful reporting graph options make the popular Reporting Plugin even better.

'Clustering' feature provides redundancy and load balancing for a highly available web-launched SCADA solution.