In this webinar, our Ignition experts will take on the question, “What is digital transformation?” at a practical level, and tell you about new and updated solutions that empower any enterprise to overcome these obstacles easily and affordably.
• Discover a real-world, incremental migration strategy for IIoT
• Learn about new and improved edge-computing solutions
• Explore full solutions that combine industry-leading software and hardware
• Find out how to get wide access to data in the cloud
• See why it’s easier than ever to find expert help with implementation
6 Simple Steps to Enterprise Digital Transformation
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2. Moderator
Don Pearson, Chief Strategy Officer, Inductive Automation
Moderator
Don Pearson
Chief Strategy Officer
Inductive Automation
3. Agenda
• Introduction to Ignition, Meet Today’s Speakers
• About Digital Transformation
• Common Obstacles
• Easy Steps to a Better Architecture
• Solution Demo
• Audience Q&A
4. Ignition: The Industrial
Application Platform
• Unlimited licensing model
• Cross-platform compatibility
• Based on IT-standard technologies
• Scalable server-client architecture
• Web-managed
• Launch on desktop or mobile
• Modular configurability
• Rapid development and deployment
One Universal Platform for HMI, SCADA, MES & IIoT:One Universal Platform for HMI/SCADA, MES & IIoT:
• Unlimited licensing model
• Cross-platform compatibility
• Based on IT-standard technologies
• Scalable server-client architecture
• Web-based & web-managed
• Web-launched on desktop or mobile
• Modular configurability
• Rapid development & deployment
Ignition: Industrial Application Platform
5. Speakers
Travis Cox
Co-Director of
Sales Engineering,
Inductive
Automation
Arlen Nipper
President and
CTO,
Cirrus Link
Solutions
Benson Hougland
Vice President,
Product Strategy,
Opto 22
6. Digital Transformation
● Definition: The transformation of industrial products,
operations, value chains, and aftermarket services that
are enabled through the augmentation of people and
knowledge, through the expanded use of sensors, data
and analytics.
– According to the ARC Advisory Group
7. Digital Transformation
Benefits:
● Reduce operating costs
● Reduce unscheduled downtime
● Improve asset performance
● Optimize supply chain
● Increase capacity
● Increase employee engagement
– According to the ARC Advisory Group
8. Digital Transformation
● “The digital disruption and transformation of the
industrial sphere is one of the world’s current
megatrends, affecting companies representing
two-thirds of global GDP.”
– Eric Schaffer, Industry X.0
10. Digital Transformation
How do we get from where we are to where we
need to be?
How do we get from where we are to where we need to be?
11. The Old Way of Building Systems
• HMI attached to critical machine
and communicating directly to
PLC
• Proprietary SCADA system
connected to HMI, and often used
as middleware
• Proprietary database
• Licensed by number of clients
and tags
12. Obstacle: Perception of ‘Rip and Replace’
• Very expensive
• Very disruptive to business
• Steep learning curve
• Takes a long time to see ROI
13. Obstacle: Gap Between OT and IT
• Siloed environments, different roles
• Proprietary vs. open
• They need to work together to achieve
scalable IIoT
15. Obstacle: Balancing Accessibility and Security
• The business side needs to access data
from OT
• Younger workers want to leverage mobile
devices
• Keep system safe from increasing threats
16. Obstacle: Working with the Cloud
• Flexibility for hybrid architectures?
• How to get OT data into the cloud?
• How to leverage data for higher-level capabilities?
17. Obstacle: Cost, Licensing, ROI
• Pay for every client and tag
• Implementation costs
• Maintenance costs
• But what if we could see the value
quickly?
18. Easy Steps to a Better Architecture
How do we overcome these obstacles and move to a scalable IIoT architecture?
19. Easy Steps to a Better Architecture
1. Add Ignition in parallel to existing systems.
2. Add MQTT Transmission.
3. Add edge computing.
4. Add new devices and sensors.
5. Get data out to more people.
6. Get data up to the cloud.
20. Step 1: Add Ignition in Parallel to Existing Systems
• Connect to the data and do more with it
• Reduce manual work and info on paper
• Add history, alarms, reporting & much
more
• Get data to more people on the plant floor
21. Step 1: Add Ignition in Parallel to Existing Systems
• As many clients, tags, and
connections as you need
• Choose any major operating system
• Bridge OT and IT
• With Ignition in place, start building a
new architecture
• Price point: $10,000-15,000
22. Step 2: Add MQTT Transmission
• Add the MQTT Transmission
Module to Ignition to publish
data to an MQTT server
23. Step 2: Add MQTT Transmission
Why MQTT?
• Leading messaging protocol for IIoT
• Publish/subscribe protocol
• Extremely lightweight, reduces network
bandwidth consumption by 80-90%
• Bidirectional
• Built-in stateful awareness
• Secured with TCP/IP technology (TLS)
24. Step 2: Add MQTT Transmission
Decouple Devices from Applications:
• Connect your devices to infrastructure
• Access much more device data
• Single source of truth for tags
• Provide a superior OT solution
25. Step 2: Add MQTT Transmission
• Add the MQTT
Transmission Module to
Ignition to publish data to
an MQTT server
• Price points:
○ Start with MQTT
Transmission ($1350)
○ Add MQTT Engine &
MQTT Distributor
($4850)
26. Step 3: Add Edge Computing
• Introduce edge devices into the
architecture
• Push polling out closer to
where remote PLCs are located
27. Ignition Edge
• Eases the difficulty of collecting data at the edge of
the network
• A line of lightweight Ignition solutions for
embedding into edge devices
• Extends data collection, visualization, and system
management
30. New Ignition Onboard Web Portal
• Find devices easily on the new Ignition
Onboard web portal
• Browse by device type or company to find
the best solution for your needs
31.
32. • groov EPIC combines:
• Real-time controller
• Operator Interface
• Gateway
• I/O system
• Starts at $2295 with
Ignition Edge
33.
34. Step 4: Add New Devices and Sensors
• Areas without PLCs or where information is not
connected to PLCs
• Add devices and sensors to capture I/O data and
connect it to infrastructure
35. • groov RIO
• 8 multi-signal, multifunction
channels, 2 mechanical relays
• 61,260 unique I/O combinations
• Secure web server for configuration
• PoE or line powered
• MQTT Sparkplug B
• USB for data storage or Wi-Fi
• Only $745
44. Ignition Perspective Module
• Affordably make more data visible and
accessible to more people
• Price point: $8000 for the standard
Perspective Module
48. The “Reality” of Digital Transformation
Operational
Data
“Ignition-based Digital Transformation uniquely addresses the
fundamental issue that current OT infrastructures simply are
not conducive to the requirements of Digital Transformation.”
Decouple, Provide a “Single Source of Truth, Create
a Superior OT solution. Then start on your Digital
Transformation journey!
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50. Mobile SCADA + Technology
Perspective Demo??
Talk to Travis about a quick demo- could it even be possible to integrate with
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