Industrial software experts from Inductive Automation will take you on an educational journey through the Ignition platform, revealing how it’s built on a foundation of open technology and interoperability. As you’ll see, Ignition is not another IT cloud platform but rather an OT platform that works synergistically with IT cloud platforms to connect the entire enterprise.

2. Moderator
Don Pearson, Chief Strategy Officer, Inductive Automation
Moderator
Don Pearson
Chief Strategy Officer,
Inductive Automation

3. Agenda
• Intro to IA, Ignition, and today’s speakers
• What’s stopping the progress of Industry 4.0?
• What does ‘Platform’ mean?
• Why a Platform?
• Product vs. Platform
• Core Platform Tenets
• Ignition Platform: Expandability, Scalability, Extensibility, Ecosystem
• Q & A

4. About Inductive Automation
About Inductive Automation
• Founded in 2003
• HMI, SCADA, MES, and IIoT software
• Over 2,200 integrators
• Used by 48% of Fortune 100 companies
• Ignition 8 released this April,
700+ improvements already made
Learn more at: inductiveautomation.com/about

5. 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

6. Presenter
Travis Cox
Co-Director of Sales
Engineering,
Inductive Automation

7. Co-Presenter
Travis Cox,
Co-Director of Sales Engineering
Inductive Automation
Panelist
Hugh Roddy
VP, Global Engineering &
Project Management,
Chobani

8. Data Access and Insight
What’s stopping the progress of Industry 4.0?
• Many organizations are trying to
use cloud IT platforms for Industry
4.0/digital transformation

9. Data Access and Insight
What’s stopping the progress of Industry 4.0?
• Many organizations are trying to
use cloud IT platforms for Industry
4.0/digital transformation
• However, none of the cloud IT
platforms available can interact
with the plant floor (OT)

10. Data Access and Insight
What’s stopping the progress of Industry 4.0?
• Address the needs of OT in the same
way as you address the needs of IT
• You need a platform for OT
• Without an OT platform, you cannot
leverage a cloud IT platform

11. Data Access and Insight
What’s stopping the progress of Industry 4.0?
• Ignition is the OT platform
• Bring order to the chaos at the
OT level so you can easily
connect up to IT

12. Data Access and Insight
What’s stopping the progress of Industry 4.0?
“Ecosystems are often open
networks of strategic business
partners with the common aim of
driving growth and fostering
innovation.
“… typically ecosystems are built
around intellectual property
stemming from one core partner.”
— Eric Schaeffer, Industry X.0:
Realizing Digital Value in Industrial
Sectors

13. Industry
What Does “Platform” Mean?
• A platform is a group of technologies that are used as a base upon which
other applications, processes, or technologies are developed.

14. Industry
Why a Platform?
Solve Pain Points:
• Ease of installation/upgrade
• Open, standards-based
• Cross-platform
• Rapid design & deployment
• Scalable
• Modular
• Extensible
• Backwards-compatible
• Future-proof

15. Industry
Why a Platform?
Drivers:
• Innovation (ecosystem of users, partners, collaborators, and producers
who contribute and generate innovative ideas)
• Faster response times (technology shifts)
• Lesser risk (more stability, more users and contributors)
• Large community (case studies, training, templates)

16. Industry
Product vs. Platform
• Closed, proprietary
• Keeps only
consumers in mind
• Open, standards-based
• Keeps producers and
consumers in mind

17. Industry
Core Platform Tenets
Building Blocks:
• Open access & interfaces (but not insecure)
• Connectivity (in & out)
• Modular architecture (easy to build on, extend)
• Provide solutions (endless possibilities)
• Vibrant ecosystem (how value is created around the platform)

18. Industry
Ignition Platform

19. Industry
Ignition Platform
Future-proof:
• Expand
• Add tags, projects, screens, clients, etc.
• Connect to more systems
• Add modules
• Scale
• Add additional servers
• Local, remote, cloud
• Extend
• Integrations
• Module SDK

20. Industry
Ignition Platform
Don’t confuse simplicity with capability:
• 3-minute install/upgrade
• Pay technical debt
• Installation files contained in single folder
• Cross-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS)
• Backwards-compatible

21. Industry
Communication Hub

22. Ignition Platform

23. Industry
Ignition Software Stack

24. Ignition Modules
OPC-UA
Server
Allen-
Bradley
Modbus
Siemens
Omron
SQL
Bridge
Perspective
Tag
Historian
Vision
Web
Browser
MQTT
Transmission
Alarm
Notification
SMS
Voice
EAM SFC
SPC
Reporting
WebDev
OEE /
Downtime
MQTT
Engine
MQTT
Distributor
Recipe
Track &
Trace

25. Industry
Limitless Applications
What can you build?
• HMI/SCADA
• MES Applications
• IIoT Dashboards & Applications
• Reporting Solutions
• Mobile Solutions
• Edge Computing Solutions
• Data Aggregator / Collector / Injector
• Third-Party Integrations
• Database Applications
• And much more …

26. Industry
Ignition Modules
OPC-UA
Server
Modbus
Tag
Historian
Vision
Reporting
Allen-
Bradley

27. Industry
Ignition Modules
Adding modules:
• Hot-swappable
• No Gateway restart required
• No disruption of service
• Adds new functionality
• Single designer

28. Ignition Scalability
OPC-UA
Server
Modbus
Tag
Historian
Vision
Reporting
Allen-
Bradley

29. Ignition Scalability
OPC-UA
Server
Allen-
Bradley
Modbus
Tag
Historian
Vision
Reporting

30. Industry
Ignition Platform
Ignition-to-Ignition communication:
The Gateway Network allows you to connect multiple Gateways together
over a wide area network, and opens up many distributed features:
• Remote tags
• Remote alarm journal & notification
• Remote history
• Gateway messaging
• Enterprise Administration Module (EAM)

31. Industry
Ignition Scalability
OPC-UA
Server
Allen-
Bradley
Modbus
Tag
Historian
Vision
Reporting
OPC-UA
Server
Allen-
Bradley
Modbus
Tag
Historian

32. Industry
Ignition Scalability

33. Industry
Ignition Scalability

34. Industry
Ignition SDK
Extend Ignition:
• Nearly all commercial pieces associated with Ignition were built with the
public SDK
• Ignition Modules (OPC-UA, Vision, Perspective, etc.)
• Sepasoft Modules
• Cirrus Link Modules
• Written in Java
• Highly extensible

35. Industry
What Can You Build with the SDK?
Practically anything you can imagine!
•Scripting Function
•Expression Function
•Authentication Profile
•Audit Profile
•Alarm Notification Profile
•Realtime Tag Provider
•Gateway Web Pages
•Logic Engines
•External Connections
•OPC Driver
•Tag History Provider
•Vision Component
• Perspective
• Component
• Binding
• Transform
• Action
• Report
• Component
• Data source
• And much more …

36. Industry
Examples
• Z-Wave Driver
• Realtime tag provider, Gateway configuration page, and scripting
functions
• Kafka Support
• Wrap any external library
• Influx Tag History Provider
• IA Github
https://github.com/inductiveautomation/ignition-sdk-examples
• IMDC Github (open-source)
https://github.com/ignitionmoduledevelopmentcommunity

37. Ecosystem

38. Ecosystem

39. Ecosystem

40. Center of the Ecosystem

41. Industry
Conclusion
How would you summarize the value of the Ignition platform & ecosystem
based on your experience with it at Chobani?

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