Cyber Security is probably the largest threat and greatest barrier the industrial automation industry faces. The technology exists to create automated and interconnected machines with ease, but until we can trust and protect the data gathered, automation can never reach its full potential. Continue reading
Category Archives: SCADA software
Develop HMI/SCADA Applications More Quickly with the InduSoft Web Studio 8.1 Quickstart Guide
The InduSoft Web Studio 8.1 Quick Start Guide will help users working with InduSoft Web Studio for the first time. Take advantage of all the great tools in this HMI/SCADA software, and shrink the learning curve for creating or changing InduSoft Web Studio projects. Continue reading
InduSoft Web Studio 8.1 + Service Pack 3 Is Available for Download
InduSoft Web Studio has added some fantastic new features and functionality to InduSoft Web Studio with service pack 3. In keeping with our aggressive efforts to offer regular updates to the software, we’ve packed in some important new additions to InduSoft Web Studio. Here’s what’s new in Service Pack 3: Continue reading
InduSoft Web Studio Symbol of the Week: Binary Displays
These binary displays can be used to display Integer tags in binary. They can be used for troubleshooting, to display PLC bits, or to understand how to use tag properties within symbols. For example the syntax #TagName:AnalogValue_->B0 is used to show bit 0. Continue reading
Using the LogWin Module to Debug InduSoft Web Studio Applications
This module provides a continuous record of activities and tags for debugging over long periods of time. It creates a file into which you can dump the data collection results, and this file continues to grow in size until you … Continue reading
InduSoft Symbol of the Week: Horizontal LED Meters
This week’s symbol contains horizontal LED meters that can be used to show a value on a sliding scale. These symbols are excellent for mobile applications, where they can be clearly read and understood. Continue reading
Updated Driver for InduSoft Web Studio SCADA/HMI Applications
InduSoft Web Studio offers over 250 native drivers for every major manufacturer of PLC and controller. These drivers are frequently updated to offer better, more secure connections to the hardware employed in SCADA/HMI systems. Here is the most recent change to the InduSoft Driver list: Continue reading
Vote Now! InduSoft Web Studio is a Finalist in the Control Engineering Engineers’ Choice Awards
InduSoft Web Studio has consistently won awards for SCADA software, HMI software, and exceptional products and support. InduSoft won the Control Engineering Engineer’s Choice award in 2017 and 2016 for outstanding HMI software. Continue reading
InduSoft Web Studio 8.1 Service Pack Two Available for Download
InduSoft web Studio version 8.1 + SP2 is out and ready to download! This new version of InduSoft HMI/SCADA software brings some great new features and robust cybersecurity enhancements to offer you the best version of InduSoft Web Studio yet! Continue reading
When Industrial Automation Intersects Video Games
As long as there have been computers we’ve been finding ways to turn software into entertainment. The result of the innovation poured into creating video games has resulted in interesting ways to interact with and use our machines that are being applied to industrial settings. Here we’ve explored a few of the ways that industrial automation and modern video games have borrowed from and intersected with one another, and how video games may offer clues about what we can expect from industrial software in the future. Continue reading