Have you ever needed an Hour Meter for a piece of equipment? Here’s a pre-built Hour Meter Linked Symbol for InduSoft Web Studio that you can add to your SCADA or HIM application. The Hour Meter displays elapsed time in 1/100 Hour increments (36 Seconds) up to 99999 Hours (around 11 ½ years) and has an indicator to show when it’s running (Figure 1). Continue reading
InduSoft has been offering free symbols every week for over a year. Find them with our other free add-ons to InduSoft Web Studio for quick, easy enhancements to your InduSoft Web Studio project. As we continue with our Alternative Energy month, we’ve picked out a few of the best symbols for use in the industries such as solar, wind, and energy metering applications. Continue reading
Sometimes an application calls for a rotating indicator, and this is especially true in some alternative energy or vehicle control applications. This can be a tricky indicator to build, since there is some detail needed in the instrument that is not obvious at first glance. Continue reading
It’s impossible to miss the countless articles that discuss the future of the Industrial Internet of Things, treating the idea that all our devices can and should be connected as a foregone conclusion. There is a barrage of figures to support the burgeoning industry – IIoT funding jumped 83% in 2015 (CBInsights)! China plans to invest $800 million into IIoT by 2015 (Accenture Strategy)! Continue reading
Whether you are beginning work on a new system or retrofitting an old one, it’s important to consider how well the software it operates on and how well the application itself will adapt to change. A lack of long-term thinking can leave business stuck with a SCADA/HMI software platform that requires frequent redesigns to incorporate new technology or expensive investments to replace obsolete software. Continue reading
InduSoft web Studio users sometimes ask us to explain how scaling works in the driver worksheets. This blog continues on from the recent blog on driver worksheets, in which we discussed how to configure the Main and Standard Worksheets. … Continue reading
This Rapid Application Video for InduSoft Web Studio shows how to change a Driver Station field (IP Address) using a string tag. This application also makes use of a Flir AX8 Infrared camera and a Modbus/TCP connection. Continue reading
The first time you install InduSoft Web Studio on a computer, the product runs for forty (40) hours in Evaluation Mode. This evaluation period includes any time you run a product module (engineering or runtime). You can use this evaluation period continuously or not; for example, 10 hours a day for 4 days, or 5 hours a day for 8 days, or 10 hours a day for 3 days plus 5 hours a day for 2 days, and so on. Continue reading
The custom widgets library, included in InduSoft Web Studio version 8.1 + SP1 (8.1.1), offers some great new tools for developing SCADA/HMI applications. One tool added in this service pack is an easy-to-configure pie chart tool. This sample application will … Continue reading
The best way to ensure that your HMI or SCADA application is as secure and stable as possible is to keep up to date with the most recent version of the software. The current version of InduSoft Web Studio is version 8.1 + SP1 or 8.1.1. Continue reading