Janice Colmer
Janice has worked at Opto 22 for over 20 years and is part of the marketing team that strives to share new and relevant content with the industrial automation industry. She enjoys books, camping, country music, and spending time with family and friends.
New case study explores a city's need for real-time visibility of its critical infrastructure—all through remote monitoring.
When you’re responsible for critical infrastructure spread across a city, knowing what’s happening at every site can be a major challenge.
For Kuala Lumpur’s River of Life project, operators needed real-time visibility into 25 remote pumping and treatment sites—without relying on routine site visits to discover problems.
See how their engineering team made a distributed infrastructure easier to manage.
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Topics:
Case studies,
Water & wastewater,
groov EPIC,
digital transformation
A practical guide for learning about Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) loop control and tuning.
PID loops are everywhere in industrial automation—but getting them tuned for fast, stable, and efficient control can be a challenge.
This new technical article defines the elements of a PID loop, reviews how PIDs are configured for Opto 22 devices, and introduces a free online tuner you can use for many loop controllers (not just Opto's).
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Topics:
PID loop control,
groov EPIC,
snap pac,
technical tips
The October 2026 groov EPIC Premium Factory Training class offers you a bonus workshop on advanced CODESYS programming topics.
Are you considering a controls system upgrade or just curious how groov EPIC compares to other systems you've used?
Do you need help configuring and programming hardware and software for your industrial automation or IIoT application?
Here's your chance to attend factory training for the groov EPIC system—plus an additional workshop that offers more training on advanced features of the CODESYS programming option (included in EPIC).
Get all the details on the last Opto 22 training class of 2026.
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Topics:
CODESYS,
groov EPIC,
Factory Training
The upcoming EVO Expo provides two days of training, live demos and direct access to industrial automation manufacturers.
Are you trying to solve a specific industrial application challenge? Are you trying to keep up with new technology trends or looking to expand your industry network?
These are all reasons you'll want to attend the EVO Expo, October 6 - 7, 2026—hosted by OptoPartner EVO Integration.
Get all the event details and see how the expo aims to give you a hands-on, practical way to stay ahead in industrial automation and manufacturing.
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Topics:
Events & conferences,
CODESYS,
groov EPIC,
Ignition,
system integrator,
OptoPartner,
smart manufacturing,
manufacturing
Tune in to episode 12 of the Ignited podcast for real conversations on edge applications making a difference in very different industries.
Industrial automation is changing fast, but some of the biggest challenges remain surprisingly familiar: connecting equipment, getting useful data where it needs to go, and building systems that don’t box you in later.
Edge solutions are increasingly helping solve those challenges in both greenfield and brownfield systems. But don't you want to see what that actually looks like in practice?
Listen in as Opto 22's Dan White sits down with the Inductive Automation Ignited podcast team to break down four simple edge application stories that led to huge results.
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Topics:
Case studies,
MQTT,
groov EPIC,
Ignition,
podcast,
groov RIO,
Inductive Automation,
OPC UA,
open source,
Unified Namespace
Catch the replay of this recent Automation Ladies podcast that explores real-world use cases and practical approaches to using edge automation.
Have you been locked in to proprietary systems on your plant floor? Are you looking for open source solutions without all the hidden costs?
Opto 22's Dan White joins the Automation Ladies podcast to discuss open source architectures, the switch to edge computing in manufacturing, and the pain points that force engineers and technicians to seek solutions like groov edge devices.
Listen in:
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Topics:
Case studies,
industrial automation,
podcast,
edge computing,
manufacturing
The Who's groovin video series is back with episode 9 and the key to monitoring radioactive waste when every second is critical.
Have you ever been involved in a controls project that was a patchwork of competing vendors and systems?
Or have you been faced with the task of integrating different systems into one platform that scales?
In this edition of Who's groovin, see how a Bulgarian engineering firm took a radioactive waste facility from mismatched hardware to a single unified SCADA platform.
Watch:
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Topics:
Case studies,
Videos,
Ignition,
groov RIO,
Who's groovin
Take advantage of several new features, fixes and improvements in this latest release of the PAC Project software suite, R10.6002.
Whether you use Opto 22's basic or professional version of the PAC Project Software Suite, you'll want to hear about some new features and enhancements just added to PAC Control as well as some fixes for PAC Display.
Let's review the highlights.
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Topics:
PAC Project,
PAC Control,
PAC Manager,
PAC Display,
OptoOPCServer,
OptoDataLink
Get details and specifications for two newly released groov I/O modules: GRV-ODCIHC-12 and GRV-ODCIHV-12.
Explore more options for your groov EPIC system with the release of two groov DC output modules.
Do your applications require driving high-current or high-voltage DC loads? Take a closer look at how these new I/O modules can help.
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Topics:
I/O,
groov EPIC
New article clarifies when to use sinking and sourcing in discrete DC circuits.
If you've ever hesitated when selecting digital I/O because of the terms sinking and sourcing, this new article can help.
It's a common point of confusion in industrial automation. Choosing the wrong module can lead to unnecessary troubleshooting, rewiring, or project delays.
The article and the accompanying tech note cover the basics: what's the difference, when it matters, and how you choose and wire the right I/O module.
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Topics:
I/O,
groov EPIC,
snap pac,
technical tips