Janice Colmer
Janice has worked at Opto 22 for nearly 20 years and is part of the marketing team that strives to share new and relevant content with the automation industry. She enjoys books, camping, country music, and spending time with family and friends.
While groov EPIC and groov RIO products seamlessly integrate with SCADA systems like Ignition from Inductive Automation, they also have a built-in Application Programming Interface (API) you can use to access much of the information and features of the platform.
Alex Marcy, CEO of Corso Systems, explains how in this Art of the Possible guest blog.
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Topics:
groov EPIC,
Ignition,
Art of the Possible
Can you maintain your business in the face of supply chain challenges and ransomware attacks? Join us for a resilience webinar.
You know it’s critical for manufacturers to be able to maintain business continuity in the face of operational challenges like these. When working with today's cloud and edge computing technologies, operational resilience is vital.
Join us as Opto 22’s Rene Gamero and tech partner 4IR Solutions CTO Joe Dolivo discuss this important topic in a new webinar presentation live streaming on March 30.
In this joint webinar, Joe and Rene will discuss common obstacles to achieving operational resilience and provide a live solution demo featuring FactoryStack and groov EPIC that demonstrates overcoming security, connectivity, and reliability challenges.
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Topics:
Webinars,
groov EPIC,
cybersecurity,
OptoPartner,
edge computing,
cloud computing
Tune in March 30th as Flexware Innovation livestreams an IIoT discussion with Opto 22's Benson Hougland.
Active members of Inductive Automation's Ignition Community gain several benefits, and working with other cutting-edge technology companies is just one of them.
Meet Flexware Innovation—whose mission is to help manufacturers with their digital transformation. Their highly skilled engineers help customers solve real business problems with software development, automation engineering, manufacturing systems integration, and IoT devices.
And they've invited Opto 22's Benson Hougland to be a guest on the Flexware Twitch live stream platform this month.
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Topics:
Webinars,
groov EPIC,
cybersecurity,
Ignition,
OT data
Did you miss last week's HiveMQ online workshop? You can still follow along with the live demo in this recording.
The power of MQTT technology is on display in a recent webinar that highlights the manufacturing sector and how the plant floor can be digitally transformed.
You'll learn the key components to getting the data you need from your manufacturing equipment in this demo hosted by HiveMQ's Kudzai Manditereza, which brings together Opto 22, Spruik, and N3uron.
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Topics:
Webinars,
MQTT,
groov EPIC,
Sparkplug,
manufacturing
Opto 22 headquarters hosts the first groov EPIC Premium Factory Training class of 2023.
The much anticipated return of in-person, instructor-led training at the Opto 22 factory and headquarters became a reality this week! Hats off to the team of Opto trainers as well as the great group of 12 students who made the class a success.
Students traveled from all across the country to attend and spent 4 days immersed in the groov EPIC system—learning all its features, capabilities, and programming options.
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Topics:
Training,
groov EPIC,
Factory Training
New course just added to OptoU online training shows you how to set up authentication, encryption, and trusted communication.
One of the first lessons you have in the groov EPIC Premium Factory training classroom here at Opto headquarters is: Commissioning groov EPIC. Whether you just purchased your first groov EPIC controller, or are a seasoned user, the course shows you how to set up your controller, right out of the box.
You'll now find these step-by-step instructions for commissioning EPIC on OptoU online training. This short course walks you through everything you need to know to get your groov EPIC authenticated and set up for secure, encrypted communication. Let's get started.
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Topics:
Training,
groov EPIC,
OptoU,
Factory Training
Learn about the challenges and opportunities of Industry 4.0 in this upcoming seminar in Colombia with Opto 22 partner and distributor Sincrón Diseño Electronico.
Now you can attend in person or livestream an educational event exploring the challenges and opportunities for today's businesses faced with digital transformation and implementing new IIoT technologies.
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Topics:
Events & conferences,
IIoT,
edge computing
Join Opto 22 and tech partner HiveMQ for a live demonstration of building a Unified Namespace with MQTT Sparkplug.
Here's help for your manufacturing digital transformation: watch this live webinar showcasing MQTT technology. Opto 22 VP of Marketing & Product Strategy, Benson Hougland, will present along with OptoPartner G5 Consulting (now Spruik) and the team from HiveMQ.
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Topics:
IIoT,
MQTT,
groov EPIC,
groov RIO,
HiveMQ,
manufacturing
IoT Certified system integrator is ready to help with your IA and IIoT projects.
With some impressive groov EPIC projects recently completed in the Life Science field, our newest OptoPartner, JSat Automation Inc., brings a unique set of skills and experience to our growing list of IoT Certified system integrators.
Opto 22's Director of Business Development, Arun Sinha, was instrumental in onboarding JSat as a partner. "We initially came together around a specific solution they developed for the Life Sciences industry. Now with their expertise on the groov hardware platform, CODESYS, and Inductive Automation's Ignition, they can surely help Opto 22 customers across many other verticals they serve, with both traditional automation applications as well as end-to-end IIoT projects."
Learn more about JSat Automation on their OptoPartner page and from their company introduction.
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Topics:
IIoT,
groov EPIC,
system integrator,
OptoPartner
Watch Terry Orchard's next video in the Secure Shell Access (SSH) series for custom Python programming.
Did you see last week's new video: Getting Started with groov EPIC & RIO Secure Shell? That video explained how to obtain a free Shell license for your groov EPIC, activate it, and then install it on your groov devices.
This new video picks up where the introduction left off: Getting Started with Repositories & Python on groov EPIC and RIO. Take a deeper dive using Secure Shell Access (SSH) along with custom Python programming packages with your groov devices.
Although your host, Terry Orchard, demonstrates on a groov EPIC Learning Center in the video, the tips shared work on any groov EPIC or RIO model.
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Topics:
groov EPIC,
developer,
secure shell,
ssh,
groov RIO,
python