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.
Our recent webinar with Cirrus Link Solutions is now available on-demand with an in-depth overview of edge device security using the MQTT with Sparkplug B protocol.
We hope you were able to join us last week for another webinar that took a deep dive into the world of cybersecurity in industrial automation. The webinar recording is now available for those who might have missed those impressive product demos and discussions of how to solve your data security concerns.
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Topics:
Webinars,
MQTT,
groov EPIC,
cybersecurity,
groov RIO
Watch the recorded Ignition Community Live event featuring the groov RIO MM2 module with Ignition Edge onboard.
Did you miss last week's Ignition Community Live event featuring Opto 22's groov RIO? Or maybe you'd like to see some of those cool product demos again? You're in luck because a recording of this webcast is now available, so you can watch it on-demand.
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Topics:
Webinars,
IIoT,
Ignition Edge,
cybersecurity,
edge computing,
groov RIO,
Ignition Community Live
Opto 22 continues to grow its OptoPartner network with more experienced system integrators
Please welcome the new companies that joined our OptoPartner program this month. We value these new members as they have proven their engineering expertise and in-depth understanding of Opto 22 hardware and software and use it to help customers find their ideal automation and IIoT solutions.
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Topics:
IIoT,
system integrator,
OptoPartner
Get your legacy equipment questions answered at an upcoming Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) webinar presented by Opto 22.
Look ahead to Opto 22's July event calendar and you'll see we're hosting a webinar with the help of our friends at CSIA. Members of CSIA are system integrators dedicated to sharing engineering, technical and business skills to help manufacturers and other end users improve their automation systems.
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Topics:
Webinars,
Integrators,
IIoT,
groov EPIC,
cybersecurity,
system integrator,
digital transformation
Opto 22 welcomes new Central American distributor NV Technologies.
Your chances for finding Opto 22 IIoT and automation solutions on a world-wide network just improved. This week we announced an addition to the Opto 22 global network of authorized distributors: NV Technologies.
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Topics:
groov EPIC,
OptoPartner,
groov RIO,
OptoChannel
Join Opto 22 and Cirrus Link Solutions for an important webinar addressing cybersecurity and data integrity with MQTT.
The topic of cybersecurity has been in recent news headlines and is always a concern for automation professionals designing or upgrading their industrial control systems. Opto 22 technology partner, Cirrus Link Solutions, has invited us to participate in a new webinar addressing these concerns. Make plans to join us on June 30th for some revealing product demos and discussions.
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Topics:
MQTT,
groov EPIC,
cybersecurity,
groov RIO,
Cirrus Link Solutions
A new OptoBlog series takes a closer look at the CODESYS programming option in groov EPIC and how to use it.
If you're looking for programming options that are highly portable or you want to leverage your experience with ladder logic on a modern control platform, Opto 22's groov EPIC gives you the option of working with the CODESYS Development Environment.
If you aren't already familiar with it, you should definitely check it out. Today, I'll show you how to get started, but keep checking back for more in-depth content in the coming months.
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Topics:
Training,
CODESYS,
groov EPIC,
CODESYS blog series
See how to overcome the limitations of your legacy automation in an upcoming Ignition Community Live webcast.
If you are trying to stay at the forefront of industrial automation, Inductive Automation's Ignition Community Live events are a great way to see new technology in action.
The next event will feature the new groov RIO MM2 I/O module (GRV-R7-MM2001-10), which helps you cut the cruft out of your infrastructure and bring I/O directly into connected systems.
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Topics:
Webinars,
Ignition Edge,
groov RIO,
Inductive Automation,
Ignition Community Live
Several of the groov EPIC I/O modules have new firmware updates available.
If you're using the groov EPIC system, you'll want to check the list of groov I/O modules that have new versions of firmware available now. These firmware updates contain both enhancements and bug fixes and are available for download on the Opto 22 website.
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Topics:
Updates,
Firmware,
groov EPIC,
I/O
Check out this recent episode of the Fourth Generation Podcast for an in-depth discussion on the realities of IIoT.
Are you overwhelmed with information on how to best approach your company's digital transformation? Are you turned off by all the hype? In this interview with Opto 22's Benson Hougland, Kudzai Manditereza, creator of the Industry40.tv YouTube series and host of the Fourth Generation Podcast, cuts through the hype to help listeners put these new concepts and terminology into perspective.
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Topics:
Videos,
IoT,
IIoT,
edge computing,
digital transformation