Two complimentary seats (a $1990 value!) with your purchase of the groov EPIC Learning Center

Start your control or industrial internet of things (IIoT) project today with the groov EPIC Learning Center (GRV-EPIC-LC). Packed with fully-functioning EPIC hardware and software, the Learning Center gives you a compact and complete system to prototype your projects.

AND you get two complimentary seats in our instructor-led, hands-on training at
Opto 22's Southern California headquarters. 

Topics: IIoT, Industrial Internet of Things, groov EPIC, groov EPIC Learning Center

This video provides step-by-step instructions for adding an external touchscreen to the groov EPIC processor.

Our video library continues to expand and we've just added another video to the groov workshop series: 

Topics: IIoT, groov View, groov EPIC, groov Manage, groov EPIC Learning Center

New to groov EPIC or want to know what those multi-colored LEDs on the groov EPIC system indicate? You'll want to watch this short video that explains!

Topics: IIoT, I/O modules, groov EPIC, I/O

Last week's new video showed you how to activate Ignition Edge on groov EPIC. This week brings another new video in the Ignition Edge series: Configure Ignition Edge's OPC-UA Server on groov EPIC.

Topics: IIoT, MQTT, Ignition Edge, groov EPIC

The OS, or operating system, of groov EPIC is very different from traditional controllers. Instead of a proprietary OS, EPIC uses an open-source Linux® operating system.

From a security standpoint, an “open source” OS sounds scary. But in many ways it is more secure than a closed-source one, especially a well-known and often-attacked OS such as Microsoft® Windows®.

Topics: EPIC, groov EPIC, EPIC Security, Linux, secure shell, ssh, EPIC Security Series

We've just added a new video to our website video library: Activate Ignition Edge on groov EPIC.

 

This video introduces you to Ignition Edge software from Inductive Automation, one of several programming choices available to you on the groov EPIC system, and it provides many options for connecting to popular PLCs.

Topics: Ignition Edge, EPIC, groov EPIC, groov Manage

The groov EPIC system adds a time-saving cable and groov I/O thermistor module. 

GRV-TEX-26F6
Would you like to save time and expense when installing or maintaining your field devices?  The new GRV-TEX-26F6 cable reduces the time and effort needed to connect field devices to groov I/O modules.

Topics: I/O modules, groov EPIC, I/O

Go on, admit it. At some point in your life you've written down a password on a piece of paper in clear text. Anybody walking by can simply glance at your note, and they'll know what your password is.

No, you have never done that? Excellent. 

But if you've ever used your web browser to log into a website over the web, and entered sensitive information like your password without encryption, you've effectively transmitted that information through the internet for all to see, almost like writing it on paper and showing it around.

Whoa.

Topics: Security, IIoT, groov EPIC, cybersecurity, EPIC Security, encryption, EPIC Security Series

Now easily find videos you want to see.

We think you'll like our redesigned Videos page on Opto22.com. We've learned you'd rather see our videos logically grouped together rather than search through a long list of titles.

Topics: Videos, IIoT, Industrial Internet of Things, groov EPIC, automation 101

In this blog post, let’s take a closer look at user accounts on the groov EPIC system, and how you can improve your system security by giving users and services fine-grained access to applications running on EPIC. In other words, make sure each person or service has only the access they really need and nothing more.

But before we get deep into user accounts, let’s first discuss user account credentials. Take a moment and ask yourself the following questions:

• Do you use the same password for multiple accounts?
• Do you use a mix of punctuation and capital letters in your passwords?
• Do you use long phrases as your passwords?

Topics: Security, groov View, groov EPIC, groov Manage, cybersecurity, EPIC Security, User Accounts, EPIC Security Series