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Missed ICC 2025? Conference videos are now available on demand

Posted by Janice Colmer on Jan 21, 2026 8:47:48 AM

Here's your chance to experience the 2025 Ignition Community Conference on your schedule.

The wait is over! You no longer need a registration pass to learn about the Ignition projects showcased in the 2025 Ignition Community Conference. Inductive Automation announced that all conference sessions, keynotes, panels, and the Build-a-Thon are now streaming on demand.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about Ignition software, see what it can do for your applications, and watch Opto 22's session on machine monitoring featuring our case study with MTNA. Oh, and watch the world-famous competitive SCADA event: The ICC Build-a-Thon!

If you did attend ICC 2025 in Sacramento this last September, here's your chance to revisit standout moments, catch up on sessions you missed, or dive deeper into the latest ideas shaping the Ignition ecosystem. You can access expert insights, real-world use cases, and technical deep dives—on your own schedule.

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Topics: Case studies, groov EPIC, Ignition, Ignition Community Conference, machine monitoring

How to build smaller, smarter, cost-effective control systems

Posted by Janice Colmer on Jan 14, 2026 6:41:25 AM

New case study shows you a simple way to digitally transform manual, disconnected underground systems into smart systems with full-scale, remote visibility.

Do you work on industrial applications in hazardous environments, where one failure can lead to immediate and severe consequences?

OptoPartner Surety Automation has decades of experience in mining and process industries, and is no stranger to handling the challenges that come with these types of projects.

Read about their latest application success story, with a major gold producer in northern Nevada.

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Topics: Case studies, CODESYS, Ignition, groov RIO

Your Top 5 from OptoBlog 2025

Posted by Janice Colmer on Jan 14, 2026 6:40:56 AM

Revisit the posts readers found most valuable on the OptoBlog in 2025.

Ready for another look back at highlights from 2025? Here's a chance to review the OptoBlog posts that resonated most with our readers this past year.

New ways to use Ignition software, staying current on firmware updates, strengthening cybersecurity practices, and picking up practical tech tips along the way: these articles reflect the challenges and priorities that OptoBlog subscribers are focused on.

Whether you’re revisiting a favorite or discovering it for the first time, here are the top five OptoBlog posts of 2025 that informed and guided this community.

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Topics: groov EPIC, cybersecurity, OpenVPN, Ignition, groov RIO

Introducing Mayfield Scientific: Your new OptoPartner

Posted by Janice Colmer on Nov 19, 2025 7:06:36 AM

Opto 22's growing network of system integrators now includes Mayfield Scientific—an experienced IIoT solution provider.

Do you need help integrating, installing, or updating your Opto 22 system? Or implementing an Internet of Things project? An OptoPartner can help.

Opto 22 IoT Certified OptoPartners bring the skills and experience to realize your Internet of Things goals. These partners know both automation systems and IT systems. 

Get to know IoT Certified Mayfield Scientific, learn what projects they can help with, and what regions they service.

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Topics: IIoT, groov EPIC, Ignition, system integrator, OptoPartner

Meet the future of mining

Posted by Janice Colmer on Nov 4, 2025 11:43:06 AM

Don't miss the chance to see live demos of groov EPIC and RIO working with Ignition to solve application challenges in the mining industry.

Here's another event to consider adding to your 2026 trade show and conference schedule—especially if you are in the Western United States: MINEXCHANGE.

This annual event takes place in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 22-25, 2026. Get all the expo details and see where you'll find Opto 22.

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Topics: Events & conferences, groov EPIC, Ignition, groov RIO

How to create a scalable digital infrastructure

Posted by Janice Colmer on Oct 29, 2025 10:23:50 AM

New Automation World article explains how a tier-one automotive supplier connected legacy injection molding machines for less than $1,000 per machine without writing a single line of code or replacing PLCs.

In case you missed this year's Ignition Community Conference, David Greenfield (Automation World Editor-in-Chief) provides an excellent recap of a "machine monitoring" session in his latest article.

Hear key takeaways from Dan White's presentation on cost-effective ways to get data from your brownfield devices and transform legacy manufacturing to smart machine monitoring.

Then see first-hand how Moriroku Technology North America (MTNA) implemented these machine monitoring tips to elevate their operations. 

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Topics: Case studies, Automation World, Ignition, Ignition Community Conference, groov RIO, machine monitoring

Surety Automation is ready to help with your next project

Posted by Janice Colmer on Oct 29, 2025 9:43:18 AM

Meet the newest OptoPartner who is ready to design, implement, and maintain your industrial control application.

The OptoPartner program gives you access to companies with expertise and application experience working with all Opto 22 product lines, including groov EPIC and groov RIO.

Surety Automation is the latest company to achieve success with groov product solutions and has received the IoT Certification from Opto 22.

Learn more about their company philosophy and how they can help with your next project.

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Topics: groov EPIC, Ignition, system integrator, OptoPartner, groov RIO, system integration

ICC 2025: Where real problems meet real solutions

Posted by Dan White on Oct 1, 2025 8:11:05 AM

From the release of Ignition 8.3 software to the ProveIt! showcases live on stage, get all the highlights from this year's Ignition Community Conference.

If you’re like many in manufacturing, you’re still facing the same challenges:

-You don’t have clear visibility across machines
-Your data is incomplete or unreliable
-Legacy systems don’t connect to new ones
-Your AI and analytics plans stall at step one

Those problems and some solutions were front and center at this year’s Ignition Community Conference.

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Topics: Events & conferences, groov EPIC, Ignition, Ignition Community Conference, groov RIO

There's still time to join the Ignition Community

Posted by Janice Colmer on Aug 26, 2025 12:51:52 PM

Here are more reasons you should attend this year's Ignition Community Conference—hosted by Inductive Automation.

Have you used Ignition software in any of your industrial applications?

Opto 22’s groov EPIC edge programmable industrial controllers and the groov RIO GRV-R7-MM2001-10 edge I/O module come with Inductive Automation’s Ignition Edge®.

Your groov EPIC or groov RIO with Ignition Edge can do things like enable data buffering, publish and subscribe to data through MQTT, supply remote alarming, and much more. 

The best way to learn just how powerful this technology combination can be is by networking and learning from Ignition experts from all over the world. See what's possible at this year's Ignition Community Conference.

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Topics: Events & conferences, groov EPIC, Ignition, Ignition Community Conference, groov RIO

Watch on-demand: Kickstarting your Unified Namespace

Posted by Janice Colmer on Aug 20, 2025 8:05:40 AM

This webinar recording is your valuable go-to resource for accessing stranded OT data and building a UNS that's AI and analytics ready.

Did you attend this month's Unified Namespace (UNS) webinar hosted by Cirrus Link Solutions and Opto 22?

Now you can watch the webinar recording on demand.

See how to:

  • Connect, collect, model, store and share OT data
  • Build a unified namespace
  • Go from field to cloud using tools you already know
Read more about everything you’ll learn, packed in to one hour.
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Topics: Webinars, MQTT, groov EPIC, Ignition, Cirrus Link Solutions, UNS, Unified Namespace

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