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Visualize the Internet of Things

Posted by Jean Femia on May 16, 2014 4:03:00 AM

All this talk about the Internet of Things... but what does it really mean to you and me?

At the Internet of Things North America conference this week in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Opto 22's Ben Orchard presented some new ideas on how we can approach these "smart" sensors and devices and equipment so they make sense for us.

Ben starts in his own geeky house, where his Philips hue lights, WeMo switches, and Twitter account (among other things) make up his own personal Internet of Things.

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Topics: Webinars, Videos, Discrete control, groov, PLCs, Remote monitoring

New groovHeads Videos

Posted by Jean Femia on Feb 17, 2014 2:26:00 AM

Want to see something cool you can do with Google Glass?

Need to access your groov mobile interface over the web, but not quite sure how to set it up?

Either way you'll want to check out our new groovHeads YouTube channel. A couple of videos are there now and we'll be adding lots more.

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Topics: Videos, groov, Remote monitoring

Build mobile interfaces for your Allen-Bradley PLC system

Posted by Jean Femia on Jan 31, 2014 4:00:00 AM

Do you have an Allen-Bradley® PLC? Would you like to monitor or even control parts of your system with your smartphone or tablet?

Our video groov your A-B shows you how easy it is to do exactly that.

Opto 22 engineer Ben Orchard steps you through it:

  1. Import tags from your A-B PLC to the tag server.
  2. Import tags to groov.
  3. Attach tags to gadgets.
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Topics: Videos, groov, PLCs

groov your system: Build interfaces for Siemens PLCs

Posted by Jean Femia on Jan 10, 2014 4:27:00 AM

Do you have a Siemens® PLC system? If you do, take a look at our latest video: groov your Siemens.

The video shows just how easy it is to build an operator interface to monitor or even control your Siemens equipment from your smartphone, tablet, or computer. It's Your system on your mobile™.

Opto 22 engineer Ben Orchard walks you through the setup in three steps:

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Topics: Videos, groov, PLCs

Develop a secure mobile interface - new video shows how

Posted by Jean Femia on Sep 25, 2013 3:45:00 AM

Want to learn more about building mobile interfaces to securely monitor and control your equipment?

groov makes mobile simple, and this new video, 5 Minutes to Mobile, shows you how. With groov, you build PC and mobile device operator interfaces all at once.

You'll see how you can move elements around on the screen in Handheld view without changing Desktop view. And you'll see how the interface scales to fit all kinds of devices.

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Topics: Videos, groov

groovChannel Now on YouTube

Posted by Jean Femia on Mar 29, 2013 8:54:59 AM

Sometimes you don't want to read. You just want a video.

The new groovChannel on YouTube takes care of that.

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Topics: Webinars, Videos, groov

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