Watch Opto 22's Showcase from the Ignition Community Conference and see how easy it is to bring your plant's assets into Ignition for robust data and analytics.

Do you have critical assets operating outside Ignition?

When machine health, energy use, and environmental conditions stay dark, you find out about failures, wasted power, and downtime only after they've cost you. 

At last month's Ignition Community Conference, Benson Hougland and Garrick Reichert took the stage for a live demo of how groov devices + Ignition can overcome these challenges simply and securely.

Partnering with 7 other technology platforms (thanks to open source standards), the demo walks you through the ACME Dynamite Factory architecture. The factory may be fictional, but the data is very real. Watch:

Take advantage of new features, fixes, and improvements in this latest release of the PAC Project software suite, R10.6003.

Whether you use Opto 22's basic or professional version of the PAC Project Software Suite, you'll want to hear about some new features and enhancements just added to PAC Control as well as some fixes for PAC Display.

Here's a quick recap along with links to the release notes and update.

Read the new case study to learn how a multi-site agricultural application gained modern controls, remote monitoring, and real-time visibility.

What does it take to turn a complex industrial challenge into a smarter, more effective solution? 

DNR Systems and Boron Tech Solutions (BTS) are here to share their success story. A boron filtration system was working well at the local level, but it needed to be duplicated easily and securely on a much larger scale across hundreds of acres of farmland.

Get the details from this new case study on how DNR and BTS found the complete package to go end-to-end for fully managed SCADA to the cloud.

Attend the annual conference for FREE and learn how to connect your industrial systems with Node-RED.

Are you interested in learning more about the Node-RED programming tool?

Included in Opto 22's groov EPIC and groov RIO is Node-RED—an open-source software program that lets you wire together devices, databases, cloud applications, and APIs (application programming interfaces) using simple, pre-built logic flows.

Node-RED is used in a wide range of mission-critical applications, from city utilities and semiconductor fabs to manufacturing lines and smart buildings.

Here's a chance to attend the online Node-RED Con for free. Get all the event details and see how Node-RED can help with your application.

Experience the Ignition Community Conference through an Opto 22 perspective and learn why it's growing in relevance and attendance every year.

If you were at #ICCUnleashed in Sacramento, you felt it. If you weren't, here's the short version: the Ignition community keeps growing, and almost everyone I talked to wants the same thing, real data from their machines, new and old, flowing into Ignition.

Inductive Automation brought nearly 2,000 people to the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center September 22 to 24. That's nearly 2,000 different versions of ICC. I saw mine from behind the Opto 22 booth and from the stage as a speaker.

Here's a recap of the experience and why it's important to be a part of this growing Ignition community.

Meet Opto 22's new technology partner SORBA.ai—helping manufacturers turn operational data into actionable predictions, decisions, and automated intelligence.

What if your industrial data could do more than tell you what’s happening—it could help predict what happens next?

SORBA.ai brings no-code industrial AI and machine learning to Opto 22 systems, helping teams detect anomalies, predict equipment behavior, optimize processes, and turn operational data into actionable intelligence.

Learn how SORBA.ai integrates with groov EPIC and groov RIO—and what problems it can help you solve.

Reserve your seat at a groov EPIC Premium Factory Training class in 2027 and take your industrial automation skills to the next level.

Are you interested in learning more about edge controller technology? Do you need help achieving your company's digital transformation goals? Or are you seeking a more effective solution for your existing applications?

Get hands-on training from Opto 22 engineers and instructors at Opto 22 headquarters in Temecula, California. It's a chance to learn by doing, strengthen your programming skills, and tackle real-world application challenges.

The 2027 training class schedule has just been released! Be the first to reserve your seat and watch a video for a sneak peek at what you can expect when you get to Opto HQ. 

The latest firmware release is now available for your SNAP PAC System.

If you are using any of the following SNAP PAC System controllers or brains, you'll want to take a look at the new R10.7c update: 

SNAP PAC R-series
SNAP PAC S-series
SoftPAC
G4EB2 brains

See the latest fixes covered in this release.

Three new partners, a palletizer on an Allen-Bradley PLC, and secure remote access to your legacy PLCs on demand.

If you're heading to the Ignition Community Conference next week, block out Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m. The ACME Dynamite factory we brought to Automate has grown since May, and ICC is your chance to see it live.

Quick refresher: ACME is a fictional dynamite plant built by real automation companies to answer a practical question: what happens when you pick the best tool for each layer instead of buying one vendor's whole stack?

Two lines batch and discharge product following ISA-88. Line 1 runs a well-tuned loop, Line 2 is deliberately untuned, and the trends show you what good tuning is worth. Everything on the screen is live. Go look: op22.co/acme.

Since our earlier post, we've added three partners and three new pieces of plant. You'll want to check it out.

New case study shows you how Optimum Technologies overcame a lack of experience in industrial controls to quickly build an entirely new thermal vacuum facility.

Can you build a sophisticated test and control system in just one week—with no controls experience?

Optimum Technologies did. Discover how they used groov EPIC to quickly build a thermal vacuum test system, streamline data collection and control, and even uncover a problem with their new test chamber.  

Get the details from this new case study, and see what you can take away for your own automation project.