Industrial Application Software Platform for:

SCADA, HMI, IIoT, MES, Alarming, Reporting & More

The Unlimited SCADA Platform

of the Future

Trusted By:

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Meet
Ignition by Inductive Automation is the world’s first universal
industrial application platform that lets you seamlessly
collect all your data, design any kind of industrial application
with ease, and instantly web-deploy clients to anyone,
anywhere – without limits.

With Ignition it’s as easy as “connect, design, and deploy”

to get your important industrial data to anyone in your
organization.

Connect Design Deploy

Ignition is server software that With Ignition you can easily With Ignition, you can instantly
acts as the hub for everything extend the functionality of your launch an unlimited number of
on your plant floor for total system by adding hot-pluggable web clients on any device with a
system integration. software modules that give you browser including laptops, industrial
the power to build the exact displays, and mobile devices.
system you need without slowing
down your operations.

“Once we took Ignition on as one of our enterprise platforms, everything improved

exponentially across the board from an operational standpoint.”

– Hugh Roddy, Chobani

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Unlimited
Licensing
Everything You Need for One
Affordable Price.
Ignition is unlimited, so for the low cost of one server license you can seamlessly connect all
your data, design any kind of industrial application with ease, and instantly web-deploy unlim-
ited industrial and mobile clients to anyone, anywhere — all from one universal platform for
industrial automation.

Unlimited Clients Unlimited Designers

With unlimited runtime clients at You can get your whole team de-
no additional cost, you can get veloping projects in Ignition, even
your important data and analytics at the same time, without paying
to your entire team, across your for extra designers.
whole company.

Unlimited Scalability
Unlimited Tags
Ignition grows along with your
Ignition allows you to create and
company, so you can buy one
use as many tags as you need for
license to connect your entire facil-
devices, OPC servers, and anything
ity, or multiple licenses to connect
else, without limits.
multiple facilities.

Unlimited Connections
Using open technologies like
OPC UA and SQL, Ignition easily
connects to practically any PLC,
database, device, and enterprise
system so you can get your whole
enterprise connected.

“There are no licensing limits on screens, no licensing limits on tags.

That’s a wow moment.”

– Chris VanRemoortel, Bixby International

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Unlimited
Possibilities
SCADA, IIoT, MES and Beyond –
All On One Platform.
Ignition is the world’s first truly universal industrial application platform because it empowers
you to rapidly develop any type of industrial application, and scale your system in any way —
all on one platform.

SCADA Reporting
Easily control, track, display, and Easily create and deliver dynamic,
analyze your processes. database-driven industrial reports.

IIoT Edge Computing

Make your data more accessible Capture and visualize critical data at
and efficient. the remote edge of your network.

MES Enterprise
Track your production, manage Empower your teams with better
recipes, calculate OEE, and more. data to make smarter decisions.

HMI Mobile
Build optimized screens to monitor Build mobile-responsive industrial
and control your machinery. applications using HTML5.

Alarming
Build complex alarming systems with
ease and get notifications instantly.

“Pretty much whatever we think of doing, we do it in Ignition.”

– David Lewis, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

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Table of
Contents
This booklet will take you on a tour of benefits and features
that make the Ignition platform so special, as well as the
amazing solutions your company can easily build with Ignition.

10–29 30–63 64–71

The Ignition Platform Ignition Solutions Cost of Ownership

Connect SCADA Return on Investment

Industrial Application Platform HMI Who Uses Ignition
One Unified Designer IIoT Contact

Design MES

Fully Integrated Software Modules Mobile

Runs on Everything Alarming

Reporting
Deploy
Edge Computing
Fits Any Architecture
Infinitely Scalable
Industrial-Strength Security
The Ignition
Platform
Ignition is the world’s first truly universal industrial applica-
tion platform because it empowers you to connect all of the
data across your entire system in any way, without limits.

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Connect

One Central Hub for

Everything on the Plant Floor
Ignition is server software that acts as the hub for everything on your
plant floor to achieve total system integration. No matter what brand,
model, or platform, it talks to your plant-floor equipment just as natural-
ly as it talks to SQL databases, seamlessly bridging the gap between
production and IT.

PLCs:
Web
OPC UA
Services
& DA

Databases VOIP

SMTP SMS

Serial
MQTT
Devices
The One and Only Universal
Industrial Application Platform
Ignition is the world’s first truly universal industrial application platform because it empowers
you to connect all of the data across your entire enterprise, rapidly develop any type of indus-
trial automation system, and scale your system in any way, without limits. Here are the amazing
features that make Ignition the first and only universal Industrial Application Platform:

Unlimited Licensing Model Built on Open Standard

Add unlimited clients, screens,
Technologies
tags, connections, and devices at Based on easy-to-support IT stan-
no additional cost. dards like SQL, Python, MQTT, and
OPC UA.

Server-Centric Web-
Deployment Connects to Anything
Easily deploy clients from a central Connects to any major database
server at one site, multiple sites, or and PLC, bridging the gap between
in the cloud. IT and OT.

Modular Configurability Universal Designer

Use integrated software modules One integrated development en-
to build any kind of industrial appli- vironment to build applications for
cation to fit your processes. HMI, SCADA, MES, and more.

Cross-Platform Rapid Development and

Compatibility Deployment
Installs on any major operating Get all your tools in one place so
system including mobile OSes like you can build and deploy applica-
iOS and Android. tions quickly and easily.

View on Any Device

View clients on any device includ-
ing desktops, industrial displays,
and mobile devices.

The Ignition Platform / Connect 13

Design

Create Any Kind of Industrial

Application for Any Industry
Ignition comes with everything you need to create any kind of industrial
application for desktops, industrial displays, and mobile screens. The
Ignition Designer combines a rich component library, easy data-binding,
and powerful tools for drawing and scripting, into one fully integrated
development environment.

Create Mobile- Drag-and-Drop Create Custom

Responsive Screens Design Graphics

Easy Data Binding Powerful Scripting

One Unified Designer
The Ignition Designer is built into the Ignition platform so it comes standard, at no extra
cost, with every Ignition installation. The Designer brings all your data, systems, and devel-
opers together into one beautifully simple, integrated development environment specifically
designed to help you build industrial applications more quickly.

Accelerate Application
Development
With a clean, intuitive design and
a straightforward project manage-
ment system, the Ignition Designer
makes ease-of-use a priority. If
you can dream it, Ignition can do
it — fast!

Unlimited Design Clients

You can launch an infinite number of

Designers, and have multiple people
work simultaneously on the same
project without locking anyone out of
shared project resources.

“Ignition is my engine of innovation because that’s my framework for what I build

upon. When my boss asks me to dream up something new, I almost always turn

to Ignition.”

– Jason Hamlin, Plant Instrument Technician

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Rapidly Build and Easily
Customize Large Projects
Ignition’s simple project inheritance
file system makes it easy to define
an overarching corporate project
that shares resources such as tem-
plates, scripts, and themes across
multiple applications.

Create Custom Graphics and Animations

Use powerful 2D vector drawing and animation tools to create any shape with a variety of line
strokes, color fills, patterns, and gradients, or import your own Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).

Easy Drag-and-Drop Design

Use simple drag-and-drop data
binding to easily create links
between properties of on-screen
components and data tags from
PLC values, SQL queries, expres-
sions, and more.
Fully Integrated Software Modules
Ignition is a universal industrial application platform capable of unlimited exten-
sibility through the addition of fully integrated software modules. All modules
are hot-pluggable so they can be installed, removed, and upgraded without
impacting your operations in any way, and they all work together seamlessly.

Ignition Software Stack

USER-CREATED APPLICATION LAYER

SCADA, HMI, MES, IIoT

THIRD-PARTY MODULE LAYER

• OEE Downtime • Recipe/Changeover • Engine • Injectors

MES • Track & Trace • Web Services MQTT • Distributor • Remote Manager
• SPC • Instrument Interface • Transmission

CORE MODULE LAYER

SQL Tag Ignition Alarm Enterprise

OPC UA Bridge Historian Vision Perspective Reporting Notification Administration

PLATFORM LAYER

• OPC UA Client • Unified Development • Alarming Core Functionality

• Database Environment • Database Connectivity
• Web Server • Auditing • Real-Time Tag Database
Platform • Authentication
• System Logging • Module API
• Licensing • Store & Forward • Redundancy

OS LAYER

Windows
(Any Newer Version) Linux OS X

Build the Exact System You Need

With a full suite of powerful Ignition Core and third-party modules available
for the Ignition platform, you can easily develop industrial applications
perfectly customized to your unique processes.

“The modules, integration, and flexibility of the Ignition platform let us build an

application that’s easily adopted in production.”

– Enrico Aramini, HTC High Tech Consultant SRL

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Inductive Automation Modules
Inductive Automation makes a full line of powerful Ignition Core modules that
empower companies to create virtually any kind of industrial application.
Ignition Core Modules
With the Ignition Core modules, users can add features such as charts and
tables, mobile access, voice notifications for alarms, transaction manage-
ment, sophisticated logic systems, enterprise administration, and much more.

Vision Module Reporting Module

The visualization module for plant- Create dynamic, database-driven
floor and desktop screens. Launch PDF reports with pixel-perfect
unlimited rich, web-deployed layout — with ease.
clients anywhere on the network.
Display charts, graphs, trends, HMI
Alarm Notification Module
screens, and more.
Configure the logic for how, why,
and when alarm notifications are
Ignition Perspective Module delivered, manage alarm notifica-

The visualization module for tion for groups of users, and send

mobile-first industrial applications. notifications via email.

Easily build pure-web, mobile-re-

sponsive, visually stunning appli- Enterprise Administration
cations for monitoring and control Module (EAM)
using HTML5.
Secure and manage many Ignition
installations from one location.
SQL Bridge Module
Easily log data, call stored OPC UA Module
procedures, and synchronize data
Connect to most major programma-
bi-directionally.
ble logic controllers (PLCs) with the
Ignition OPC UA Module. This mod-
Tag Historian Module ule serves as a totally cross-platform
OPC UA server with an open, plug-
Turn a SQL database into a high-
gable driver system. Drivers for OPC
performance time-series tag historian.
UA Module: Modbus Driver, UDP and
TCP Drivers Module, Allen-Bradley
Driver Suite, Siemens Driver, DNP3
Realtime Driver, Omron Driver

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Strategic Partner Modules
Inductive Automation’s Strategic Third-Party Module Partner Program enables third-party soft-
ware providers to create modules for the Ignition platform in their area of expertise.

Use the Sepasoft manufacturing execution system (MES) modules to bridge

the gap between the plant floor and the executive level.

OEE Downtime Module Instrument Interface

for Ignition Module for Ignition
Combines both OEE calculations Capture raw textual data from
and downtime tracking to give oper- instrument type devices via serial,
ations managers a robust software text files, OPC devices and more,
package that measures efficiency and parse out that data to Ignition,
and insight into how to boost OEE. databases or other systems.

Track & Trace Module Web Services Module

for Ignition for Ignition
Provide production control and track Configure web service operations
product from the raw materials to and data types, and invoke web
the finished state, access genealogy service operations from the HMI,
data, and set up a centralized opera- SCADA or MES system to read or
tor interface for all MES information. write data to web-services-support-
ed systems, such as ERP.

SPC Module for Ignition

Reduce or eliminate late or missing MES Enterprise Module
sample collection, inaccurate sam- for Ignition
ple data and other issues leading Connect multiple MES Ignition
to quality problems and deliver and Gateways across your entire
analyze your SPC data in real-time. enterprise to form a large, centrally
managed MES solution.

Recipe/Changeover
Module for Ignition
Expertly build, manage and monitor
recipes and quickly and accurately
change machine, process or sys-
tem recipes.
 Cirrus Link SOLUTIONS

With the Cirrus Link IIoT Modules, you can set up a secure MQTT message-oriented
middleware infrastructure that increases data availability.

MQTT Engine Module AWS, Azure, IBM & Google

for Ignition Cloud Platform Injector
Modules for Ignition
Bi-directionally communicate
with edge-of-network devices These Injector modules enable end
securely via an MQTT Server. users of Ignition to select tag data
Create one pipeline for all your from the Ignition platform to be
IIoT data that increases data sent into the Amazon Web Ser-
throughput and efficiencies. vices, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud,
and Google Cloud Platform cloud
infrastructure for analytics.
MQTT Distributor Module
for Ignition
Adds an MQTT server to the Igni- MQTT Recorder Module
tion platform that enables MQTT for Ignition
clients to securely connect, publish, The MQTT Recorder Module
and subscribe to data. receives record objects via MQTT/
Sparkplug and automatically gener-

MQTT Transmission ates and populates database tables

Module for Ignition with records as they are received.

Use Ignition to publish data from

the edge of the network by taking
Ignition tag change events and
publish them as MQTT messages
to an MQTT server.

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Deploy

Web-Deploy Clients to Any

Desktop, Industrial Display,
or Mobile Device
Ignition gets your vital real-time data to anyone, anywhere, on
any device with a web browser. With Ignition’s server-centric web-
deployment model, you can instantly launch an unlimited number of
web clients from an on-premise or cloud-based server.

PLCs Central Server Database

Network

Mobile-Responsive Web Clients Web-Based Designer

Clients
Runs on Everything
Ignition is totally cross-platform and installs in minutes onto servers, laptops, mobile phones,
and embedded devices.

Quick and Easy to

Install and Update
The Ignition platform is designed spe-
cifically for industrial applications so it’s
stable, secure, and streamlined. Getting
started with Ignition only takes one sim-
ple, 3-minute installation. Install it once, in
one place on the server, and then instant-
ly deploy and update client screens to
any device from one central location.

For the Plant Floor

and Your Phone
With the Ignition Vision Module,
you can easily create and web-de-
ploy rich clients that are perfect for
dedicated plant-floor displays and
HMIs. With the Ignition Perspective
Module, you can also have the tools
to build first-class, mobile-respon-
sive industrial applications that run
natively in HTML5 on any device
with a web browser.

“It used to just be in the control room, but now we’re able to take it down to

everywhere throughout the plant, everybody in the offices, everybody on their

tablets even.”

– Chris McLaughlin, Vertech

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Cross-Platform Clients
Ignition clients are totally cross-plat-
form: They run on Windows, macOS,
and Linux, and with the Ignition
Perspective Module, clients can also
run on iOS and Android. Whether on
a laptop or mobile device, Ignition
can go anywhere you need, to get
the data you want.

Ignition Onboard
The Ignition platform is flexible
enough to work on just about any
device; it can even be embedded on
devices on the edge of the network.
That’s why a number of companies
are pre-installing Ignition Edge on-
board their products.

Companies Onboard with Ignition Edge

These vendors pre-install Ignition Edge software on select products:
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Fits Any Architecture
Ignition’s server-centric web-deployment model is flexible and scalable enough
for architectures of any type or size. Ignition can be configured to fit just about any
architecture; here are some of the most common architectures it is used in.

Ignition Scale-Out
Architecture
The scale-out architecture links
together several Ignition Gateways
to form a decentralized system.

Ignition IIoT Architecture

With the Ignition IIoT architecture
you can set up a secure MQTT
Message-Oriented Middleware
(MOM) infrastructure in the cloud,
on a private on-premise network,
or a hybrid of both.
Ignition Hub & Spoke
Architecture
In the hub-and-spoke architecture,
multiple local and remote sites
are linked together by a central
Ignition Gateway.

Ignition Enterprise
Architecture
With the Ignition enterprise archi-
tecture, you can send data from
independent local sites and remote
sites up to a centralized corporate
site and to cloud services.

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Infinitely Scalable
Ignition is perfect for enterprise-wide implementations because it is scalable
enough to handle large systems and secure enough to protect your critical data.

Unlimited Scalability

In addition to being used for smaller, centrally managed

single-server architectures, Ignition can scale gracefully
for use in larger distributed architectures where one
Controller Gateway is used to manage multiple Agent
Gateways, or in scale-out architectures where the
workload is distributed between multiple Gateways.

Handle Huge Amounts of Data

The tag system in Ignition is optimized for top speed

and performance in large enterprise systems. Ignition
lets you handle larger amounts of data more easily and
quickly than any other solution. You can even make
dynamic changes during runtime and update UDTs
without slowing down your system.

Easily Manage Large Multi-Site Projects

Ignition 8 has a new project system that makes it easy

to define overarching corporate projects that share
resources like windows, scripts, and themes that can
be inherited by the local sites. Changes at the top can
cascade down to all projects or be overridden and
customized at each local site.
Industrial-Strength Security
Ignition provides strong security for today’s world, protecting your data with
ultra-secure SSL technology and support for modern cybersecurity protocols.

Built on Trusted Technologies

Ignition gives you all the tools necessary to make your

system as secure as you need it to be. Ignition is built
on a solid, unified architecture and proven, industrial-
grade security technology, which is why industrial
organizations all over the world have been trusting
Ignition for years with their mission-critical systems.

Keep Your Data Secure with SSL Powerful Client Authentication

Technology
Ignition supports modern, web-based authentication
Ignition supports modern protocols like SSL so you can strategies such as federated identity, multi-factor
seamlessly integrate your Ignition system with your authentication (MFA), and single sign-on (SSO). With
existing security strategy. We know that your industrial Ignition you can centralize identity management
data is vital to your business: that’s why Ignition comes through trusted federated identity technologies such
with the ability to safeguard your data with ultra-secure as SAML and OpenID Connect. Ignition gives you the
SSL technology. SSL is used by financial institutions all power to assign user roles natively or to integrate with
over the world to encrypt data and the communications corporate network security using Microsoft Active
channel it passes through. Directory™. You can grant access to system areas for
different users, and turn access on and off with the
click of a button.

Keep Informed with Easy System Auditing

Ignition’s built-in user auditing gives administrators

incredible insights about what is happening in the sys-
tem, when and where it is happening, and who is doing
what. This enables you to quickly resolve issues and
mitigate costly downtime incidents.

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Ignition
Solutions
Ignition is a powerful integrated development environment
with everything you need to create virtually any kind of
industrial application – SCADA, IIoT, MES and beyond –
all on one platform.

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SCADA

See, Control, and Analyze

All Your Data, in One Place
Ignition is The New SCADA because it solves all the major pain points of
traditional SCADA like strict hardware requirements and slow installations.
Ignition empowers your business to easily control your processes, and
track, display, and analyze all your data, without limits.

“Ignition has been a very flawless SCADA system for us … it’s been very reliable and it supports all our

needs now and in the future.”

– Dennis Pickle, St. Lucie West Services District

 Take Data Acquisition to the Next Level
Ignition SCADA software comes standard with a comprehensive set of data
acquisition tools which includes built-in OPC UA to connect to practically
any PLC, and the ability to seamlessly connect to any SQL database.
Ignition can also turn any SQL database into a high-performance industrial
historian and connects to IIoT devices through MQTT.

True Real-Time Monitoring

Ignition is engineered to streamline data-throughput
so you can see real-time tag values. Ignition’s real-time
monitoring gives you the power to quickly see the
status of your facility, on any device.

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 Control Your Process with
Powerful HMIs
With Ignition, you can easily start and stop processes,
monitor multiple data points at multiple locations, and
check the status of the entire plant floor at any given
moment. Ignition comes standard with the Ignition
Designer, the industry’s most powerful IDE, so you
can effortlessly create optimized HMI screens to do
whatever you need.

Powerful Visualization Tools

Easily create dynamic SCADA dashboards with

powerful tools for data analysis. Stay on top of your
business objectives with a full library of customizable
charts and tables to monitor key performance
indicators, see at-a-glance trending, and more.

Build Fully Mobile-Responsive

SCADA Applications
Get all the tools you need to build full-fledged, totally
mobile-responsive SCADA applications that put the full
overview and control of your plant floor right on your
phone, tablet, and desktop— all with one application.
 Build Next-Generation Smart SCADA Applications

Ignition lets you leverage the power of your mobile device’s intuitive touch
inputs, sensors, cameras, and GPS to create the next generation of SCADA
applications. With Ignition, you can create pure-web SCADA applications
that use HTML5 and CSS3 to run natively inside any major web browser.

More Features

Symbol Factory SCADA Alarming Dynamic Reporting

Choose from thousands of Easily stay aware of what’s Create a full range of dynamic,
customizable graphics for happening at your facility, data-rich reports and send
your project. wherever you are. them anywhere.

Transaction Management Industrial Historian Store-and-Forward

Easily log data, call stored Turn a SQL database into a Store-and-forward historical data
procedures, and synchronize high-performance time-series tag so you never lose it.
data bi-directionally. historian.

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HMI

HMI Software That is

Powerful and Easy to Use
Ignition makes working with HMIs easy, it installs in minutes on virtually
any device, and updating an HMI with Ignition is fast and painless. With
the included Ignition Designer, you can build HMIs with historical trend-
ing, alarming, and more with drag-and-drop ease.

“I’ve used almost every major HMI package that’s out there … I wanted to pick the winner, and I feel

strongly that I picked the right product with Ignition.”

– John Pegram, Integrated Security Controls

 Connect to Any PLC

Ignition is equipped with OPC UA so it can easily

connect to third-party OPC servers. It also has available
driver suites for Modbus, Siemens, Allen-Bradley, and
more, so you can easily connect to virtually any kind of
industrial device.

Turn Any Screen Into an HMI

Ignition works on any version of Windows, macOS,
Linux, and more, so you can install it on any industrial
HMI or device. With support for ARM processors, it can
also run on the latest generation of efficient edge-of-
network devices.

See and Control Your Processes

Quickly see the status of your machines in real-time,
monitor multiple data points at multiple locations, and
start and stop processes with the push of a button.

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 Analyze Historical Data

Easily connect to a SQL database to store and display historical data on

customizable charts, tables, and graphs to view trends and track KPIs at-a-glance.

Build Fully Mobile-Responsive

HMI Applications
Get all the tools you need to build beautiful, totally
mobile-responsive HMI applications that put the full
control of your plant floor right on your phone or
mobile device. Ignition lets you leverage the power of
your mobile device’s intuitive touch inputs, sensors,
cameras, and GPS to create the next generation of HMI
applications. With Ignition, you can create pure-web
HMI applications that use HTML5 and CSS3 to run
natively inside any major web browser.
 Enterprise-Wide HMIs

Ignition works great as a single standalone HMI software solution. Additionally,

Ignition has the unique ability to connect all your HMIs together into one
enterprise-wide solution that you can centrally manage, update, and deploy.

More Features

Alarm Notification Local-Client Fallback Symbol Factory

Easily stay aware of what’s With a built-in data buffer, you’ll Choose from thousands of
happening at your facility, never have to worry about losing customizable graphics for
wherever you are. your critical data. your project.

Rock-Solid Reliability Single File Restoration Instant Installs and Updates

Ignition is built to just work so you With single file restoration, you Install on a device or server in just
never have downtime due to faulty can get your HMIs back into 3 minutes; push updates to clients
HMI screens. action quickly. everywhere, instantly.

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IIoT

Make Your Data More

Accessible, Powerful,
and Efficient with MQTT
Ignition IIoT by Inductive Automation is an end-to-end Industrial Inter-
net of Things (IIoT) solution that combines the amazing efficiency of the
MQTT data-transfer protocol with the unlimited data acquisition and
development power of the Ignition industrial application platform.

“I’ve waited 17 years for a platform like Ignition to come along. Now with MQTT and Ignition,

IIoT is a reality.”

– Arlen Nipper, Co-Inventor of MQTT

 Instantly Subscribe to Your Industrial Data
By leveraging the MQTT protocol’s publish-and-subscribe methodologies, Ignition
decouples devices from applications and pushes the polling to the edge of the
network. This creates one streamlined data pipeline that frees data to be instantly
accessible to the entire enterprise, without straining data bandwidth.

One Universal Platform for IIoT,

SCADA and More
Ignition is the only IIoT platform with built-in tools
for creating full-featured SCADA systems. Ignition
is modular, so you can easily add fully integrated
software modules for building industrial applications
such as SCADA, alarming, reporting and more.

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 Add Integrated MQTT Software Modules
Cirrus Link Solutions is a strategic third-party module partner of Inductive Automation with years of experi-
ence developing top-quality IIoT solutions. With software modules for transmitting data from the field via MQTT,
launching an MQTT server in the cloud, and connecting that data to industrial and business applications, the Cir-
rus Link IIoT modules for Ignition empower organizations to create one streamlined pipeline for all their IIoT data.

Ignition IIoT Architecture

Adding the Cirrus Link MQTT Modules to the Ignition platform empowers companies to
set up their own IIoT solution. There are four main features to an Ignition IIoT architecture.

1. Publish Data from The Network’s Edge 3. Connect Ignition to an MQTT Server
2. Publish and Subscribe to Data Through MQTT 4. Build and Deploy Ignition Applications
 Flexible & Scalable Architectures: In the Cloud, On-Premise, or Both
The architecture of Ignition IIoT is flexible: you can set it up in the cloud, on a
private on-premise network, or a hybrid of both. Ignition is also easily scalable
so you can grow from a small system to an enterprise-wide solution with ease.

More Features

Industrial-Grade Protocol Third-Party IIoT Platform Exceptional Redundancy

MQTT was designed specifically Integration and Security
to meet the demands of industrial Full integration with other IIoT Security, disaster recovery, and high
control systems, so it’s extremely platforms: Azure, AWS IoT, availability are native capabilities of
lightweight (2-byte header), bi- Watson IoT, Google, and more. MQTT infrastructures.
directional, stateful, and secured
with TLS technology.

Seamless Integration HMIs and Dashboards Get Mobile Access

with Ignition SCADA Create high-performance HMIs Get mobile access to your
All Ignition solutions work seamlessly and enterprise dashboards to industrial applications via
together for easy system integration. display your data. smartphones and tablets.

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MES

Tools for Tracking

Production, Eliminating
Downtime, and More
In order to ensure effective execution of manufacturing operations and
improve production output, you need a manufacturing execution sys-
tem (MES) solution to connect, monitor, and control complex systems
and data flows on the factory floor. Ignition by Inductive Automation is
the ideal platform for MES because it gives you all the tools you need
to create your own customized MES solutions or you can standardize
your process by using powerful third-party applications from the MES
experts at Sepasoft.

“Reporting, graphs, charts, all the brewing information, information from the lab, even tracking the trucks

coming in and out of the yard: we see it all in real time using the Ignition software.”

– Ron Mayfield, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

 Customizing Your Own MES Solution

Using the power of the Ignition’s Designer and core

modules, you can develop your own MES solutions and
customize it to fit your unique processes. This is a great
option if you’re looking to add basic MES functions
such as tracking production and downtime, and adding
MES dashboards to your existing SCADA system. Using
this approach offers a huge amount of development
flexibility and it’s cost-effective because you can build
your system as you go.

Standardizing Your MES Process

With pre-built applications for OEE (Overall Equipment
Effectiveness) and downtime, track and trace, SPC
(Statistical Process Control), recipes, changeover and
more, the powerful suite of Sepasoft MES software
modules offers a great option for those who are looking
to standardize their MES process. The MES experts
at Sepasoft built all their MES applications up to the
rigorous ISA 95 standard for enterprise control-system
integration. Choosing Sepasoft modules for your MES
solution is a perfect option if you’re looking for an out-
of-the-box MES solution to standardize your operations
enterprise-wide.

Improve Efficiency and Productivity

Ignition gives industrial organizations many ways to

reduce unplanned downtime, cut waste, and increase
productivity, which can save thousands of dollars
of revenue. Find the vital information you need in
seconds instead of hours so you can identify and
eliminate inefficiencies quickly.

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Connect to All Operational Data
Ignition software comes with a comprehensive set
of tools for data acquisition, including built-in SQL-
database integration and OPC UA for easy connectivity
to practically any PLC through third-party OPC servers.
Ignition can connect to virtually any industrial historian.
Also, Ignition has software modules that enable
connections to serial devices, such as scanners, scales,
and sensors.

Flexible ERP Connectivity

With full SQL integration out-of-the-box, Ignition comes
standard with the ability to seamlessly connect to any
SQL database. Ignition also has the ability to enable
connections to web services, including REST and
SOAP. It’s possible to connect to virtually any enter-
prise system, including ERP systems such as SAP, JD
Edwards, and many more.

Create Dynamic MES Reports

Easily generate dynamic MES reports, like OEE,

downtime tracking, production management, historical
data analysis, quality assurance, and SPC. Instantly
deliver your reports automatically to anyone you’d like.
 Track and Analyze All Your MES Data
With Ignition, you can bring all of your important data together into robust
enterprise dashboards with powerful visualization and analysis tools. By allowing
you to turn raw data into actionable information and share it with your whole team,
Ignition enables better decision-making across the enterprise.

More Features

Track and Analyze All Your Dynamic Reports SCADA Alarming

MES Data Create a full range of dynamic, Easily stay aware of what’s
Bring all of your important data-rich reports and send happening at your facility,
data together into powerful them anywhere. wherever you are.
enterprise dashboards.

Industrial Historian Easily Scalable Store-and-Forward

Turn a SQL database into a Scale from a single client Store-and-forward historical data
high-performance time-series installation to an enterprise-wide so you never lose it.
tag historian. system with ease.

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Mobile

Ignition Perspective: The

Plant Floor in Your Pocket
Bring new levels of visualization and accessibility to your industrial pro-
cesses with the Ignition Perspective Module. Easily build full-fledged,
mobile industrial applications in HTML5 for the monitoring and control
of your process directly from your mobile phone. Whether for SCADA,
HMI, or another purpose, the applications you build in Perspective will
look beautiful, and run natively in any major browser.

“The Perspective Module opens up the power of the web and finally gets industrial automation systems

up to the level of the rest of the world. Whereas before, everyone was fighting just to get into 2009,

Perspective finally takes industrial automation to 2019 and sets it up for growth from there.”

– Alex Marcy, Corso Systems

Ignition Perspective Responds to You
Ignition Perspective is totally mobile-responsive. It
automatically adapts to fit screens of any size, giving
you a personalized view into your unique processes,
optimized for whatever device you’re using.

Design for Any Size of Screens

Streamline your development process with robust
design components and features that enable you to
design for mobile, desktop, and display screens all at
the same time. With new mobile-optimized container
types, you can easily customize the user experience in
the Ignition Designer with a simple selection.

Real Control, With a Swipe

Ignition Perspective puts your plant operations at your
fingertips. Visualize, monitor, and control systems with
ease on your phone or tablet. See your whole system at
a glance, and control your processes with intuitive touch
commands. Experience complete, instantaneous plant-floor
control with Perspective’s bi-directional data binding.

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 Add the Magic of Mobile to Your Applications
Harness the full power of your mobile device’s GPS, accelerometer, camera, barcode scanner, touch gestures,
and other sensors to create the next generation of smart industrial applications. With Perspective, you can add
the ability in your project to take photos of a faulty machine, easily scan a QR code into your SCADA system, tag
readings in the field with GPS, pinch and zoom around a map of your site, and much more. Perspective unlocks the
power of your mobile phone to open up a new world of possibilities for your industrial applications.

Unlimited Accessibility
Ignition Perspective runs on any device with a browser, including phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, and TV
screens. Deployment has never been easier — you can deploy an unlimited number of Ignition Perspective clients
from any location with a single click. You can even send secure web links to your application that anyone can view
in a web browser. Perspective is compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge, fully HTML5 and
CSS3 compliant, and does not require Java installation or plug-ins.
 More Features

Leverage CSS3 for Cross- Instantly Update Your Use Any Major OS —
Project Styling Applications Even iOS and Android
Use strong and flexible CSS3 Data is delivered directly to a Ignition Perspective clients can
styles to change the appearance Perspective application over run on any major OS and run
or position of anything in your a persistent communications natively on iOS and Android with
application, and enable changes channel so that any visualization the Ignition Perspective App.
throughout the entire system. or tag changes show up instantly
in your application.

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Alarming

Build Advanced
Alarming Systems with
Drag-and-Drop Ease
Filter, escalate, and route alarms with drag-and-drop graphical pipe-
lines. Produce comprehensive analytics and reports on alarms and user
actions. Fast to install, easy to use, and infinitely scalable, Ignition is an
unbeatable alarming solution at an incredible price.

“The opportunities for what this system can do are endless.”

– Hugh Roddy, Chobani

 Build Any Kind of Alarming System

With powerful, easy-to-use tools for development and

connectivity, Ignition is ideal for building virtually any
kind of alarming system. Ignition is perfect for alarm
notification, SCADA alarms, remote monitoring, and
event notification.

Drag-and-Drop Alarm Notifica-

tion Pipeline Builder

Quickly configure alarms, pipelines, or any other

aspect of the system with drag-and-drop ease with Ig-
nition’s innovative graphical alarm notification pipeline
builder. Even create and configure thousands of alarms
simultaneously with multi-editing functionality.

Develop Advanced Notification

Systems with Ease
With the freeform alarm notification pipeline builder, you
can simply drag and drop blocks to create custom pipelines
for conditional routing, splits, escalation, and multiple other
alarm notification methods. Pipelines are instantiated per
alarm and persistent so you never miss an alarm.

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VoIP Support

Ignition supports VoIP, which is easy to install and use,

Ethernet-based, and provides IP telephony capabilities
for a fraction of the cost of a Dialogic card. If your
organization already has a VoIP system, Ignition connects
to it easily. Through VoIP, Ignition can connect to SIP
Gateways, and Skype, providing budget-friendly options
for voice, and text-based alarm notifications.

Reliable 2-Way Notification

Receive and acknowledge alarm notifications via email,
voice (over VOIP), or text (Twilio). Separate notification
pipelines are available for active, clear, and acknowledged
alarm states and every step, action, and user reaction is
logged and timestamped for accountability purposes.

Dynamic Customizable Alarms

Alarms support shelving, notes, separate pipelines
for different alarm states, dynamic custom messages
by alarm notification method, time and value
deadbands, consolidation and more. Each alarm has
multiple properties with values that can be assigned
dynamically so you can customize your system.
Customized alarms can be based on criteria such as
users, schedules, tag type, and much more.
 Build Fully Mobile-Responsive Alarming Applications
Get all the tools you need to build full-fledged, totally mobile-responsive alarming applications that put
the full power to see and respond to alarm notifications right on your phone or mobile device. Ignition
lets you leverage the power of your mobile device’s intuitive touch inputs, sensors, cameras, and GPS
to create the next generation of alarming applications. With Ignition, you can create pure-web alarming
applications that use HTML5 and CSS3 to run natively inside any major web browser.

More Features

Mobile Clients Without Apps Powerful Alarm Analysis & Remote Alarm Provider
See and acknowledge alarms, Reporting Send and acknowledge alarms
and more, from any mobile Use powerful analysis and dynamic from a remote location through
device — no app necessary. reporting tools to get the most of a central Gateway.
your alarming system.

Seamless Integration with Instant Installs and Updates Totally Cross-Platform

Ignition SCADA Install on a server in just 3 Works on Windows, macOS,
All Ignition solutions work minutes; push updates to clients Linux and more.
seamlessly together for easy everywhere, instantly.
system integration.

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Reporting

Easily Create Dynamic,

Database-Driven Industrial
Reports
With Ignition, you can easily pull together all your data and create any
kind of industrial report with ease. With powerful tools for visualization
and more, create reports in any major format and automatically deliver
them to anyone.

“The Ignition software has given us a number of advantages from a business standpoint as well as an

operational standpoint.”

– Kevin Bouchard, Enerchem International Inc.

 Build Any Kind of Industrial Report
With powerful, easy-to-use tools for building dynamic,
database-driven PDF reports with pixel-perfect layouts,
Ignition is perfect for creating virtually any kind of industri-
al report, including: SCADA reporting, industrial project
reports, production management reports, OEE and
downtime tracking, SPC reports, QA reports, compliance
reports, historical data analysis reports, and more.

Connect to All Your Data

Ignition is a cross-platform communications hub built
on trusted IT standards so it can connect to all your
data. Ignition has full SQL-database integration built
right in, and it can connect to practically any PLC
through OPC UA, and to ERP systems through web ser-
vices, so you can access data from virtually any indus-
trial device or enterprise system. Plus, Ignition comes
standard with unlimited tags, and device and database
connections, so you won’t break the bank doing it.

Combine All Your Data Together

Ignition combines all your data from multiple sources —

SCADA, MES, ERP, and more — with powerful report-build-
ing tools into one integrated development environment.
Pull together and combine your data from across your
enterprise into one report, so you can see and stay con-
nected with your processes like never before.

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 Get Incredible Insights with Query Tools
Ignition empowers you to ask your data more questions, which leads to better-informed
decisions. Build complex SQL queries easily using the drag-and-drop query interface. Also, its
query structure lets you correlate relational data and process-historian data seamlessly.

Easily Set Up Automatic Reporting

In addition to running reports on-demand you can also easily schedule reports to run automatically,
or on event triggers, whether or not your client is open. You can also schedule reports to be
delivered automatically via print, email, or as a file to save or upload to a chosen location.
 Build Fully Mobile-Responsive Reporting Applications
Get all the tools you need to build full-fledged, totally mobile-responsive reporting applications
that put the overview and analysis of your plant floor right on your phone or mobile device.
Ignition lets you leverage the power of your mobile device’s intuitive touch inputs, sensors,
cameras, and GPS to create the next generation of reporting applications.

More Features

Export to Any Format Backwards-Compatibility Seamless Integration

Easily export reports in PDF, Easily import existing reports and with Ignition SCADA
HTML, CSV, RTF, JPEG, PNG, convert legacy reports. All Ignition solutions work
and XML file formats. seamlessly together for
easy system integration.

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Edge Computing

Data Collection and

HMI Software for the
Network’s Edge
Capturing and visualizing critical data at the remote edge of the network can
be difficult and expensive. Ignition Edge by Inductive Automation® is a line of
lightweight, limited, low-cost Ignition software solutions designed specifically
for embedding into field and OEM devices at the edge of the network.

“Having the power of Ignition extend down to edge devices in the field offers a disruptive approach to

how industrial network infrastructures are designed, deployed, and managed.”

– Arlen Nipper, Co-Inventor of MQTT

 Install on Virtually Any Device
The Ignition Edge solutions work on Linux, any version of Windows, on macOS, and
more, so you can install them on virtually any industrial device, even on a Raspberry
Pi. With support for ARM processors, Ignition Edge can also run on the latest gener-
ation of edge-of-network devices.

Access Data from PLCs & OPC UA Servers

For easy PLC connections, all Ignition Edge solutions

come with unlimited tags and are equipped with OPC
UA, along with drivers for Modbus, TCP, and Siemens,
and the Allen-Bradley suite of drivers. Other drivers
supported by Ignition, such as DNP3 and Modbus
RTU, can be added onto Ignition Edge solutions for an
additional cost.

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Poll Data at the Source

Ignition Edge makes edge computing easy. Install

Edge right onto, or next to, devices on the plant floor
or in the field so you can process data as close to the
source as possible. This allows you to make device
data the one source of truth, improving data reliability
and reducing latency.

Ignition Edge is powerful, MQTT-enabled, and designed specifically for embedding on industrial devices.
That’s why a growing number of OEMs offer products that come standard with Ignition Edge onboard.

Companies Onboard with Ignition Edge

These vendors pre-install Ignition Edge software on select products.
 Ignition Edge Solutions: Mix and Match
3 Ignition Edge Solutions

Ignition Edge MQTT Ignition Edge Panel: Ignition Edge Enterprise:

by Cirrus Link: Create a standalone HMI at the Use as an Agent Gateway
Turn any device into an edge edge of the network with a one- that can synchronize data to a
gateway that publishes data to week data buffer. central Ignition Gateway.
an MQTT broker.

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Cost Of
Ownership
 “Using the ‘infinite clients’ Ignition feature, we could create new clients without spending any additional money.”

– Alexis Nazareno Chialvo, Autex

65
Return on Investment

Powerful Software at an
Unbelievable Value
Not only does Ignition offer the most advanced, comprehensive technologies
on an open platform, but its unlimited licensing model allows companies to
grow their systems over time at significantly less cost than other options in
the industry.

“We haven’t used any capital funding since deploying Ignition ... Ignition has freed up our resources

to help me address the issues of my aging infrastructure, control my SCADA costs, and create a

sustainable SCADA solution.”

– Henry Palechek, Information & Process Control Supervisor, Water District in California
 Unlimited Innovation = Unlimited Savings
With limitless tags, clients, and connections for the
affordable cost of one server license, companies can
put more time and money into innovating cost-saving
solutions instead of exorbitant software costs.

“We went from spending 160 hours per month and hundreds of thousands of dollars creating and

checking our reports to about 4 hours per month ... now they are automatically generated by Ignition.”

– Nicholas Graue, Public Utilities Engineer, Park City Utilities

Pay Only for What You Need

Ignition is modular, so you only need to pay for the

functions you need. This approach makes it easy and
affordable to build the exact system you need and buy
new features only if and when you need them.

“I would recommend Ignition to companies that are looking for a software solution that is highly

customizable, rapidly deployed, not a huge licensing cost for multiple instances of it.”

– Jonathan Swisher, Systems Analyst, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Cost Of Ownership / Return on Investment 67

Who Uses Ignition

Ignition by the Numbers

Thousands of companies worldwide in a wide variety of industries
depend on Ignition every day.

48% 100+ 15+

Fortune 100 companies Countries with Years in
using Ignition Ignition installations the industry

• Thousands of installations • 28% of Fortune 500 companies • Inductive Automation has about
in 100+ countries use Ignition 100 employees

• 1,900+ integrators worldwide • Highly diversified customer base • Profitable every year since 2008
across many industries • No outside investors

Top Industries

Food & Beverage Manufacturing Oil & Gas Water & Transportation
Wastewater
Cost Of Ownership / Who Uses Ignition 69
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