groov products have always supported the MQTT and Sparkplug communication protocols, so what’s important about this latest Sparkplug update?
groov EPIC and RIO are some of the few hardware devices to pass a series of tests for the Sparkplug Compatibility Program, managed by the Eclipse Foundation.
In this week’s edition of our 12-part groov Manage journey, we take a look at Node-RED. This low-code/no-code programming tool is a popular feature of groov EPIC and groov RIO.
Our engineers love all aspects of technology, so it’s no surprise to learn that many of them were tinkering with Node-RED at home before bringing their excitement to work. After some roundtable discussions on just how much Javascript coding was required (hint: as little or as much as you want), we decided to embed Node-RED into our product range and future hardware devices.
Watch groov Manage: Node-RED to see why Node-RED is so popular with groov EPIC and RIO customers.
groov RIO firmware 3.5 is here! And the big news is the CODESYS runtime engine has been added. That means now you can run a control program on groov RIO—one you build in CODESYS using any of the IEC 61131-3 compliant languages.
The engineers have kept their fingers on the keyboard here at Opto HQ and are beyond excited about the release of version 3.5 firmware for the groov RIO family. We can’t wait to see what applications our awesome customers come up with, now that the CODESYS runtime engine has been added to the complete groov RIO Trio.
groov RIO firmware 3.5 is here! And the big news is the CODESYS runtime engine has been added. That means now you can run a control program on groov RIO—one you build in CODESYS using any of the IEC 61131-3 compliant languages.
The engineers have kept their fingers on the keyboard here at Opto HQ and are beyond excited about the release of version 3.5 firmware for the groov RIO family. We can’t wait to see what applications our awesome customers come up with, now that the CODESYS runtime engine has been added to the complete groov RIO Trio.
Here’s a quick look at how you can run Ignition or Ignition Edge on the groov platform, using the groov Manage menu option.
Opto 22 has partnered with Inductive Automation for over 6 years now, and groov EPIC was the first hardware platform to onboard the Ignition Edge program. This natural partnership has been a real success story for both sets of customers the world over.
See what’s behind the Ignition button on the groov Manage menu.
I don’t think I am going too far out on a limb by saying that the web browser is one of the most commonly installed and used software applications on any device. You might read this intro in your email app, but you will soon switch to a browser to read this blog. (I hope!)
So why stop at just viewing your SCADA HMI screens in a browser—why not build them there as well?
Enter the groov View menu option, the focus of this part 8 of our 12-part blog series on the groov Manage menu.
Opto 22 was an early adopter of MQTT—implementing it right out of the gate when groov EPIC was released just over 5 years ago. And did you know that back in the day, Opto 22 was not only one of the founding members of OPC, but also that version 1.0 of the OPC specification was ratified around the granite table in the Opto 22 headquarters’ conference room?
With this history in mind, you’ll see why we’re excited to talk about the Data Service options you’ll find in groov Manage. This is where you choose the methods and protocols to move your data where you need it. Follow along with groov Manage: Data Services.
Moving to Industry 4.0 takes time and determination, especially for an established company in a heavy industry. Castings Foundry POK in Guadalajara, Mexico, a Nucor subsidiary, uses equipment from manufacturers all over the world, which may include PLCs from a variety of automation suppliers. But data from all this equipment needed to be shared with corporate SCADA and ERP systems.
In this new Opto 22 case study, see how POK’s new factory solved this problem, saving an estimated 60% in initial costs, making operators’ jobs easier with comprehensive HMIs, and improving product quality.
The engineers at Opto 22 have been busy working around chip shortages and supply chain delays, yet even with those additional efforts, we’re announcing the release of a new groov EPIC firmware update, version 3.5.
If I had to sum things up, I’d say a lot of really nice quality-of-life improvements and solid bug fixes were the key takeaways here.
Let’s take a high-level look at some of the new features in this release.
Get ready to see what’s new in Node-RED when you update to groov EPIC 3.5. This new version includes all the additions of the 3.0.2 software, the most recently available at the time of writing, and node v14.20.0 and npm 6.14.17 package updates as well. Let’s take a look.
