Modern Wastewater: Waterford DPW
One community makes the leap into MQTT-based utility management
Formally organized in 1834, Waterford Township is located geographically in the center of Oakland County, Michigan, USA, and is home to over 72,000 residents. It is known regionally for its 34 lakes, from which it earns its name.
In the public utilities industry, however, Waterford is known for its leadership and persistent innovation in water/wastewater management. The Department of Public Works has been featured previously in an Opto 22 case study, and a generation later, DPW is working on another landmark project.
On-demand Webinar: Introduction to MQTT Sparkplug with HiveMQ & Opto 22
Couldn’t get into our HiveMQ webinar? You can still try out the live demo for yourself! Just follow along with this recording.
Integrating and sharing data between different systems and services is a key challenge to IIoT applications. Many IIoT architectures become a complex set of integration “spaghetti,” as Dominik Obermaier, CTO and co-founder of HiveMQ, explains. Even with MQTT as the hub of an IIoT system, true interoperability can be difficult to achieve.
We are always looking for ways to help you solve that challenge and build your own robust IIoT systems, so we teamed up with HiveMQ to present an Introduction to MQTT Sparkplug – Plug ‘n Play Interoperability for IIoT.
What Does an IIoT Focused S.I. Look Like?
OptoPartner video from Enginuity features IIoT based technologies
Many automation systems integrators are expanding beyond what we might consider “traditional” skill sets into technologies that may typically be the purview of IT professionals or software developers. While instrumentation, controls and SCADA obviously play a critical role in digital transformation, bridging the gap between OT and IT can require additional tools like Node-RED, REST APIs, databases, pub-sub communication protocols and Linux Shell programming chops.
Product Update News – First of 2021
Firmware and software updates were released this month to help you get the most from your groov systems.
January 2021 started off with some important new releases from the Opto 22 engineering team. There are significant groov View updates that affect the groov family of products: groov EPIC, groov Box and groov Server for Windows. We’ve even updated the PAC Project software suite to version 10.3003. Here’s a quick recap of what you need to know.
Technology Partnerships Help Digital Transformation
A common challenge of digital transformation projects and IIoT deployments is integrating and sharing data between different systems and services. Many applications become a complex set of integrations between hardware devices and software services. Even with systems based on open architecture, true interoperability can sometimes be difficult.
OptoForums Top 5 for 2020
See what Opto users were talking about as we look back at last year’s Top 5 posts on the OptoForums.
There is no question that the Opto 22 forums are very much alive and kicking. The past 9 months of COVID lockdown did not even make the slightest dent in the activity level.
PID control made easy at OptoU
New OptoU online training series covers PID in PAC Control
The instructors/engineers at OptoU are kicking off the new year with some exciting new PAC Control training lessons. Based on feedback and popular demand, we’ve released a new series in Opto 22’s online training that covers everything related to PID control.
Latest OptoPartner Video – Advanced Control Solutions
ACS helps customers gain a competitive advantage in their market through efficient and creative use of factory automation technology.
Easy machine integration with groov RIO
Enginuity shows us how to quickly retrofit a CNC for OEE
In a time when automation is driven by increasing connectivity, there is still plenty of everyday equipment that is simply not designed to talk to much of anything.
This equipment might be full of juicy data—how well it’s working, how much energy it’s using, how often it’s put to work—and leveraging that data to build an OEE or predictive maintenance program is often an untapped source of potential savings.
But what are your options for integrating this kind of equipment? Well, until recently they probably didn’t look very good.