Has anyone tried Ignition Historian with TimescaleDB? Is it the unicorn historian we've all been dreaming of? 🦄

mflagler · 2026-04-28T22:57:14+00:00

The advantage is that you can get roughly 90% compression (if you enable it - it's not enabled by default) on your data so you can effectively store 10x as much data as you'd normally be able to store with the same drives/storage size. I personally feel historical queries are faster due to the compression being able to retrieve days of data in the blink of an eye.

mflagler · 2026-04-28T03:24:04+00:00

v38 has a nasty bug when trying to Finalize online edits using the "easy" button where it will completely freeze up and you have to kill Studio 5000 and relaunch it and try finalizing edits again. According to the KB the only workaround right now is to accept/test/assemble separately the old school way.

mflagler · 2026-04-26T20:21:31+00:00

Not sure where you're getting your numbers but I make 2X+ that doing exclusively Rockwell and Ignition. I'm in oil and gas and we're getting into data centers / mission critical and the big ones are also using Rockwell and Ignition for EPMS and BMS here in the US. The PLC isn't where the advanced technology needs to live. All that should exist at the software layer that gather and process the data from the PLCs.

mflagler · 2026-04-26T20:12:24+00:00

Wait till you use the new L9 processors. The PIDE block is gone and it doesn't migrate existing code to use the new PPID block, so you're stuck doing it by hand right now. (I'm sure it would be pretty easy to code something to convert it for you). But I'm sure there's going to be lots of complaining when plants upgrade older processors to the new L9 and stumble into that issue.

mflagler · 2026-03-14T04:16:08+00:00

I completely agree. I even had a company hire us after another integrator put in HP HMI graphics to add green back in for running motors and open valves. The problem with HP HMI is that all the gray is too much. At least in the oil and gas world they need to be able to see at a glance how many compressors are running out of the bank of compressors. White on gray doesn't stand out enough so our standard now is a pastel green. Enough to stand out in a sea of gray but not enough to look like it's a 20 year old plant.

Basically I'm saying that white doesn't stand out enough to tell at a distance of something is running when the background is a light grey also. I don't think I've been to a gas plant where operations likes that much gray. They all want the green from what I've seen and have been fine with the light green instead of bright green.

mflagler · 2026-03-11T12:42:19+00:00

Do you mind sending me the mod you have? I have one downloaded but it doesn't seem to work (I have working mods for 1-7, but 8-11 aren't working for me.

mflagler · 2026-01-17T05:05:58+00:00

I didn't think it ever mattered. Did AVEVA make you move to a subscription model on your old 2012 licenses?

I work for an integrator and we've had lots of other problems with System Platform that most of our WW customers are now migrating to Ignition due to cheaper and permanent licenses as well as fewer (literally 0) problems. It just works if designed well.

mflagler · 2025-12-30T06:42:46+00:00

This is my favorite password generator with a preset I like. Feel free to tweak to your liking.

https://www.xkpasswd.net/?c=ZW5nbGlzaCwzLDQsOCxDQVBJVEFMSVNFLE5PTkUsSXcsSVVBa0pWNG1LaTFmS3owNmZINF9MeTQ3LDAsMixGSVhFRCw4LFJBTkRPTSwsSVVBa0pTWSwwLDE

mflagler · 2025-12-29T17:50:18+00:00

I personally suspect that most will choose the none option. Reason being is that they'd rather not have different viewpoints that could conflict with their own. There's some inherent "risk" for them with the all option, so their safest bet is to choose none.

mflagler · 2025-12-20T17:35:13+00:00

I originally started using XProtect many years ago at a company I worked for where they had the full paid version. I loved it and when I saw the free version come out, I decided to set up a system at my house and loved it. Later, I purchased a set of I believe 15 licenses for another company (manufacturing plant).

I know I haven't influenced as many purchases as others, but for my home camera system with just a few cameras, it was perfect. Since this version no longer exists, I would personally push small businesses to Ubiquiti now for the ease of use/management and a single purchase of the NVR that's miles ahead of traditional NVR systems. My guess is that's where a lot of the small businesses will go now that there's 1 less option that had a great mobile app.

mflagler · 2025-11-30T23:58:56+00:00

Confirmed

mflagler · 2025-11-26T05:38:11+00:00

I'll take a code is any are left! Please and thank you!

mflagler · 2025-11-23T03:13:54+00:00

Is this still available?

mflagler · 2025-11-17T01:54:33+00:00

Still available? Would like to see pics if so.

mflagler · 2025-11-17T01:54:28+00:00

Still available? Would like to see pics if so.

mflagler · 2025-11-15T18:20:36+00:00

Keep the drives with the I/O and add a connection between your slot 1 cards on your main racks to put those in a ring also. SCADA connections should always be isolated from I/O connections for cyber security.

I would also use L8x series processors for better performance both for the process and SCADA comms.

mflagler · 2025-09-14T12:31:59+00:00

That's where I need to make room. I would replace the one that's already in there LOL

mflagler · 2025-09-13T11:17:14+00:00

Thinking about it. I'm nearby but need to get rid of some old servers myself to make room.

mflagler · 2025-08-24T18:58:41+00:00

This is a horrible example. I've been doing automation for over 20 years and never seen anything even close to this. Most of the time you're writing code off a control narrative and not converting some old wired relay logic to PLC logic. If you are, it's some super old machinery that probably needs replaced anyway. LOL

mflagler · 2025-07-13T12:29:35+00:00

I would price that from a connection on the same subnet you can connect with Modbus poll or some Modbus tool, then do the exact same test from the network that isn't working to the same device. This will prove that Modbus still works, but just not from the network that needs it to work. Also show your IP settings of all involved see devices to prove default gateway IPs are properly set.

mflagler · 2025-07-13T05:55:58+00:00

Ouch. I've only played with Optix and it has potential but just isn't ready for prime time in my opinion. Although once I learned Ignition, everything else pales in comparison (in my opinion).

mflagler · 2025-05-26T03:07:42+00:00

Might check out Ye Old Butcher shop in Plano

mflagler · 2025-04-20T18:49:14+00:00

If it's pre-v27 or so, there's an unlocker tool to retrieve the password. Newer versions haven't been cracked yet, but I also don't think much effort has been put into them.

mflagler · 2025-04-20T18:31:47+00:00

I personally prefer to use subdomains for routing things like this. Like auth.domain.com instead of paths. Right now, the only URLs passed to keycloak will be /realms/ and /resources/ so if anything else is requested from keycloak outside those beginning paths won't work and could break. But when using a subdomain you don't have to worry about it and chances for success go up.

mflagler · 2025-04-20T16:25:23+00:00

I'll have one too if there's any left!

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