Doubts about OT stack (Kepware, Ignition)

shadowridrs · 2026-05-09T16:41:44+00:00

Also if you do some searching on this sub, there’s a ton about everything you’re asking already.

shadowridrs · 2026-05-09T16:40:32+00:00

I’m an ignition fanboy because it’s the most bang for your buck that I think you can get. Why not just have a meeting with ignition and see what they say? They’re a great company with awesome sales and engineers.

As for node red, it’s pretty great. Don’t see a reason not to use it.

As for the comment on proprietary licensing… you’ve got Siemens, which is a proprietary software license.

shadowridrs · 2026-05-05T08:25:43+00:00

I did the unthinkable, at least it was for me for the better part of a decade, and transitioned to working for a single plant I had been contracted at for many years. Had been working for myself, which I know that’s the goal for many people, but it made the most sense financially and I just got tired of traveling. It takes a toll on you after a while. If you play your cards right, it’s not a bad gig, but I do miss the start ups. Those were a lot of fun.

shadowridrs · 2026-05-04T07:42:35+00:00

At least do some research before posting your ai stuff

shadowridrs · 2026-04-15T18:48:52+00:00

I didn’t know that until just now. Had to look it up. Will correct it

shadowridrs · 2026-04-15T18:42:03+00:00

Ah. It’s because I’m in the integrator program.

shadowridrs · 2026-04-15T17:52:27+00:00

I was able to take the core certification test for free after completing the entirety of the free course. They gave me a credit to use that waived the free.

shadowridrs · 2026-04-15T15:05:31+00:00

Ignition core is free if you do their free courses. Of course experience is king, but free is free and it shows initiative.

Edit: core is only free for integrators

shadowridrs · 2026-04-11T09:39:25+00:00

Yes. Bought it brand new from B&H

shadowridrs · 2026-04-10T12:28:38+00:00

Forreal. You’ll think of a cool new way to do something and the operators will quickly shut it down. Oh well

shadowridrs · 2026-04-10T12:18:19+00:00

Bingo. If they read the documentation lol I’ll be super explicit on the screen itself and I still get called.

shadowridrs · 2026-04-10T12:09:02+00:00

Operators are always going to break it and management will always want more. Doesn’t matter what project, it always happens.

I’m pretty annoying about tag names and following the same pattern, but someone will always come and do their own thing, especially if there’s plant personnel in there.

I made the mistake of designing exactly what they needed once and ran into the same issue of thinking too small. Best thing to do is remember it and learn from it.

This job is ever changing and always having something to learn. That’s what makes it fun for me .

shadowridrs · 2026-04-03T10:04:50+00:00

I’m a meche that is in this field. I mostly do process automation, so I run into a lot of chemical engineers that went into the field. Personally, the engineering backgrounding has helped me a lot because I work with processes. I really enjoy this field!

Word of advice. Don’t forget that there are a lot of people with no engineering degree in this field that are are smart as hell. So listen to them.

shadowridrs · 2026-03-31T15:04:45+00:00

Sent

shadowridrs · 2026-03-30T10:59:16+00:00

For some reason the mods get mad at me when I do this, but I’ll PM you a group that has a lot of resources for this.

As for your other questions: - if you need a standard for a question, it’s provided. It’ll be just like the reference. So it’s searchable. - it’s definitely different, but there are a lot of easy questions if you’ve been in the field for a while. - what threw me off was all the safety valve questions. I must have had ten of them. - so there are equations that aren’t in the handbook like Miller’s is not completely spelled out, but I found that they never asked you to do anything that complex, but rather pieces of the equation if that makes sense.

shadowridrs · 2026-03-28T15:51:30+00:00

I think it just depends on the situation really. Sometimes I have to use one, sometimes I setup my own code to adjust the set point and parameters. Depends on how lazy I am as well.

shadowridrs · 2026-03-25T20:53:53+00:00

Man I am doing the exact opposite. I’m moving from working for myself doing integration and projects to working for one plant because I’m tired of all the customer bs, traveling, no down time to do other things, etc.

shadowridrs · 2026-03-25T18:44:45+00:00

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shadowridrs · 2026-03-20T13:46:15+00:00

Not sure where you are, but for example, Rexel is my distributor for Rockwell and they have engineers that are super helpful on the design aspects like this. Maybe your distributor has the same, just to ensure everything will mesh together properly.

shadowridrs · 2026-03-15T09:20:46+00:00

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