<s>
Ignition	O
is	O
an	O
Integrated	B-Architecture
Software	I-Architecture
Platform	I-Architecture
for	O
SCADA	O
systems	O
released	O
by	O
Inductive	O
Automation	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
SQL	B-Operating_System
Database-centric	I-Operating_System
architecture	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ignition	O
features	O
cross	B-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
web	B-Application
based	I-Application
deployment	O
through	O
Java	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Start	I-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ignition	O
platform	O
has	O
three	O
main	O
components	O
:	O
the	O
Ignition	O
Gateway	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Designer	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
runtime	B-Protocol
clients	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Independent	O
modules	B-Device
provide	O
separate	O
functionality	O
in	O
any	O
or	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ignition	B-Application
SCADA	I-Application
modules	B-Device
provide	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
Real-Time	O
Status	O
Control	O
,	O
Alarming	O
,	O
Reporting	O
,	O
Data	O
Acquisition	O
,	O
Scripting	B-Language
,	O
Scheduling	O
,	O
MES	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mobile	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
recognized	O
the	O
impact	O
of	O
Ignition	O
as	O
a	O
significant	O
Java-based	O
product	O
in	O
Industrial	O
Automation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Module	O
Marketplace	O
is	O
an	O
online	O
store	O
,	O
similar	O
in	O
concept	O
to	O
:	O
the	O
iTunes	O
Store	O
or	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
for	O
the	O
SCADA	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
modules	B-Device
are	O
free	O
while	O
others	O
are	O
paid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
are	O
developed	O
using	O
the	O
Ignition	O
SDK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
modules	B-Device
are	O
required	O
to	O
be	O
submitted	O
for	O
validation	O
to	O
Inductive	O
Automation	O
to	O
test	O
for	O
stability	O
,	O
compatibility	O
and	O
memory	B-Error_Name
leaks	I-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
modules	B-Device
are	O
required	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
free	O
user	O
re-settable	O
2-hour	O
trial	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQL	B-Language
Bridge	O
is	O
an	O
OPC	O
based	O
Middleware	B-General_Concept
product	O
that	O
bridges	O
the	O
gap	O
between	O
industrial	O
PLCs	B-Architecture
and	O
SQL	B-Language
Databases	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
application	O
that	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
scripting	B-Language
or	O
programming	O
for	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Transaction	O
groups	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
log	O
data	O
,	O
synchronize	O
PLCs	B-Architecture
,	O
track	O
downtime	O
and	O
manage	O
recipes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
groups	O
support	O
stored	B-General_Concept
procedures	I-General_Concept
,	O
flexible	O
execution	O
scheduling	O
,	O
and	O
triggering	B-Application
for	O
precise	O
control	O
and	O
monitoring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
logging	B-Application
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
with	O
transaction	O
groups	O
or	O
SQLTags	O
History	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Store-and-Forward	O
is	O
an	O
engine	O
that	O
buffers	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
writes	O
to	O
memory	O
and	O
caches	O
them	O
to	O
a	O
local	O
disk	O
when	O
an	O
external	O
database	O
connection	O
is	O
unavailable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SQL	B-Language
Bridge	O
module	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
FactorySQL	B-Application
in	O
the	O
4.x.x	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Vision	O
module	O
is	O
the	O
main	O
visualization	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
Ignition	B-Application
SCADA	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
containing	O
three	O
main	O
components	O
:	O
the	O
runtime	O
,	O
gateway	B-Application
,	O
and	O
designer	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ignition	O
Runtime	O
or	O
Client	O
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
application	O
typically	O
launched	O
from	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
acts	O
as	O
the	O
HMI	B-Application
interface	O
for	O
end	O
users	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
view	O
realtime	O
or	O
historical	O
process	O
data	O
or	O
control	O
industrial	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
Applet	B-Language
inside	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
via	O
Java	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Start	I-Application
,	O
or	O
in	O
Full	O
Screen	O
mode	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
occupies	O
the	O
whole	O
screen	O
without	O
borders	O
or	O
toolbars	O
,	O
typical	O
of	O
an	O
industrial	O
Touchscreen	B-Device
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gateway	B-Application
is	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
configurable	O
,	O
customized	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
that	O
uses	O
JGroups	B-Language
multicasting	O
for	O
clustering	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
a	O
servlet	B-Application
that	O
uses	O
a	O
single	O
port	B-Protocol
to	O
mediate	O
client	O
requests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
SSL/TLS	B-Protocol
and	O
compresses	O
communication	O
between	O
gateway	B-Application
and	O
clients	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Designer	B-Application
is	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
IDE	B-Application
that	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
SCADA	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
runtime	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Start	I-Application
deployed	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reports	O
may	O
be	O
generated	O
from	O
existing	O
Adobe	O
Acrobat	O
(	O
PDF	B-Application
)	O
files	O
or	O
created	O
from	O
scratch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
is	O
introduced	O
through	O
the	O
Ignition	O
platform	O
,	O
providing	O
access	O
to	O
any	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
or	O
OPC	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Reporting	O
Module	O
supports	O
:	O
images	O
,	O
graphs	O
,	O
tables	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
basic	O
shape	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reports	O
are	O
viewed	O
through	O
Ignition	O
's	O
web-based	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ignition	O
SMS	B-Device
Alarm	O
Notification	O
Module	O
enables	O
both	O
alarm	O
notification	O
and	O
acknowledgement	O
via	O
text	B-Device
messages	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
adding	O
the	O
SMS	B-Device
Notification	O
Module	O
to	O
Ignition	O
,	O
alarm	O
notifications	O
can	O
be	O
sent	O
and	O
acknowledged	O
via	O
text	O
messaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMS	B-Device
notification	O
is	O
an	O
efficient	O
and	O
immediate	O
method	O
that	O
makes	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
respond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
module	O
requires	O
the	O
Alarm	O
Notification	O
Module	O
and	O
a	O
Sierra	O
Wireless	O
AirLink	O
RV50	O
with	O
a	O
data	O
and	O
SMS	B-Device
cellular	O
plan	O
(	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
module	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mobile	O
Module	O
allows	O
the	O
full	O
Vision	O
module	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
devices	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
support	O
the	O
Java	B-Device
Runtime	I-Device
Environment	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
accomplished	O
by	O
the	O
mobile	O
client	O
viewing	O
a	O
remote	B-Operating_System
session	I-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
Ignition	O
Gateway	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mobile	O
module	O
requires	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
compliant	O
browser	B-Application
that	O
supports	O
the	O
canvas	B-Language
element	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compatible	O
examples	O
include	O
:	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
Android	B-Application
2.2	I-Application
+	I-Application
,	O
and	O
VNC	B-Protocol
clients	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OPC-UA	O
Ignition	O
module	O
is	O
an	O
OPC	O
server	O
that	O
supports	O
modular	O
drivers	O
for	O
PLCs	B-Architecture
and	O
other	O
devices	O
and	O
network	O
connections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
100%	O
native	O
Java	B-Language
OPC	O
UA	O
stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OPC-UA	O
module	O
includes	O
a	O
Quick	O
Client	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
PLC	B-Architecture
register	O
values	O
via	O
an	O
AJAX	B-Device
web	O
page	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	O
Ignition	O
Gateway	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
drivers	O
include	O
A-B	O
Suite	B-Application
,	O
ModbusTCP	O
,	O
Siemens	O
Ethernet	O
,	O
and	O
Simple	O
TCP/UDP	B-Protocol
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
multitude	O
of	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
PLCs	B-Architecture
,	O
solar	O
cells	O
,	O
lights	O
,	O
generators	O
,	O
flow	O
meters	O
,	O
bar	O
code	O
scanners	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MES	B-Application
Modules	B-Device
are	O
separately	O
licensed	O
Ignition	O
plug	B-Application
in	I-Application
modules	I-Application
that	O
generally	O
provide	O
higher	O
level	O
functionality	O
with	O
less	O
user	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MES	B-Application
Modules	B-Device
are	O
designed	O
to	O
provide	O
specific	O
functionality	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
industry	O
specific	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
modules	B-Device
available	O
are	O
:	O
Downtime	O
OEE	O
,	O
SPC	O
,	O
and	O
Scheduling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Changeover	O
Management	O
and	O
Track	O
&	O
Trace	O
/	O
Genealogy	O
Modules	B-Device
have	O
been	O
announced	O
as	O
upcoming	O
as	O
of	O
January	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HMI/SCADA	O
Module	O
Layer	O
contains	O
mainstay	O
products	O
of	O
the	O
Ignition	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vision	O
is	O
the	O
main	O
visualization	O
module	O
,	O
SQL	B-Language
Bridge	O
is	O
a	O
bidirectional	O
OPC	O
to	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
historian	O
and	O
transaction	B-General_Concept
manager	I-General_Concept
,	O
Reporting	O
generates	O
dynamic	O
Pdf	B-Application
reports	O
,	O
and	O
Mobile	O
allows	O
access	O
to	O
HTML	O
5	O
compatible	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
iPads	B-Device
,	O
iPods	B-Device
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Smartphone	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Platform	O
Layer	O
includes	O
the	O
following	O
core	O
functionality	O
to	O
all	O
modules	B-Device
:	O
OPC-UA	O
Client	O
,	O
Database	O
,	O
Web	O
Server	O
,	O
System	O
Logging	B-Application
,	O
Licensing	O
,	O
Unified	O
Development	O
Environment	O
,	O
Auditing	O
,	O
Authentication	O
,	O
Module	O
API	O
,	O
Alerting	O
Core	O
Functionality	O
,	O
Database	O
Connectivity	O
,	O
Python	B-Language
Scripting	B-Language
Engine	I-Language
,	O
Realtime	O
Tag	O
Database	O
,	O
Store	O
&	O
Forward	O
,	O
and	O
Redundancy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FactorySQL	B-Application
was	O
an	O
OPC	O
based	O
Middleware	B-General_Concept
product	O
by	O
Inductive	O
Automation	O
that	O
bridged	O
the	O
gap	O
between	O
industrial	O
PLCs	B-Architecture
and	O
SQL	B-Language
Databases	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
FactorySQL	B-Application
was	O
a	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
.NET	B-Application
application	O
that	O
ran	O
as	O
a	O
Windows	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FactorySQL	B-Application
version	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
deprecated	B-General_Concept
at	O
version	O
4	O
in	O
2010	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Ignition	O
Inductive	O
Automation	O
offered	O
the	O
OPC-UA	O
module	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FactorySQL	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
written	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
OPC	O
to	O
SQL	B-Language
data	O
logger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Functionality	O
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
Transaction	B-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
and	O
Industrial	B-General_Concept
Historian	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
FactorySQL	B-Application
introduced	O
SQLTags	O
support	O
with	O
version	O
4.1	O
in	O
December	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FactorySQL	B-Application
configuration	O
was	O
done	O
with	O
standard	O
Groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
configuration	O
defines	O
the	O
database	O
connection	O
,	O
table	O
,	O
timing	O
options	O
,	O
triggering	B-Application
options	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
direction	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Direction	O
defines	O
whether	O
read	O
or	O
write	O
operations	O
come	O
from	O
or	O
go	O
to	O
the	O
OPC	O
server	O
from	O
the	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
item	O
represents	O
a	O
fully	O
qualified	O
OPC	O
path	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
column	O
name	O
in	O
the	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stored	B-General_Concept
Procedure	I-General_Concept
Group	O
Map	O
OPCdata	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
SQL	B-Language
stored	B-General_Concept
procedure	I-General_Concept
parameters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Block	O
Data	O
Group	O
mirror	O
large	O
blocks	O
of	O
OPC	O
data	O
in	O
an	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
array	B-Data_Structure
read	O
and	O
writes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Remote	O
Configuration	O
Group	O
configuration	O
over	O
the	O
network	O
via	O
TCP	B-Protocol
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
Most	O
PLCs	B-Architecture
and	O
Database	O
Systems	O
Support	O
nearly	O
every	O
OPC	O
compliant	O
PLC	B-Architecture
and	O
ODBC	B-Application
compliant	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Redundancy	B-Application
Supports	O
primary	O
and	O
backup	O
failover	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQLTags	O
Proprietary	O
means	O
to	O
"	O
turn	O
any	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
into	O
a	O
high-performance	O
industrial	O
tag	O
database	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FactoryPMI	B-Application
was	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
based	O
SCADA	O
product	O
by	O
Inductive	O
Automation	O
containing	O
three	O
main	O
components	O
:	O
the	O
runtime	O
,	O
gateway	B-Application
,	O
and	O
designer	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
designer	B-Application
began	O
as	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
Sun	O
's	O
Bean	O
Builder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FactoryPMI	B-Application
version	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
deprecated	B-General_Concept
at	O
version	O
3.3	O
in	O
2010	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Ignition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FactoryPMI	B-Device
Runtime	I-Device
or	I-Device
Client	I-Device
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
application	O
typically	O
launched	O
from	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
acts	O
as	O
the	O
HMI	B-Application
interface	O
for	O
end	O
users	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
view	O
realtime	O
or	O
historical	O
process	O
data	O
or	O
control	O
industrial	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
Applet	B-Language
inside	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
via	O
Java	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Start	I-Application
,	O
or	O
in	O
Full	O
Screen	O
Exclusive	O
mode	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
occupies	O
the	O
whole	O
screen	O
without	O
borders	O
or	O
toolbars	O
,	O
typical	O
of	O
an	O
industrial	O
Touchscreen	B-Device
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gateway	B-Application
is	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
configurable	O
,	O
customized	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
that	O
uses	O
JGroups	B-Language
multicasting	O
for	O
clustering	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
a	O
servlet	B-Application
that	O
uses	O
a	O
single	O
port	B-Protocol
to	O
mediate	O
client	O
requests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
SSL/TLS	B-Protocol
and	O
compresses	O
communication	O
between	O
gateway	B-Application
and	O
clients	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
Designer	B-Application
is	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
IDE	B-Application
that	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
SCADA	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
runtime	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Start	I-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
designer	B-Application
began	O
as	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
Sun	O
's	O
Bean	O
Builder	O
and	O
has	O
grown	O
to	O
facilitate	O
industrial	O
applications	O
and	O
incorporate	O
Jython	B-Language
as	O
the	O
scripting	B-Language
engine	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlimited	O
Clients	B-License
FactoryPMI	B-Application
allows	O
an	O
unlimited	O
number	O
of	O
clients	B-License
to	O
connect	O
from	O
anywhere	O
using	O
web	O
launched	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	O
Launched	O
Uses	O
Java	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Start	I-Application
deployment	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
Authentication	O
Supports	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
authentication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instant	O
Change	O
Deployment	O
Saved	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
Designer	B-Application
are	O
automatically	O
pushed	O
to	O
all	O
running	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
Clients	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clustering	B-Architecture
Connect	O
two	O
or	O
more	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
Gateways	B-Application
to	O
create	O
a	O
redundant	O
cluster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Powerful	O
Scripting	B-Language
Language	I-Language
FactoryPMI	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
popular	O
Python	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
enabling	O
you	O
to	O
create	O
advanced	O
projects	O
and	O
fulfill	O
custom	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQLTags	O
Proprietary	O
means	O
to	O
"	O
turn	O
any	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
into	O
a	O
high-performance	O
industrial	O
tag	O
database	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
major	O
release	O
history	O
Date	O
released	O
Version	O
Comments	O
08/09/2005	O
1.3	O
New	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
10/18/2005	O
1.4	O
New	O
proprietary	O
component	O
layout	O
that	O
no	O
longer	O
uses	O
springs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
06/28/2006	O
1.6	O
Added	O
Plugin	B-Application
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
09/22/2006	O
1.8	O
Added	O
project/gateway	O
retargeting	O
for	O
the	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
Runtime	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
parameter	O
passing	O
and	O
startup	O
window	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
12/29/2006	O
2.0	O
Added	O
ability	O
to	O
combine	O
Gateways	B-Application
into	O
clusters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
04/25/2007	O
2.1	O
Major	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
Designer	B-Application
introducing	O
a	O
docking	O
style	O
customizable	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
11/21/2007	O
3.1	O
SSL	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
6	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Standalone	O
Mode	O
"	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
03/06/2008	O
3.2	O
New	O
serialization	B-Application
and	O
window	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Inductive	O
Automation	O
consolidated	O
FactorySQL	B-Application
and	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
with	O
Ignition	O
by	O
Inductive	O
Automation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
created	O
a	O
modular	O
frameworks	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
central	O
design	O
interface	O
for	O
FactorySQL	B-Application
and	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ignition	O
became	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
and	O
FactorySQL	B-Application
and	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
were	O
refactored	O
as	O
modules	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
FactorySQL	B-Application
became	O
the	O
SQL	B-Language
Bridge	O
Module	O
,	O
and	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
became	O
the	O
Vision	O
Module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
other	O
modules	B-Device
included	O
with	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
were	O
:	O
the	O
Ignition	O
Reporting	O
Module	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Ignition	O
OPC-UA	O
Module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQLTags	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	O
technology	O
that	O
uses	O
any	O
SQL	B-Language
Database	I-Language
as	O
a	O
Tag	O
Database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQLTags	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
Tag	O
Providers	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
automatically	O
configured	O
tables	B-Application
in	O
an	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
SQLTags	O
Historian	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	O
data	O
logging	B-Application
technology	O
that	O
manages	O
historical	O
data	O
in	O
any	O
supported	O
SQL	B-Language
Database	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
configured	O
by	O
defining	O
an	O
Ignition	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
connection	O
,	O
then	O
enabling	O
the	O
feature	O
on	O
a	O
per	O
tag	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
automatically	O
creates	O
and	O
manages	O
the	O
tables	B-Application
without	O
any	O
user	O
SQL	B-Language
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Historical	O
Scan	O
Classes	O
support	O
different	O
logging	B-Application
intervals	O
by	O
sets	O
of	O
tags	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
altering	O
the	O
logging	B-Application
rate	O
dynamically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
automatically	O
partitions	B-General_Concept
data	O
into	O
multiple	O
database	B-Application
tables	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
accomplishes	O
two	O
functions	O
:	O
ensures	O
consistent	O
performance	O
over	O
the	O
long	O
term	O
,	O
and	O
provides	O
a	O
consistent	O
mechanism	O
for	O
data	O
archival	O
and	O
pruning	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ignition	O
platform	O
uses	O
scripting	B-Language
to	O
allow	O
designers	O
to	O
add	O
flexibility	O
and	O
customization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
major	O
scripting	B-Language
languages	I-Language
in	O
Ignition	O
:	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
the	O
Expression	O
Language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ignition	O
uses	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
Python	B-Language
version	O
2.5	O
called	O
Jython	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Python	B-Language
script	I-Language
is	O
used	O
for	O
component	O
Event	O
Handling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consider	O
an	O
example	O
from	O
the	O
expression	O
language	O
found	O
in	O
Microsoft_excel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excel	B-Application
can	O
calculate	O
a	O
cell	O
's	O
value	O
dynamically	O
by	O
typing	O
an	O
expression	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
=	O
SUM( 	O
C5:C10	O
)	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
performs	O
the	O
arithmetic	O
sum	O
of	O
those	O
6	O
cells	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Ignition	O
Module	O
SDK	B-Application
is	O
available	O
for	O
anybody	O
to	O
develop	O
their	O
own	O
modules	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDK	B-Application
exposes	O
the	O
API	O
and	O
classes	O
as	O
separate	O
JAR	B-Language
resources	O
for	O
the	O
following	O
:	O
Client	O
,	O
Gateway	B-Application
,	O
Designer	B-Application
,	O
Common	O
,	O
Vision	O
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
programmer	O
wrote	O
an	O
Ignition	O
module	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
QuickBooks	B-Application
,	O
which	O
uses	O
SOAP	B-Application
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
the	O
QuickBooks	B-Application
Web	O
Connector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modules	B-Device
must	O
be	O
submitted	O
to	O
Inductive	O
Automation	O
for	O
testing	O
prior	O
to	O
approval	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ignition	O
is	O
typically	O
sold	O
with	O
an	O
unlimited	O
licensing	O
structure	O
,	O
favoring	O
a	O
per	O
server	O
model	O
that	O
avoids	O
charging	O
for	O
:	O
clients	B-License
,	O
PLC	B-Architecture
or	O
SQL	B-Language
Database	I-Language
connections	O
,	O
tags	O
,	O
or	O
visualization	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
common	O
Ignition	O
software	O
package	O
is	O
The	O
Works	O
which	O
includes	O
unlimited	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
modules	B-Device
:	O
SQL	B-Language
Bridge	O
,	O
Vision	O
,	O
Reporting	O
,	O
and	O
Symbol	O
Factory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Limited	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
SQL	B-Language
Bridge	O
and	O
Vision	O
Modules	B-Device
are	O
restricted	O
by	O
functionality	O
and	O
concurrent	O
clients	B-License
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ignition	O
performance	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
tag	O
changes	O
per	O
second	O
and	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
concurrent	O
clients	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
testing	O
was	O
conducted	O
on	O
FactorySQL	B-Application
and	O
FactoryPMI	B-Application
,	O
Ignition	O
performance	O
is	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
at	O
least	O
comparable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evaluation	O
utilized	O
150	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
EC2	I-General_Concept
virtual	O
machines	O
using	O
the	O
following	O
databases	O
:	O
MySQL	B-Application
with	O
MyISAM	B-Language
data	O
engine	O
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
with	O
InnoDB	B-Language
engine	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
2005	O
Express	O
Edition	O
,	O
and	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
10g	I-General_Concept
Express	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSL/TLS	B-Protocol
All	O
network	O
traffic	O
is	O
encrypted	O
with	O
SSL/TLS	B-Protocol
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
Authentication	O
Supports	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
authentication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Auditing	O
allows	O
administrators	O
to	O
review	O
logs	B-Application
of	O
activity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FactoryPMI	B-Application
utilizes	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
such	O
projects	O
including	O
:	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
Apache	B-Application
,	O
JFreeChart	B-Language
,	O
Jython	B-Language
,	O
Hsqldb	B-Application
,	O
jTDS	B-Language
,	O
Bean	O
Builder	O
,	O
and	O
numerous	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
