Inductive automation
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| Inductive Automation | |
|---|---|
| Type | private |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters |  Sacramento, California |
| Products | Industrial Automation Manufacturing Execution System SCADA |
| Website | www.inductiveautomation.com |
Inductive Automation is a supplier of web based industrial automation software solutions.
Inductive Automation has customers in a variety of industries including: Wastewater, Food and Beverage, Utilities, Energy, Research, Transportation, Chemical Processing, Mining, Plastics, Construction, Discreet Manufacturing, and Process Manufacturing.
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FactorySQL is an OPC based Middleware product that bridges the gap between industrial PLCs and SQL Databases. FactorySQL is a drag and drop .NET application that runs as a Windows service.
FactoryPMI is a Java based SCADA product containing three main components: the runtime, gateway, and designer. Sample Screenshot.
- The FactoryPMI Runtime or Client is a Java application typically launched from a web browser. It acts as the HMI interface for end users and can be used to view realtime or historical process data or control industrial applications. The runtime can be launched one of three ways. As an Applet inside a web browser, via Java Web Start, or in Full Screen Exclusive mode, where it occupies the whole screen without borders or toolbars, typical of an industrial Touchscreen application.
- The Gateway is a web page configurable, customized version of the Apache that uses JGroups multicasting for clustering. It runs a servlet that uses a single port to mediate client requests. It supports SSL/TLS and compresses communication between gateway and clients.
- The FactoryPMI Designer is a WYSIWYG IDE that is used to create SCADA applications. Like the runtime, is a Java Web Start application. The FactoryPMI designer began as a form of Sun's Bean Builder and has grown to facilitate industrial applications and incorporate Jython as the scripting engine.
[edit] SQLTags
SQLTags is a proprietary technology that uses any SQL Database as a Tag Database.
[edit] Open Source
Inductive Automation is a promoter and contributor to the Open Source community. FactoryPMI utilizes a number of such projects including: MySQL, Apache, JFreeChart, Jython, Hsqldb, jTDS, Bean Builder, and numerous others.
