Inductive Automation Releases Ignition 8.1 to Provide Faster Development and Long-Term Support

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Inductive Automation released Ignition 8.1, designed to help users develop Ignition projects more rapidly and use them more effectively.  Ignition by Inductive Automation is an industrial application platform with tools to build solutions for human-machine interface (HMI), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), manufacturing execution systems (MES), and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). 

Ignition 8.1 is designed to help users better future-proof their systems. It’s a Long-Term Support release, so it will be supported by Inductive Automation for five years.  While 8.1 is focused on performance and stability, it also includes several new features.

With Ignition 8.1’s new Perspective Workstation, users can deploy native applications to HMI, desktop, workstation, and multi-monitor configurations without a third-party web browser.  Screens can be displayed in full-screen kiosk mode without distractions from the underlying operating system.

Perspective Symbols make it easier and faster to create more attractive HMIs.  Symbols have dynamic data models, so binding them to process values is drag-and-drop. Each Symbol comes in three different styles, so users can customize to their preferences.  Users can more easily add animation and supporting text.

Perspective Power Chart allows users to more easily create runtime-configurable time series charts from Tag Historian data.  Users can more quickly generate ad hoc charts within a Perspective session. Power Chart also adapts automatically for mobile screens.

Ignition 8.1 also includes several shortcuts to help save time in development, a more powerful tag browser, and the ability to work with Docker Hub.  For new users, Ignition Quick Start has several tools to help people more quickly get going on creating projects.  All of these new features help to save time for developers.

 

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