In case you haven’t known, IGX allows you to use external user authentication system. So that you can administrate one user database for several systems from different vendors. Active Directory Domain Services developed by Microsoft is a directory service for the Windows domain networks. It turns the server into a domain controller which authenticates and […]
Mr. Wachira has recently asked how to do moving averages in SCADA, that made us recall how troublesome is to do some simple calculations in traditional SCADA. It can be even more painful when you need to deal with proprietary programming language. As such we are more than happy to share how elegant to calculate […]
SCADA Report is good to have selectable column if you have long list of parameter logging, and when you want to do side by side comparison, or narrow down to small group of data for analysis. You can do this for your operator by adding a dropdown list of checkboxes and a standard script snippet. […]
We highly recommend JavaScript as your scripting language despite Ecava IGX do support VB Script for awhile now. As compare to VB Script, JavaScript is the language of the web and for the future. JavaScript is powerful and flexible, but flexibility itself has pros and cons. JavaScript is very linient on syntax, for example it’s […]
This year we’ve got special season’s greetings from Romania. Yes, Craciun Fericit! that’s how you say Merry Christmas in Romanian. We are very pleased to see many companies from more than 50 countries become very successful after using Ecava IGX. We have been working hard, we even had our beta release during Christmas Eve. We […]
How do you ensure your remote client would point to standby server IP when the primary server failed or shutdown for update? It’s common that you want to offer best user experience with seamless transition during any maintenance work. So you would need single IP for remote access although you have multiple servers behind. And […]
Ecava IGX SCADA is committed to support all Windows versions that is currently supported by Microsoft, including Windows 10. When we say support doesn’t just mean running well and installing smoothly, but also mean uninstall without hassle, Windows 10 has launched its successor for old “Programs and Features” with brand new ‘Apps & features”. And […]
It’s common requirement to indicate device status or trigger alarm upon any communication failure. You can easily check for device connection status using app.device[X], whereby X is the entered device name. However, there are times that your sensors or devices could be connected behind other gateway or any server. Hence you may always get a […]
In order to use SCADA modules / features like Trending, Alarm and Report for your project, it is required to create the database in PostgreSQL before configuring other database dependent module in IGX Project Editor. The steps to create a database in PostgreSQL are simple. Launch pgAdmin from your Windows. (You can simply click on […]
Ecava IGX SCADA is equipped with built-in menu with professional theme, so you could focus on developing your own mimic and have everything accessible from menu. There are times you want to load SVG without built-in menu and having your own fancy theme. All you need to do is to use a SVG loading file […]
Engineers’ Choice Awards is organized yearly by Control Engineering to select the best of the bests from leading candidates among the world of industrial automation. This year, we are proud to announce that Ecava IntegraXor version 6 has been selected as the finalist in the software category for Engineers’ Choice Award 2018. The best news […]
To perform MQTT troubleshooting, you need to establish reliable reference for 3 involved parties separately, namely Subscriber, Publisher and Broker. For subscriber and publisher, you may use MQTT Spy as your MQTT clients, it is a small Java utility that you can run without installing. And it’s preconfigured with some public brokers or servers that […]
We have spent great deal of time to simplify the flow to own SCADA license, so you can perform your complete transaction when it’s urgent. And we also taken care of previously purchased licenses. Just request your new software keys that associated to your existing project configuration and you will be able to authorize any […]
The world is all about IoT (Internet of Things) now. Basically technology developers are aiming for IoT approach for whatever products (if possible). While home automation is another big trend that carries great development potentials, it is now commonly wrapped with IoT technologies as a package to furnish automation to your home. Why use IoT […]
Do you still support some legacy system that could not speak MQTT? You can easily enable your legacy system with IIoT capability by adding MQTT gateway. IGX I/O module can perfectly help you achieving just that because it’s equipped with complete MQTT elements, which are subscriber, publisher as well as broker or server. MQTT protocol […]