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Ignition modernization · 9 min
Ignition 8.3 upgrade readiness: what to validate before production
A production upgrade is not an installer task. It is an application-validation exercise across modules, redundancy, drivers, scripts, historian behavior, security and rollback.
Read the engineering guide → Agentic AI governance · 8 minIndustrial AI agents: where autonomy should stop
A practical framework for deciding what an agent may observe, recommend, prepare, approve or execute in an operational environment.
Read article → Vision AI engineering · 9 minWhy computer vision pilots fail after the demo
Production readiness starts with cameras, lighting, error economics, evidence and operator workflow — not the model architecture.
Read article →Ignition & AI research series
Preparing for Ignition 2027 and the next operational AI layer.
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ICC 2026 research noteIgnition 2027 and AI: five questions to answer before ICC 2026
Prepare use cases, governance and architecture without guessing unreleased product details.
Read → Architecture perspectiveIndustrial AI should complement Ignition, not replace itKeep the SCADA foundation and add specialized vision, MES, twin and governed AI where it creates value.
Read → Application intelligenceBeyond Gateway diagnostics: the case for application intelligence in IgnitionCorrelate performance, experience, deployments and incidents into explanations engineers can act on.
Read → Vision + HMI architectureComputer vision inside PerspectivePut evidence, confidence, traceability and disposition in the workflow operators already use.
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Five themes we will publish consistently.
Ignition reliability, Perspective experience, incident investigation and upgrades.
Inspection, evidence, camera engineering, edge inference and model operations.
Agents, copilots, citations, approval boundaries and safe operational workflows.
UNS, OPC UA, MQTT, cybersecurity, resilience and brownfield integration.
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