Corso Systems: Opto22 Articles

A step by step Corso Systems tutorial for configuring OpenVPN on Opto 22’s groov EPIC groov RIO devices. This detailed guide includes working code samples and more.

Corso Systems can convert your legacy Allen Bradley PLC code to run on USA-made and readily available, modern Opto 22 hardware like the groov EPIC and groov RIO. Upgrade quickly with our conversion tool.

Building on our a previous post integrating database records into a table in Opto 22's groov View HMI platform, Corso Systems walks through adding a search capability to the screen. Operators can now search a database in real-time with Node-RED handling the backend operations to query and return the data.

Corso Systems is building out a database integration for use in a groov View system. Operators need to view data stored in a database, retrieve it in a paged fashion and to move between the various pages of records in the HMI. Our tutorial shows how this can be done using groov View along with MySQL and Node-RED.

Corso Systems continues a tutorial developing a recipe management system in Opto 22's groov View platform. Node-RED is used to send/receive data from groov View and interact with a database. This post covers setting up groov View and Node-RED so you can use groov View to enter and read recipe data into/from a database.

Corso Systems shares a step by step tutorial for setting up Node-RED to communicate with a database. Including building a Node-RED dashboard to add user input. We also discuss the overall workflow for integrating with an Opto22 groov View and a groov EPIC PLC.

Corso Systems sets up a dashboard HMI screen using the groov View HMI package included free with every Opto22 groov EPIC PLC. Our brief tutorial covers configuring tags, value displays, tag history, and trends using the groov View platform.

Corso Systems walks through the process of connecting an Opto22 groov RIO to a HiveMQ MQTT Broker in the cloud, then syncs the HiveMQ MQTT Broker to an Ignition Gateway running in the cloud. Once connected data flow is validated with tags created automatically in the Ignition gateway using Sparkplug B.

Corso Systems walks through setting up Tailscale on an Opto22 groov RIO. Tailscale is built on the Wireguard framework, but can be easier to configure depending on your IT skillset.

Learn how Corso Systems configures a groov RIO as the heart of a low I/O count control system we have reached a new level of functionality by using the RIO as a VPN tunnel into the controls network.

Learn to configure PID Loop Control on a groov RIO. This Corso Systems tutorial also covers getting data into an Ignition gateway using Modbus and the Modbus address space available in the groov RIO.

Corso Systems describes how Node Red, one of the most powerful integration tools available today, allows you to pipe data directly from many devices into any system, including an Opto22 groov RIO PLC

Configure a groov RIO to send MQTT data to an Ignition gateway running in the cloud with the Cirrus Link MQTT Engine and MQTT Distributor modules. Enable an MQTT Broker at the gateway and the groov RIO's built-in functionality for generating MQTT topics.

Corso Systems walks through the process of getting an Opto22 groov RIO configured from factory defaults to ready to deploy in your facility. This includes user administration, networking, and I/O Configuration.

Corso Systems Show you how to use Ignition Maker Edition allows you to integrate with a ton of different hardware solutions. A lot of these tools are IoT Devices, and can easily integrate with NodeRed. If you have spent any time working with MQTT you have likely heard of Sparkplug B. If MQTT is like pressing an easy button with Industrial Communication Protocols, Sparkplug B is like hitting the easy button with MQTT.