SCADA Forge Ignition Training
We’ve been working with the Ignition SCADA platform since 2009.
Everyone on the Corso Systems team is familiar with Ignition and has been through our internal training over the years, and has gone through the Core and Gold Certification programs.
Corso Systems has also trained dozens of other integration firms and hundreds of our customers how to develop and maintain Ignition projects.
We are finally releasing into the wild everything we have learned about training people how to become excellent Ignition Developers.
Ignition Training for Everyone
Yes, we know about Inductive University. Yes, we know it is free, and it is a very useful tool.
That said one of the major frustrations we have seen across the board is people who are new to automation in general find it leaving a lot out of the discussion.
Inductive University (in our opinion) seems like it starts with an assumption you are coming from another SCADA platform and seeking to learn Ignition.
If you don’t have prior automation experience many of the fundamental concepts in automation are not explained either at all, or clearly.
For example, the concept of tags in automation can be confusing to a beginner. What do they represent? Why do they exist? Who created them? How do you use them in a project?
SCADA Forge starts from the bottom answering these questions for people who have ZERO automation experience. It is set up to be Ignition Training for Everyone.
SCADA Forge Goal
The goal with the SCADA Forge Ignition Training Course is to give everyone an opportunity to learn Ignition. Through the always free modules up to Ignition 104 you will see everything you need to be set up with what the Corso Systems team would require of any Associate Engineer once they completed our internal training, even with no prior automation experience.
Moving beyond the initial modules the goal is to set you up for taking the Core Certification Test by focusing on the Ignition Design Challenge that exposes you to everything you will encounter on the Core Certification Test.
After the Ignition Design Challenge the next module sets you up for the Gold Certification Test, covering more advanced topics, features, and functionality in the Ignition platform.
From there we share all of the lessons we have learned in scaling Ignition systems to meet Enterprise requirements and get into more advanced topics to take your Ignition development skills to the highest level.
A brief rundown of the SCADA Forge Ignition Training Course is below. As we are putting the finishing touches on the course anyone who signs up during our early adopter phases will have full access to the entire course and everything we add in the future. As we add the higher level tiers you can choose how far you want to go with SCADA Forge, or sign up for the current early adopter offer to get access to everything.
The SCADA Forge Ignition Training Course
Automation 101
This module is designed for someone with zero automation experience to learn the lingo and jargon, and ties real world concepts into the automation world to help make heads and tails of everything.
Ignition 101
Building on the foundation of Automation 101, Ignition 101 is a high level overview of the most commonly used features in any Ignition project. This includes:
The Ignition Gateway, the foundation for everything
Ignition Projects and security, in both Perspective and Vision
What Ignition screens (views in Perspective and windows in Vision) are and how you use them
Connecting to plant floor devices like PLCs
How tags work in Ignition and how you manage them once you are connected to a PLC
How Templates work in Vision and Perspective, and how to use them
Setting up User Defined Types (UDTs) in an Ignition gateway
The Expression and Scripting languages and how to use them
How to leverage Ignition as a database tool
Ignition 102
Ignition 102 focuses on the Vision module and explains how to use the most common components in detail. This includes property bindings, integrating with tags, and building Vision windows you can view in a Vision Client.
Ignition 103
Ignition 103 is Ignition 102, focused on Perspective instead of Vision.
Ignition 104
Inductive Automation recently released their Ignition Launchpad program with a KPI Dashboard project and an OEE project. Ignition 104 gives you a complete breakdown of how to get set up with both projects on your Ignition gateway, how they work, and most importantly how to get even more value out of them by adding in custom development options for both projects.
We also discuss where you might want to go next on your Ignition Journey after getting started with these projects.
Ignition 201
Ignition 201 is the first step on your journey to become a Core Certified Ignition developer. It goes into complete detail on the Ignition Design Challenge available for free on the Inductive Automation website and includes a detailed walk through on how to implement each prompt in the Ignition Design Challenge.
Ignition 301 (In progress)
Similar to Ignition 102 and 103, Ignition 301 takes you through the more advanced features, functionality, and components you will need to get set up for the Gold Certification process.
Ignition 302 (In progress)
Ignition 302 is all about the Gold Certification Prep Course as an extension to the Ignition Design Challenge covered in Ignition 201.
Ignition 401 (In progress)
Ignition 401 is geared towards larger scale Ignition projects. This includes:
Configure the Ignition Gateway Network to implement Enterprise level architectures
How to use Ignition Edge for fault-tolerant systems, and distributed systems.
Leveraging the Enterprise Administration Module
Ignition Redudancy
Identity Provider Security with external Identity Providers
Beyond (In progress)
This is where we get into deeper topics like MQTT, CSS in Perspective, ERP Integrations, Twilio integration for Alarm Notifications, and the Ignition Gateway API.
