Category Archives: RTA’s Blog
Why IEC 62443 Is Quickly Becoming Required for Industrial Vendors
Industrial manufacturers are changing how they evaluate vendors. Cybersecurity is no longer treated as a [...]
Apr
It Works Until It Doesn’t: The Deceptive Success of Using a PLC as a Data Server
He wanted data. He got a production problem. Users often like to use their PLC [...]
Apr
Why Local Data Context Is Now Mandatory
In Industry 3.0, most data stayed inside the plant. SCADA could handle a lot of [...]
Apr
A Step-by-Step Process for Solving Modbus TCP Communication Issues
Modbus TCP problems are rarely caused by the protocol itself. They are usually the result [...]
Apr
The Risks of Using Your PLC as a RESTful Device (and When to Use a Gateway Instead)
A programmable controller is a very sophisticated and flexible device. It is very good at [...]
Mar
Why Your Factory Floor Data Needs Purpose
Factory floor data collection has evolved from mainframes and USB data logging to modern Ethernet [...]
Mar
Why Integrating Legacy Modbus RTU Is Often a “Kitchen Sink” of Struggle
The Background: An Integrator Struggling to Update Industrial Kitchens An integrator is facing his first [...]
Mar
The RTA Difference: Why Control Engineers Trust RTA as Their Protocol Gateway Supplier
When it comes to moving factory floor data, control engineers choose Real Time Automation (RTA) [...]
Feb
How to Move ASCII Data to an Allen-Bradley PLC Without Custom Code
The most efficient way to move ASCII data to a ControlLogix or CompactLogix PLC is [...]
Feb
10 Reasons Why Connecting a Database Directly to Your PLC Is a Terrible Idea
Direct connections between PLCs and databases are a fundamentally flawed architecture for production environments. They [...]
Feb
