Category Archives: RTA’s Blog

Edge to Cloud: When and How to Forward Historian Data to the Cloud

The RTA A-B PLC Historian gives you full control of production data at the edge. [...]

Why Industrial Networks Can’t Agree on Terms

Every industry has its own language. Meteorologists have haboobs (massive dust storms), horse racing has [...]

Does Your Factory Floor Historian Have the Seven Indispensable Power Features That Actually Enable Real-Time Data Insight?

Get The Essential Historian Checklist And Learn That You Don’t Need More Data, You Need [...]

Bridging IT and OT with Real Time Automation’s A-B PLC Historian

Not every plant wants to keep its operational technology locked away. For organizations focused on [...]

Using Real Time Automation’s A-B PLC Historian in a Closed OT System

Industrial automation has always walked a fine line between progress and protection. On one hand, [...]

Modbus RTU Over RS-485: An Engineer’s Guide to Industrial Reliability

Why Modbus RTU Over RS-485 Still Matters Despite the rise of Ethernet-based protocols like Modbus [...]

Master Slave Technology Explained: A Guide for Industrial Automation

In the world of industrial communication, master slave technology is a foundational concept that continues [...]

OPC UA 2025

I was one of the early proponents of OPC UA. I started studying, talking and [...]

OPC UA For Moving Factory Floor Data

What’s the best way to move factory floor data to Enterprise and Cloud applications? The [...]

Data Plumbing with OPC UA

I’ve long considered our company to be data plumbers. It’s a silly analogy, but we [...]