Category Archives: RTA’s Blog
Why Industrial Networks Can’t Agree on Terms
Every industry has its own language. Meteorologists have haboobs (massive dust storms), horse racing has [...]
Dec
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 [...]
Nov
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 [...]
Sep
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, [...]
Sep
Modbus RTU Over RS-485: An Engineer’s Guide to Industrial Reliability
Why Modbus RTU Over RS-485 Still Matters Today Despite the rise of Ethernet-based protocols like [...]
Aug
Master Slave Technology Explained: A Guide for Industrial Automation
In the world of industrial communication, the master/slave architecture is a foundational concept that continues [...]
Jul
OPC UA 2025
I was one of the early proponents of OPC UA. I started studying, talking and [...]
May
OPC UA For Moving Factory Floor Data
What’s the best way to move factory floor data to Enterprise and Cloud applications? The [...]
May
Data Plumbing with OPC UA
I’ve long considered our company to be data plumbers. It’s a silly analogy, but we [...]
Apr
Data Historian vs Data Logger
People in automation misuse words all the time and I am as guilty as anyone. [...]
Jan
