Tried and tested: the Grafana Canvas panel. How far could I take it?Read this review to learn from my experiences with the current version of Grafana’s Canvas panel. We’ll not only explore its standard…Apr 261Apr 261
Weekend project: energy monitoring with telegraf, modbus, InfluxDB, Flux and GrafanaIn this blog post, I will share how to obtain a view on the net electricity use and generation of my and your house. We’ll use modbus RTU…Apr 16, 20211Apr 16, 20211
Published inFactryHow data historians help reduce energy use in Industry 4.0In this new blog series, we will explore the unexpected benefits of the data historian. First in line: monitoring and lowering energy use.Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021
Published inFactryUX/UI and why it matters for Industry 4.0 softwareIn this blogpost, our front-end developer Lumi De Smedt shares her views on UX/UI in today’s industrial environment and lifts the veil on…Jan 6, 20211Jan 6, 20211
Published inFactryProcess data integration: open source or proprietary software?In 2018, Belgian yeast supplier Algist Bruggeman replaced its proprietary historian software with Factry’s open source-based historian…Dec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
Published inFactryIntroducing the Untimely Grafana PanelIndustry 4.0 starts with time series data collected from various sensors from production equipment. What is stored is always a combination…Mar 17, 2020Mar 17, 2020
Published inFactryTutorial: How to build an InfluxDB query using Flux?An advanced use case for the new Flux query languageDec 17, 2019Dec 17, 2019
Published inFactryFlux in the industry: 3 real world IIoT examplesWe have been using InfluxDB in an industrial setting since 2016. This started with the development of an open-source OPC-UA collector…Sep 10, 2019Sep 10, 2019
Published inFactryWhy operator involvement is key to Industry 4.0Ever since the term Industry 4.0 was coined in 2011, it has taken the world of manufacturing by storm. Business and market drivers like…Sep 18, 2017Sep 18, 2017
