Ignition Edge historian limitations

Ignition
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It's the platform price with no other modules. (Now $1,100, not $1,000.) You get a handful of OPC drivers, scripting, and databases. You would have to script everything that happens with your DBs.

Add Vision 1-client and you're at $3k. That makes an extremely capable alternative to a Panelview. (:

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That's not a valid option, you can't buy the platform just by itself. You have to buy at least one other module, the cheapest of which is Opto22 snap pac driver.

I am doing this this Month, however rather than buying a random module just because it is the cheapest, I am buying 1 report license at 1/5th the cost of the listed price on the website.

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You can't pick it from the pricing page any more, but I bet you can still buy it.

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Incorrect. PM me your email and I will forward the email from IA sales rep (senior).

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For posterity, you can only buy the "standard" (official term) platform by itself, if it is part of a scale-out architecture.

If this is a stand-alone instance, and the only one for that customer, then my advice regarding at least one other module, is correct.

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I, admittedly, have not dissected this thread. However, there are significant changes to Edge licensing (The New Ignition Edge) this year. If struggling to pick between Full vs Edge for a local HMI, the decision should be a LOT easier now (hint: strongly consider Edge).
Edge licensing has been completely revamped. Some noteworthy bullet points I see:

  • Edge Compute, Edge Sync Services, and Edge EAM — aren’t going anywhere. Instead, their features are being rolled into the New Edge IIoT and Edge Panel.
  • Ignition Edge Panel includes everything in Ignition Edge IIoT plus local visualization
  • Now includes unlimited tags and device connections for included drivers, the ability to run scripts, create REST APIs, synchronize data to a central server, and act as an EAM Agent Gateway*
  • 35 days of internal data storage for historical and event logging
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