Ignition Vision and Perspective | MES | SCADA | IT/OT
MES and SCADA, from the machine to the ERP.
Citadel Automation Solutions designs, builds, and owns manufacturing systems for battery and automotive plants - enterprise Ignition MES and SCADA, track and trace, OEE, and reporting - and the integrations that tie them to PLCs, machine vendors, test systems, and the ERP.
- Ignition 8.1 Gold
- Inductive Automation certified, March 2024
- Multi-site MES
- Enterprise MES and SCADA architecture across manufacturing sites
- Specs to startup
- Machine-vendor specifications, commissioning, and line support
Services
Services built from production systems
Every service below maps to a system Citadel Automation Solutions has built, deployed, or supported on a live line.
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Ignition MES
Track and trace, gate checks, OEE, and production reporting in one enterprise Ignition MES.
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SCADA and plant overviews
Operator screens that show station status, AGV positions, and the alarms that matter.
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PLC and device integration
OPC-UA servers, PLCs, scanners, and edge devices brought onto one data path.
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MES specifications and vendor management
The specifications machine builders and software vendors have to meet before equipment lands.
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ERP, test system, and enterprise integration
Ignition tied into the systems around it: ERP, labeling, test stands, historian, and cloud services.
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Machine vision and robotics
Vision at the station: robot guidance, inspection, and classification wired back into the line.
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SQL, reporting, and data pipelines
The data layer behind the screens: schemas, queries, migrations, and reports people trust.
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Template libraries and development standards
Reusable templates and standards, so the next line or site starts from a proven baseline.
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IT/OT infrastructure and deployment
Servers, networks, containers, and secured remote access that keep the systems up.
Capability strip
Tools in the field
The stack the work is done in, drawn from the same systems listed above.
Manufacturing software
- Ignition 8.1 (Gold Certified)
- Ignition Perspective
- Ignition Vision
- Ignition Gateway and OPC-UA
- Sepasoft MES
- FactoryTalk
- Kepware
- Loftware
- Epicor
- SAP
Industrial protocols and devices
- OPC-UA
- MQTT
- Modbus
- Allen-Bradley
- Beckhoff
- Siemens
- Mitsubishi
- Cognex DataMan
- Keyence
- ASRS and gantry integration
- AGV tracking
- Photo eyes and line sensors
- Raspberry Pi (edge inference)
Vision and robotics
- 2D, 2.5D, and 3D robot vision
- Vision-guided robot cells
- Imagery and lighting setup
- ABB, Fanuc, Motoman, and Kuka robots
- Embedded vision PCs
- Image classification (TensorFlow)
- Human-in-the-loop retraining
Languages and data
- Python
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Java
- C / C++
- FORTRAN
- PHP
- T-SQL
- SQL
- Oracle SQL
- MySQL
- Microsoft SQL Server
- PostgreSQL
- Microsoft Access
- Bash
- VBA
- ETL pipelines
- REST APIs
Engineering data and PLM
- Teamcenter
- Pro/ENGINEER
- UniGraphics
- DBmass
- Mass properties analysis
- 3D model data exchange
Platform and deployment
- Docker
- Docker Compose
- systemd (services, timers, user units)
- Linux (Ubuntu, WSL2)
- Caddy reverse proxy
- Cloudflare Tunnel
- CI/CD pipelines
- journald log analysis
Standards and compliance
- MES and IT/OT specifications
- FAT/SAT support
- ITAR/NIST compliant environments
- EPA test specifications
- OEE and SPC
- Traceability and quality requirements
Version control and collaboration
- Git
- GitHub
- GitHub Actions
- Pull requests and code review
- Code standards and reviews
- Conventional Commits
Selected work
Systems in production
Described by industry and scope. Client names are withheld by default.
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Enterprise Ignition MES across multiple manufacturing sites
Enterprise MES and SCADA architecture from a blank sheet across multiple manufacturing sites: MES, server, network, database, and application layers, with the standards that keep new lines consistent.
- Ignition Vision and Perspective applications for production, quality, traceability, reporting, mobile operations, and management dashboards
- Reusable templates, standard tag structures, and communication frameworks used across production lines
- Integration with ERP, labeling, battery test systems, SQL Server, Azure, and Kepware
- Remote engineering environment built to ITAR/NIST requirements
Architecture and ownership
- Ignition Vision
- Ignition Perspective
- OPC-UA
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Azure
- Kepware
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MES and SCADA specifications for a greenfield gigafactory
MES, controls, and IT/OT specifications written before equipment was ordered, then held against machine builders through FAT, commissioning, and startup.
- Enterprise standards for PLC handshakes, track and trace, OEE, historian, APIs, and data collection
- Machine builders reviewed against the MES specification before their equipment was commissioned
- Enterprise Ignition Perspective applications and Azure integrations
Specification and vendor management
- Ignition Perspective
- MES specifications
- PLC handshakes
- OEE
- Historian
- Azure
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Ignition rollout and custom MES migration for a battery manufacturer
Led the MES program end to end: the plan to move off a custom MES onto Ignition, the development that followed, and the plant teams brought along with it.
- Project plan for the implementation and migration from the custom MES to Ignition
- Battery pack line MES developed with a machine-builder partner
- Consulting support for plant MES developments in Europe and China
- OEE and yield studies at the system and process level, plus custom web reports and tools
Program leadership
- Ignition
- MES migration
- OEE
- Oracle
- Microsoft SQL Server
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MES and SCADA ownership for two battery manufacturing sites
Ignition MES and SCADA ownership for two battery manufacturing sites: track and trace, gate checks, database front-ends, and production reporting.
- Built a reusable library of Ignition templates for track and trace, gate checking, and database front-ends, so new lines and sites commission from a proven baseline
- Process requirements turned into MES workflows and operator screens, worked out directly with production and quality teams
Ownership
- Ignition Perspective
- MES
- SCADA
- Track and trace
- Production reporting
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