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How Arch Systems Connected 100+ Factory Databases with FlowFuse
Arch Systems connects 100+ factory databases to a single analytics platform using FlowFuse. See how standardized subflows and DevOps pipelines made each new integration cheap to build and cheap to maintain.
OPC UA Security: How Threat Actors Exploit Industrial Protocol Vulnerabilities
Most OPC UA breaches don't crack the protocol's encryption. They walk through disabled trust lists, anonymous logins, stale ciphers, and servers left on the open internet. This post breaks down how attackers actually exploit OPC UA, vector by vector, drawing on research from Claroty, Bitsight, CISPA, Secura, and Kaspersky.
NIS2 Compliance for Manufacturers: Why IEC 62443 Is the Missing Standard
NIS2 tells you what to do, not how. IEC 62443 is the technical standard regulators, accredited bodies, and auditors keep pointing to. Here is where to start.
See Every Logic Change in Your IIoT MOC Review with Git-Style Diffs
Most IIoT teams have a MOC process. What they lack is visibility into the actual logic change. FlowFuse snapshot comparison shows reviewers exactly what shifted between deployments, node by node, line by line, before anything is deployed.
All-or-Nothing Manufacturing Software Is Killing Your Agility
Stop waiting years for manufacturing software projects to deliver value. See how FlowFuse enables composable industrial applications built around your operation.
How to Build Industrial Apps With FlowFuse AI Expert
FlowFuse Expert now builds applications from a description. Here's what that looks like, what Expert understands about your environment, and how to keep iterating.
OEE Is Misleading Your Factory: Here's How to Fix It
Most factories measure OEE wrong. Manual logs miss small stops, definitions drift, and operators game the score. A practical look at what to do about it.
FlowFuse 2.30: Expert Builds Your Industrial Application
FlowFuse 2.30 lets FlowFuse Expert build industrial applications from a description: OEE dashboards, MES handover screens, UNS topic mappings, and more.
The Rosetta Stone for Factories: Why IIoT Needs a Common Language First
Discover why IIoT data integration fails at scale and how the Unified Namespace, OPC-UA, and MQTT create a common industrial data language that compounds value with every system you add.
Diagnosing Modbus Degradation: From CRC Errors to TCP Timeouts
Modbus doesn't fail loudly. It drifts. This guide covers how to diagnose serial vs. TCP failures, eliminate dead device overhead, and build the metrics layer that tells you something is wrong before your operators do.
Cloud, Edge, or Both? How to Choose Your Deployment Before an Outage Does It For You
Cloud, edge, or hybrid? Learn how to choose the right FlowFuse deployment model for your industrial workflows - before an outage exposes the wrong architecture.
How to Stop Noisy Sensor Data from Flooding Your Industrial System
Learn how to implement a deadband filter in FlowFuse to suppress noisy sensor data from PLCs, temperature probes, and flow meters. Step-by-step guide using the built-in filter node on FlowFuse.
IT vs. OT: Who Actually Owns the Edge?
Most edge deployments do not fail because of technology. They fail because IT and OT never agreed on ownership. This article breaks down where that tension comes from, what it costs, and how to fix it.
How to Connect Industrial Edge Devices to AWS IoT Core
Learn how to connect FlowFuse to AWS IoT Core using MQTT and X.509 certificates. This step-by-step guide covers creating an IoT Thing, generating certificates, configuring policies, and publishing your first message from FlowFuse.
FlowFuse 2.29: FlowFuse Expert Comes to Self-Hosted Enterprise
FlowFuse 2.29 brings FlowFuse Expert to self-hosted enterprise customers, adds Azure DevOps as a supported Git provider, and makes snapshot comparisons clearer with property-level diffs.
The Real Cost of Over-Engineered Industrial Systems
Most industrial systems don't fail because of bad technology. They fail because of too much of it. Here's what over-engineered infrastructure is actually costing your facility, and what a different decision looks like.
Most Modbus Polling Setups Are Wrong: Here's How to Fix Yours
Most Modbus polling problems aren't hardware failures. They're three configuration mistakes made at commissioning and never revisited. Here's how to fix them.
Why OPC UA Is Not Replacing Modbus (Yet)
OPC UA has every technical advantage. Modbus is still winning. Here's why the replacement hasn't happened and what would actually change that.
How to Parse Binary Data from Serial Devices
Learn how to decode binary data from any legacy serial device in Node-RED. This guide walks through frame validation, byte mapping, and bitfield parsing using a real industrial weighing scale example