SCADA 路 Free
Ignition SCADA by Inductive Automation
The modern SCADA platform: gateway, tags, device connections, Designer screens, alarms, SQL history, reporting, MQTT and IIoT, Perspective, and deployment from edge to cloud.
Inside the course
From the lessons
What Ignition Is
Inductive Automation
Tags
Inductive Automation
Designer: The Batching Project
Shane Welcher SR
Alarms
Shane Welcher SR
Reporting and Notifications
Fusion Automate
Perspective
Inductive Automation
Lesson frames belong to the creators named in the Credits below and are shown from YouTube.
What you will learn
Explain the Ignition platform, architectures and editions, install and configure the gateway, create and scale tags, connect OPC UA, OPC DA and Modbus devices, build a batching project with animation and alarms, log history to SQL with transaction groups, build reports and notifications, use MQTT for IIoT, work in Perspective, and deploy on edge, cloud and containers.
- Explain the platform, licensing, architectures and editions
- Install the gateway, set it up and back it up
- Create, scale and diagnose tags with quality overlays
- Connect OPC UA, OPC DA and Modbus TCP devices
- Build a batching project in Designer with animation, buttons and alarms
- Log to MySQL with transaction groups and query it
- Build reports and email or Telegram notifications
- Use MQTT for IIoT, build in Perspective, deploy edge, cloud and containers
For you
Taking Ignition SCADA by Inductive Automation from the United States
- Free in the United States, as everywhere, and self-paced: lessons, notes and the final assessment are open at any hour, so your time zone and shift pattern do not matter.
- The optional certificate for learners in the United States is a one-off US$23.99. What you get for it
- Plants across the Americas most often run Allen-Bradley and Siemens; each has its own free course to take next.
- See automation and engineering jobs in the United States, and what the industry looks like in Houston, Detroit and Chicago.
- EDWartens also has a regional site for the United States, for classroom training and local support: edwartens.com/us.
The course project 路 about 18 hours
Four-site rural water telemetry: Modbus RTUs to a Perspective SCADA with alarms, history and a daily report
Build the central SCADA for a four-site rural water scheme on Ignition: Modbus TCP to four pump-station RTUs, a UDT-based tag database, an alarm journal with email notification and escalation, a historian, a daily production report and role-based Perspective views. You deliver the gateway backup, your own tag list and alarm list, and a FAT record that tests screens, alarms and communications. The sample pack shows what a telemetry integrator hands a water utility.
Sample document pack, 10 documents, filled in for the scenario
- URSUser Requirements: Central Telemetry and SCADA for the Makindu鈥揗tito Andei Scheme
- Network architectureNetwork Architecture: Control Room and Four Remote Sites
- IP planIP Address Plan and Device List
- Tag listTag List, UDT Definitions and Naming Convention
- Alarm philosophyAlarm Philosophy: RGJS Telemetry
- Alarm listAlarm List: Four Sites
- HMI specHMI Hierarchy and Screen Specification: Perspective Project RGJS_Telemetry
- SDSSoftware Design Specification: Gateway Configuration, UDTs, Scripts and Data Model
- FATFactory Acceptance Test Record: RGJS Telemetry SCADA
- O&M manualOperation and Maintenance Manual: Control Room (Operation and Restore sections)
Read inside the course and download as a workbook. The project is optional practice, marked when you submit it; the certificate needs only the modules and the final assessment.
Course content
13 modules 路 68 lessons 路 7h 37m
In order, at whatever pace suits you. Each module ends with a practice task that builds on the last.
- 01What Ignition Is6 lessons36m
- 02Install and Gateway Setup3 lessons30m
- 03Tags6 lessons21m
- 04Device Connections5 lessons35m
- 05Designer: The Batching Project6 lessons1h 19m
- 06Editing, Testing, Vision Client3 lessons49m
- 07Alarms4 lessons23m
- 08Databases and History7 lessons31m
Requirements
- Who it is for
- Beginner to intermediate. PLC basics assumed.
- Software
- Ignition (free trial mode; Maker Edition free for personal use) What to download, and how
- Hardware
- None. Use a Modbus or OPC UA simulator.
Software you need
What to download, where from, what it costs and how to install it. Every link goes to the maker's own site, never a mirror.
Required
- 01Free trial mode, resets every 2 hours
Ignition
Inductive Automation
- Runs on
- Windows 10 or 11, Windows Server 2016 to 2025, macOS 13 or newer, Linux (tested on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04)
- Account
- None needed
- Size
- needs 4 GB RAM and 10 GB free disk space
The full version runs free in trial mode for as long as you want; the only limit is that the Gateway times out every two hours and you restart the trial. Ignition Maker Edition is a free licence for personal, non-commercial use only, with up to 10,000 tags and 10 concurrent sessions.
Steps
- 1.Open the Ignition downloads page.
- 2.Download the installer for your operating system.
- 3.Run the installer; it takes a few minutes.
- 4.Open the Gateway in your browser and start the trial.
- 5.Launch the Ignition Designer and build your first project.
- When the 2-hour trial ends, restart it from the Gateway page; your projects are kept.
- Inductive University has free Ignition training videos.
Official download pageinductiveautomation.comAlternatives
- Ignition Maker Edition: Free for personal, non-commercial projects, with no 2-hour limit; not for use at a business or non-profit.
Checked against each maker's own page on 27 September 2026. Trial lengths and editions change; the maker's page is the final word.
Ignition SCADA by Inductive Automation at a glance
Ignition SCADA by Inductive Automation is a free, self-paced online course from EDWartens for engineering students, ITI and diploma holders, and working engineers in automation and control. It has 13 modules and 7h 37m of video lessons by Shane Welcher, Fusion Automate, Inductive Automation and others, with written notes and worked problems, a practical project with a document pack and a 15-question final assessment (pass mark 60%). Learning is free with an account; an optional certificate with a public verification code is issued when you pass. Last updated 27 September 2026.
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- Price
- Free, for good. No trial, no card. The only paid item is the optional certificate, a small one-off fee.
- Who it is for
- Engineering students, ITI and diploma holders, and working engineers in automation and control
- Format
- 13 self-paced modules, 7h 37m of video, written notes, a practice task per module and one final assessment.
- Level
- Beginner. Beginner to intermediate. PLC basics assumed.
- Brand
- Inductive Automation
- Software
- Ignition (free trial mode; Maker Edition free for personal use)
- Hardware
- None. Use a Modbus or OPC UA simulator.
- Certificate
- Optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, verifiable by code. Not a vendor credential.
- Video lessons by
- Shane Welcher, Fusion Automate, Inductive Automation, Inductive University, Corso Systems, The Automation Craze (independent creators, credited below)
- Language
- English
- Last updated
- 27 September 2026
A shareable EDWartens certificate
Finish every module and pass the final assessment, and the optional EDWartens certificate is yours. It carries a unique verification code on a public page anyone can check, so it stands up when a recruiter looks it up. See it below.
The course itself stays free whether or not you ever buy one.
Stuck? Ask a practising engineer
A free course usually means a comment section and hope. This one does not. Every module has an Ask-your-trainer panel that reaches the same engineers who teach our paid programme: people who commission panels for a living, not moderators.
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Common questions
Is Ignition free to learn?
Yes. Trial mode runs fully for two hours at a time and resets with a click; Maker Edition is free for personal, non-commercial use. Inductive University itself is free.
Vision or Perspective?
Both are covered. Vision is the desktop client used in the batching project; Perspective is the web and mobile module.
Do I need a PLC?
No. A Modbus or OPC UA simulator on your PC provides the data.
Is the Ignition SCADA by Inductive Automation course really free?
Yes. Every module, practice task and assessment. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only paid item, and only if you want it.
What certificate do I get, and is it a Inductive Automation qualification?
An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you pass the final assessment, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a Inductive Automation credential and is never described as one.
Who made the video lessons in the Ignition SCADA by Inductive Automation course?
The creators named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channels. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.
How long does the Ignition SCADA by Inductive Automation course take?
Plan on about 13 hours in all, including the video lessons, notes and practice tasks. It is self-paced, so you work through the thirteen modules at your own speed.
What you walk away with
Your certificate for Ignition SCADA by Inductive Automation
Finish the course, pass the final, and this is the document with your name on it.
Verifiable by anyone
Adds to LinkedIn in one click
QR code on the certificate
Names what you can do
A permanent link
Earned, not attended
Learning is free. The certificate is optional.
Add it now and pay only when you have finished the course, or come back for it later. One-off, US$23.99, with a receipt.
Issued by EDWartens, the training division of Wartens, as a Certificate of Completion for this self-paced course. Sold by Wartens Ltd (England and Wales). It is not a vendor certification, a university award or a CPD-accredited activity, and it does not certify competence on live equipment. Delivered electronically; see the refund policy.
Credits
Who made the video lessons
The video lessons in this course were created by the people below, not by EDWartens. Every lesson streams from its creator's own YouTube channel; EDWartens neither hosts nor sells that footage, and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens and do not endorse this course. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.
- Shane Welcherthe Ignition Designer batching project series
- Fusion Automatethe Ignition SCADA training on devices, databases, reports and MQTT
- Inductive Automationthe official platform, architecture and module videos
- Inductive Universitythe free Inductive University lessons
- Corso Systems3 lessons in "Tags", "Databases and History" and "Perspective"
- The Automation Crazea lesson in "Perspective"
If you are one of these creators and would like a lesson removed or credited differently, write to info@wartens.com.