[slashdot2008]

Will grafana displace industrial historian and HMI software? historians just store time series data and allow you to plot it and cost $30k for a license? The HMI software suites usually have worse time series plotting and trending analysis than a historian but they allow you to put buttons on the screen to control your process, and come with some type of alarm display system.

[torkelo]

We hope so, a UI for placing buttons and hooking up graphics to metrics is in the works.

[cge]

That would be great. A few months ago in our (biophysics-ish) lab, I set up Grafana and InfluxDB to display output from some of our equipment during experiments as a bit of a gimmick, since I had just figured out how to extract real-time data from the machines and had used Grafana for monitoring my own servers. But rather than remaining a gimmick, while at times we've run into cases that feel a bit outside of Grafana's intended use, it has actually become our preferred way of watching the experiments, and far more useful than the manufacturer's software. With buttons and an ability to include some basic control interfaces, Grafana could well replace our everyday need for the manufacturer's software entirely.

[slashdot2008]

you should check out kst-plot from kde it is great for real time plotting and watching of machines and processes. I use it all the time to make plots and zoom in on the interesting parts. It is so fast and easy.

[slashdot2008]

great. Ignition from inductive automation is good, but old players like Allen Bradley / Rockwell Factory Talk, Citect, Wonderware, need a kick in the pants to get with the times.