Blogs
Browsers on the Edge
Designing the JNIOR edge controller has provided a front-row seat to the collision between browsers and industrial automation. As browsers become the default user interface for edge devices, they continue to carry assumptions inherited from a very different world. Is it time to reconsider those assumptions?
Determinism: In the Eye of the Beholder
Engineers often ask whether a controller is deterministic. The more important question is why they ask. This article examines determinism not as an end in itself, but as a measure of confidence, predictability, and trust in real-world automation systems.
Products Have Lifecycles. Platforms Have Careers.
Most products are consumed. Tools are mastered. The difference shapes every engineering decision behind JNIOR, from long-term compatibility to free technical support. This article explores why designing a tool demands a fundamentally different philosophy than designing a product.
How JNIOR Got Its Own Operating System
Every embedded controller depends on an operating system. Most simply inherit one. JNIOR took a different path. This is the story of how a hardware redesign became an opportunity to build JANOS—an operating system created specifically to preserve continuity, reliability, and the freedom to evolve over decades.
JNIOR Monitors Solar
Generating electricity from sunlight is only part of the challenge. Operating large-scale solar installations requires continuous monitoring, timely alerts, and reliable control. This article explores how JNIOR provides the edge intelligence needed to turn solar generation into dependable, manageable infrastructure.
INTEG Product Brief
After nearly two decades of providing JNIOR automation controller models in markets like Digital Cinema, we figured it was perhaps about time to describe it from an Industrial Controls perspective. We never really had an ‘elevator pitch’ that could get the concept across in a broadly horizontal sense. Here is the latest attempt.
Securing a unit with Non-Factory Username and Password
Leaving any device set with a factory Username and Password is a big security risk. Better safe than sorry. Its a saying for a reason!
Java Applet vs. JNIOR Web Page
Besides the fact that applets are no longer a thing… This post takes a look into what differences you might notice between the Series 4 WebUI and the old Series 3 Java Applets.
Importance of the Battery
How do I know if the Battery is good or bad? The battery voltage can be measured with a voltmeter. The voltage of a good battery should be 2.7 volts or greater. Really the battery preserves the clock and the logs located in the root of the filesystem. The JNIOR will continue to work when it dies. It is replaceable on the Series 4.
Taking a Snapshot
Many times the best way to send diagnostic information to INTEG is to send us a Snapshot. A Snapshot is a zip file containing all of the files from the JNIOR. When a Snapshot is taken the Support Tool will make a telnet connection, run a few diagnostic commands and then download all of the […]