Cogent DataHub™ Webinars
Welcome to our live webinars. These sessions have been set up to help you understand and learn about Cogent DataHub™. Sessions are offered in two tracks: knowledge and technical.
The Knowledge track covers topics related to security and automation technology, focusing on how the DataHub addresses and simplifies each topic.
The Technical track is a deep dive on the DataHub. It covers how to configure the DataHub and includes live presentations.
Recordings of previous webinars are available below.
Recorded DataHub Webinars
Introducing Cogent DataHub™ service for Azure – Implement OT/IT, IoT projects, and remote data access securely – 33 mins
Solve your IoT connectivity issues, secure your OT to IT data communications and cut your IoT project costs. With DataHub™ service for Azure, you can extend your plant data and take advantage of the hundreds of 3rd party tools available in the Microsoft Azure marketplace, while still maintaining secure, real-time industrial data communications. In this session we looked at the capabilities of DataHub service for Azure and also provided a live demonstration.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| Sept 13, 2022 | Knowledge | Watch |
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DataHub IoT Gateway: Connecting MQTT and MQTT Sparkplug B – 33 mins
DataHub version 10 includes many new features and enhancements including External Historian, Alarms and Notifications, Tunneling historical data, MQTT enhancements, OPC UA Alarms and Conditions to name a few. In this session we discuss enhancements to MQTT and our support for MQTT Sparkplug B. Presentation also includes a live demonstration of the DataHub.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| April 21, 2022 | Knowledge | Watch |
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DataHub OPC UA A&C and OPC DA A&E conversion – 42 mins
DataHub version 10 includes many new features and enhancements including External Historian, Alarms and Notifications, Tunneling historical data, MQTT enhancements, OPC UA Alarms and Conditions to name a few. In this session we take a deep technical dive on OPC UA A&C and conversion to OPC A&E. We look at conversion between the two and connecting OPC UA A&C. This is a technical deep dive session.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| April 7, 2022 | Technical | Watch |
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DataHub Alarm Generator and Notifications – 48 mins
DataHub version 10 includes many new features and enhancements including External Historian, Alarms and Notifications, Tunneling historical data, MQTT enhancements, OPC UA Alarms and Conditions to name a few. In this session we will take a deep technical dive on Alarm Generator and Notifications of the DataHub. How to setup Alarms and notifications, whether for a single location or centralized.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| March 24, 2022 | Technical | Watch |
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External Historian: InfluxDB, AVEVA, OSIsoft PI – 29 mins
DataHub version 10 includes many new features and enhancements including External Historian, Alarms and Notifications, Tunneling historical data, MQTT enhancements, OPC UA Alarms and Conditions to name a few. In this session we discuss our new External Historian feature, focusing on our connectors to AVEVA Historian, OSIsoft PI and InfluxDB.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| March 10, 2022 | Knowledge | Watch |
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Secure OPC Networking: OT to IT and the Cloud – 26 mins
One promise of Industrial IoT is to enable remote access to your industrial data. But what if that data is behind closed firewalls? How do you securely access, aggregate and publish this data without compromising your security or changing your IT policies? This webinar looks at how the DataHub can help you securely network, aggregate and publish your data to the cloud, or any central location. We also look at some use cases, and address security.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| February 24, 2022 | Knowledge | Watch |
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MQTT brokers: What you need to know – 29 mins
In this webinar we look at MQTT Brokers and the role they play with MQTT JSON clients and Sparkplug B clients. We also discuss how the DataHub solves some of the challenges associated with MQTT, show an implementation example where the DataHub smart broker is implemented, and give a live demonstration.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| February 10, 2022 | Knowledge | Watch |
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Swiss army knife for connecting to OSIsoft Edge and OSIsoft Core – 18 mins
In today’s heighten security environment, unlocking operational insights from your production data, requires that you first access your data. Yet, connecting to your production network, can prove to be a challenge, especially if you need to open inbound firewall ports, or provide internet access to publish data. In this Web session, we look at the challenges customers face, and discuss how other customers use the DataHub to connect to OSIsoft Edge and OSIsoft Core.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| November 24, 2021 | Knowledge | Watch |
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Tech Talk – Do you have questions about DataHub 10 or need some help? – 30 mins
Having discussed MQTT in our previous session, this session is a live demonstration of the DataHub. We show you how to configure the DataHub MQTT broker, and discuss available options and best practices when connecting MQTT data to your SCADA system.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| August 17, 2021 | Technical | Watch |
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Introducing DataHub Version 10 – 32 min
DataHub version 10 includes many new features and enhancements including External Historian connections, Alarms and Notifications, tunnelling for historical data, MQTT enhancements, and OPC UA Alarms and Conditions. This session introduces these new features of DataHub 10, and how they can save you time and money.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| August 3, 2021 | Knowledge | Watch |
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Datahub MQTT Broker – Technical Deep dive – 35 mins
Having discussed MQTT in our previous session, this session is a live demonstration of the DataHub. We show you how to configure the DataHub MQTT broker, and discuss available options and best practices when connecting MQTT data to your SCADA system.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| July 22, 2021 | Technical | Watch |
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Connecting the Edge – Building Secure IoT Solutions – 35 mins
Beset by a world-wide pandemic, many companies worldwide have turned to digital technologies to allow their workforce to stay productive, and to facilitate access to valuable production data. This has led to unprecedented levels of industrial data being passed between company networks and across the Internet, increasing the risk of exposure to malicious intruders. But which technology should you use that can offer near real-time communications and control? In this webinar will look at technologies to connect the Edge to AVEVA by taking a deep dive on MQTT, Sparkplug B, OPC UA and OPC DA. We discuss the advantages of each and see how DataHub software solves the edge cases for each.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| July 6, 2021 | Knowledge | Watch |
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Secure networking for OPC – Prevent cyber attacks in your control network – 25 mins
Whether you are networking OPC inside a plant network, moving OPC data to IT or a DMZ, or connecting remote plants, isolating the data source from the endpoint is critical in preventing cyber attacks. In this session we cover how using the DataHub can keep your data moving, while securing your network. This session also covers how to configure the DataHub, including a live demo.
| Date Presented | Track | Video Link |
| June 22, 2021 | Knowledge/Technical | Watch |
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