Harvesting the Future: How TLT Automation and UMH Enable Scalable Mushroom Picking
From Patented Robotics to Real-Time Dashboards—A Look at How Data-Driven Automation Drives Efficiency in Mushroom Farming
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DataOps & Unified Namespace @ GE Appliances | EP07 - The Connected Factory podcast
In this episode Jeremy and Matthew talk about real-time industrial data operations (DataOps) and the shift toward more open, scalable connectivity (e.g., MQTT, Unified Namespace).
What is MQTT? Why Most MQTT Explanations Suck—and Our Attempt to Fix Them
Frustrated by confusing MQTT explanations? This guide clarifies MQTT’s essentials, shows why it’s ideal for IoT telemetry, and reveals its drawbacks for manufacturing—plus how to integrate MQTT with data-center-grade solutions for end-to-end reliability.
Two Major Reasons Why Most Manufacturing Software Fails The People Who Actually Use It
Most manufacturing software looks great in demos but fails on the shop floor -clunky interfaces, missing features, and frustrating workflows. In this 3-part series, we explain why and how UMH takes a different approach with open source, real IT/OT best practices, and a strong focus on user.
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Fixing DNS Issues on Hetzner Servers for UMH Installation
Encountering DNS resolution problems when installing United Manufacturing Hub (UMH) on Hetzner servers? This tutorial explains why the issue occurs and provides a step-by-step solution to ensure a smooth installation.
Connecting TimescaleDB/PostgreSQL from Node-RED
Step-by-step guide for connecting TimescaleDB/PostgreSQL to Node-RED. Learn to fix SSL certificate errors, adjust pg_hba.conf, and bypass self-signed certificate issues with a Function node. Covers secure configurations and non-SSL setups in IIoT environments using united-manufacturing-hub.
Node-RED meets Benthos!
Yes, we’ve made it possible to bring Node-RED-style simplicity into Benthos pipelines, enabling your chosen LLM to handle tedious manufacturing connectivity and contextualization tasks—whether you’re prototyping or managing production-grade data flows.
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Configuring DNS Servers in UMH Instances
Learn how to configure custom DNS servers on your UMH instance to resolve external domain names and prevent connectivity issues. This step-by-step guide covers editing `/etc/resolv.conf`, restarting CoreDNS pods, and customizing the CoreDNS ConfigMap for advanced DNS configurations.
New Bridges and Automatic Helm Upgrade in UMH
UMH introduces Benthos-based data bridges and automated Helm upgrades, enhancing reliability, maintainability and user experience. Explore how these updates simplify maintenance, optimize data flows, and enable custom data contracts.
Connect ifm IO-Link Masters with the UNS
We have released SensorConnect as a feature in the free community edition of our Management Console and benthos-umh. This allows you to connect to ifm IO-Link Masters with the Unified Namespace (UNS) and the UMH.
Post Mortem: Management Console Downtime on October 17, 2024, between 5:40 PM and 6:00 PM
On October 17, 2024, from 5:40 PM to 6:00 PM (German Time), our Management Console was inaccessible to users due to an internal networking issue at our hosting provider, fly.io.
AWS and Azure are At Least 4x–10x More Expensive Than Hetzner
Why We Recommend Hetzner to Try Out the UMH: it is at least 4x–10x less expensive than AWS and Azure for similar VM instances.