Edge Connectivity → UNS Workshop

Live & Online · June 17 – 19 , 2025 · 2-4 hrs a day

Struggling to turn raw machine data into a usable Unified Namespace?
In three focused, hands-on sessions you’ll learn exactly how to pull clean, contextualised data off any asset—legacy Modbus or brand-new OPC UA FX—and stream it straight into a UNS that scales.

Why this workshop exists

• Legacy silos and mystery registers derail every AI, dashboard, and digital-twin project.

• Integrators charge fortunes because the “how” is hidden.

• Your own team stalls on day-one tasks, executives lose faith, and momentum dies.

This training hands you the missing playbook so you can move from data chaos to a production-ready UNS—fast.

What you’ll learn

Day 1: Connectivity

• Current state of industrial connectivity
• Common approaches and the compromises they require
• Breakdown of three connectivity starting points:
  • No connectivity
  • Legacy connectivity
  • Modern connectivity
• How to solve connectivity problems across all three states

Hands-On Practice:

• Identify a device or simulated device
• Assess device capabilities
• Locate a connection reference for reading a data point
• Practice connecting to and retrieving data from the device

Day 2: Collecting the Data – Legacy Technology

• The current state of equipment data: siloed, unstandardized, and poorly structured
• Why standardization matters for scalability and transformation
• Managing homogenous vs. heterogeneous data environments
• Identifying meaningful data across various sources

Hands-On Practice:

• Analyze and identify available data from legacy systems
• Connect and collect selected data into your preferred system
• Apply a methodical approach to validate and organize collected data

Day 3: Connect and Collect with Modern Technology

• The future-ready state: leveraging modern connectivity technologies
• Benefits of modern tech at the equipment level
• How modern approaches flatten the tech stack and accelerate digital transformation
• Enabling scalable, structured, and interoperable data environments

Hands-On Practice:

• Simulate integration with a modern controller
• Create structured datasets using modern connectivity protocolsPractice mapping and organizing data for high-scale applications
• Live sessions run 2–4 hours each day. You’ll get a pre-built VM, trial licenses, recordings, and a repeatable checklist to hand your team Monday morning.

Who should attend

Controls & automation engineers, OT/IT architects, digital-transformation leads, and SIs who keep getting asked for “UNS-ready” data.
Intermediate-to-advanced technical audience—you’ll write a little Python and work with real tools.

Tool stack you’ll touch

Ignition Edge · Kepware / OPC UA test server · K3s lightweight Kubernetes · Python + Paho-MQTT · MQTT Explorer & UA Expert
(We email you a pre-built VM and trial licences one week before class.)

Your instructor

Trent Christopher, Founder @ 4.0 Hero – 21-year controls veteran turned UNS evangelist. Ignition 8 Gold, Siemens PCS 7, Rockwell ControlLogix, OPC UA Practitioner, knee-deep in OPC UA FX. He’s trained hundreds of engineers to think edge-first and model data right—before the integrator invoice lands.

Choose your seat

Early-Bird (until May 27) – $500
• Live workshop, recordings, lab VM
• FREE 3-Day UNS Workshop replay for the first 100 registrations (value $750)
• Coupon code ECUNS250 takes another $250 off

Standard – $750
• Same package as Early-Bird
• The UNS replay remains free if you land inside the first 100 seats

Mastermind Members – $0
• All of the above—seat reserved until May 31

After the first 100 seats are gone, the UNS replay will be offered separately for $249.

Pay once, own it for life. Recordings and lab files are yours forever.

30-Day “It Works in My Plant” Guarantee

Attend all three sessions, run the labs, and test the checklist in your environment. If you can’t connect and publish at least one asset’s data to a broker by Day 30, email us your workbook and we’ll refund every dollar—no hoops.

Secure your seat now

Click “Complete my purchase,” enter code ECUNS250, and watch your total drop.
Questions? Email us [email protected] before you commit.

FAQ (abridged)

• UNS newbie? That’s fine—we focus on moving raw data into a UNS-ready state.
• Whole team watching? One registration = one attendee + one conference-room screen. Need more? Email for group pricing.
• Busy schedule? Register anyway; recordings land in your inbox within 24 hours.
• Corporate laptop lockdowns? The VM is a single OVA; use a personal machine if IT is strict.

This is the missing first mile of Digital Transformation.
Finish it with us—then scale the rest with confidence.