The Internet of Things (IoT) is promising major operational benefits by closing the gap between production and IT. What’s needed is a way to move field-level data from existing manufacturing networks to the cloud-based applications. An OPC UA + MQTT gateway makes it possible to access a field device via the TCP/IP channel of an Industrial Ethernet network, but without PLC involvement.
Softing introduced a gateway for data connection of Siemens S7 PLCs to OPC UA clients and demonstrated the first OPC UA Publisher/Subscriber real-time stack.
Cogent Real-Time Systems announced that in full support of the OPC Foundation’s OPC UA initiatives, the next release of the Cogent DataHub will feature both OPC UA server and OPC UA client connectivity.
New announcements include an updated visualization package from ECG, a new OPC server version from Kepware, an OPC firewall from Phoenix Contact, a new HMI/SCADA from Progea, and Windows 10 support from both Softing and Unified Automation.
The following OPC Foundation member companies have product news to announce in this issue: ABB, Arburg, Beckhoff, Exor, GE, IBH, Moxa, and Softing.
New products in this issue of OPC Connect include updates to an OPC server, OPC training, OPC integration into business integration tools, and all-in-one OPC… Read More »New Products
Kepware Technologies, a software development company focused on communications for automation, today announced the release of KEPServerEX version 5.17. Key enhancements to the flagship communications… Read More »Kepware Updates Flagship Communications Platform
With OPC-UA, a platform and vendor-neutral data access specification, connecting any PLC device to Ignition is easy. Device connections are done over the Ethernet for… Read More »OPC UA and Devices in Ignition
Use the features of IBM® Integration Bus Manufacturing Pack, which are compliant with Open Platform Communications (OPC), to integrate your data sources and IBM Integration… Read More »IBM Integration Bus Manufacturing Pack with OPC
Softing announces the release of its new dataFEED OPC Suite addressing all the aspects of OPC communication with one product. Softing‘s new dataFEED OPC Suite… Read More »All-in-One, Easy-to-Configure Solution for OPC Communication
Check out the latest product releases from our members:
● National Instruments LabVIEW : enabling OPC communications in LabVIEW-based systems
● Kepware Technologies and Splunk alliance : accelerating new insights from industrial data
● Kepware Technologies KEPServerEX update : improving big data analytics
● Kepware Technologies local historian plug-in : improving operating efficiency