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FLC / FX Corner – September 2022

    The Field Level Communications (FLC) Initiative has been busy: collaboration with FieldComm Group for instrumentation devices; archived webinars available to watch; controller-to-device (C2D) kickoff; OPC UA Safety technical paper published, and more.

    Multi-Vendor Alarm Integration with OPC UA

      Alarm data is critical to industrial operations to notify operators of problems or potential future problems, convey status of process sequences, support the optimization of operations, and predict maintenance needs. OPC UA does it all with its Alarms & Conditions.

      OPC UA is Changing the Industrial Landscape

        On a recent podcast, Daymon Thompson, senior product manager at Beckhoff Automation, explores how OPC UA is changing the industrial landscape. Topics include OPC UA over MQTT, and OPC UA over UDP.

        New OPC UA-based OT/IT Integration Solution

          With the new edgeAggregator, Softing offers a flexible, container-based solution for managing complex system architectures in OT/IT integration all the way to edge and cloud applications, featuring OPC UA integration.

          Important Use Cases of OPC UA PubSub

            It is no secret that the success of industrial automation lies in interoperability and integration of devices, systems, and networks for achieving Industry 4.0 objectives. Utthunga describes their approach using OPC UA PubSub

            Further Expansion: Takebishi and ICONICS Partnership

              Takebishi Corporation is honored to announce that we have reached an agreement with ICONICS, Inc. to be a global sales partner of Takebishi from September 2022 onwards. Especially in Americas and EMEA regions, ICONICS will be a primary sales partner of Takebishi.

              President’s Welcome – June 2022

                A warm welcome to you all,
                An incredible amount has happened in the last few months. I’ll start immediately to give an overview. There are multiple changes to the Board of Directors, including a new Chairperson. Trade show activities have ramped up from 0 to 100. And collaboration is top-of-mind with more announcements to come later in the year.

                Collaboration Corner – June 2022

                  The OPC UA “Global Positioning” joint working group has been created together with AutoID (AIM) and omlox (PI). The OPC UA “Power Consumption Management” working group has been created together with ODVA, PI, and VDMA. And a webinar covering OPC UA and Industrial 5G was held on June 22.

                  Field Level Communications (FLC) Corner – June 2022

                    OPC UA FX (Field eXchange) Release Candidate 3 has been published. Join our webinar on July 12-14 to learn more. Together with Avnu, ODVA, CLPA, and PI, a common test plan for TSN has been announced. Also, the UAFX multi-vendor demo made its premiere at Hannover Messe.