TwinCAT Scope with OPC UA
TwinCAT Scope is a high-performance software oscilloscope including a Scope Server for data recording. The Scope Server has a TwinCAT-specific and a standardized communication channel, which is realized as an OPC UA client.
Avoid Misconceptions: OPC UA and Weighing
Users of OPC UA Companion Specifications benefit from easy integration and interoperability. As an early adopter of the OPC UA Companion Specification for Weighing, METTLER TOLEDO has gained experience developing clients that support fast, functional OPC UA communication and offers insight into this experience in a new white paper.
OPC UA-Enabled Compressors
Atlas Copco is dedicated to the seamless, optimal integration of compressed air systems into manufacturing plants. The Swedish company knows that the use of OPC UA communication technology is essential to achieving this goal.
Connecting Your OPC UA Data Sources to the Cloud
Accessing various industrial data, especially OPC UA data sources, via RESTful web services has become increasingly necessary over the past decade. This guide explores how to easily connect RESTful web services and HTTP clients to OPC UA and related database data sources.
OPC UA, IIoT Integration Highlight Cloud-Based Offer
ICONICS, member of the Mitsubishi Electric Group, is very excited to announce its continuing partnership with Microsoft and the OPC Foundation and to offer its Suite as an Azure Marketplace Virtual Machine to quickly get an OPC-capable SCADA system up and running.
Fit for the Future with IP67 I/O and OPC UA
The WAGO I/O System Field is equipped with an OPC UA server, allowing OPC UA clients to use standardized methods to access the widest range of device info (e.g., parameter data, status information, measured values, statistics, identification and diagnostic data), as well as containers, depending on user rights.
Early Adoption of Administration Shell Based on OPC UA
The technological mapping between the Industrie 4.0 Asset Administration Shell and OPC UA opens up new possibilities for smart products and data-driven services in the usage phase. The already existing digital twin is now able to function as an OPC UA Server, which easily provides further product information, methods and basic OPC UA services.
Presidential Welcome – June 2020
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, work at the OPC Foundation continues unabated and with unwavering vigor. There are many big news items to be found in this issue of OPC Connect: from Google Cloud joining the Foundation, to OPC UA Motion, to the Foundation working with Ethernet-APL, to extensions of the OPC UA Compliance Test Tool. Please, read more, and enjoy!
OPC Foundation Welcomes Google Cloud as Corporate Member
The OPC Foundation is proud to welcome Google Cloud as the latest addition to its 773 member community. The membership underscores Google Cloud’s commitment to openness and industry collaboration by using OPC UA to incorporate machine data into their data analytics and AI capabilities
OPC Foundation Joins APL Project Group
The OPC Foundation will support the development and promotion of an Advanced Physical Layer (APL) for industrial Ethernet, suitable for use in demanding applications and hazardous locations in the process industry.