by Dan Hebert, Control magazine
OPC is playing a significant role in allowing plants to bridge the gap between process control and building automation systems, according to an article in the November issue of Control magazine by senior technical editor Dan Hebert. There are multiple reasons to bring them together, and others to keep them apart.
Security and interoperability for data and communication are key topics for the Industry 4.0 initiative and the Internet of Things. An efficient network of sensors, field devices and controllers up to the Cloud for new services and Big Data can be realized with the OPC-Unified Architecture (OPC UA). That was the message delivered at the OPC Foundation press conference during November’s SPS/IPC/Drives 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany.
by Tesla
Tablet PCs are playing a growing role in helping workers monitor industrial processes as they move around a factory. Smart watches may soon prove equally useful.
To showcase the application potential of smart watches, Tesla, a company that enables real-time mobile SCADA access to industrial communications platforms using OPC UA technology and the Android operating system, recently participated in a…
The OPC Foundation conducts and attends several events throughout the year that showcase OPC technology and its member’s solutions. See what’s coming up next and what you may have missed.
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
Industry trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 are fueled by advanced distributed systems that not only feature the latest technologies… Read More »Enabling OPC communications in LabVIEW-based systems
Software development company Kepware Technologies has released version 5.16 of its flagship product, KEPServerEX. The release, which expands Kepware’s offerings for the power, manufacturing and… Read More »KEPServerEX update improves big data analytics
Kepware Technologies’ Local Historian Plug-In for KEPServerEX is a flexible, easy to use and cost-effective solution that provides trending, reporting, and analytics tools with access to historical… Read More »Kepware local historian plug-in improves operating efficiency
Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK), provider of the leading software platform for real-time operational intelligence, and Kepware Technologies, developer of software solutions for industrial automation and… Read More »Splunk, Kepware alliance accelerates new insights from industrial data
By Tom Burke, President and Executive Director of the OPC Foundation
This edition of the OPC Connect newsletter focuses on OPC engagement with building automation.
Since October 2012, we have had an active working group and collaboration between BACnet Interest Group Europe and the OPC Foundation. The fruits of the labor of this working group are about to be released as a companion specification at the end of this year.
This issue begins to highlight some of the success stories that we already have from our OPC vendors deploying products that solve critical integration opportunities between industrial automation and building automation.