Prosys OPC UA Java SDK Certified
With the release of version 2.1.0 of our Java SDK, we have completed the demanding certification testing with the OPC Foundation. We are very proud of… Read More »Prosys OPC UA Java SDK Certified
Unified Automation C++ Based OPC UA Server Certified
The C++ OPC UA Demoserver built with the C++ based OPC UA Server SDK/Toolkit in its latest Version 1.4.3 was successfully tested by the OPC… Read More »Unified Automation C++ Based OPC UA Server Certified
Kepware Updates Flagship Communications Platform
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
OPC UA and Devices in Ignition
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
IBM Integration Bus Manufacturing Pack with OPC
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
All-in-One, Easy-to-Configure Solution for OPC Communication
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
Green paper producer gets even greener through data-driven initiative powered by Kepware
by Kepware Technologies
Having recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, Cascades was involved with recycling well before recycling was in style. Cascades Tissue Group, a division of Cascades, employs over 2,200 people within 17 manufacturing and converting facilities throughout the United States and Canada. Cascades owns and operates 17 paper machines, nearly 90 converting lines and eight integrated de-inking units. Using Kepware’s KEPServerEX, Cascades now supports communications across all of its 17 plants, 17 paper machines, and nearly 90 converting lines with just one piece of software. Engineered to support the OPC standard and over 150 different protocols, KEPServerEX allows Cascades to communicate with virtually any machine on its plant floor and access data without restrictions…
OPC-UA enabled smart devices drive intelligent water management
by Silvio Merz
Decentralized, independently acting embedded controllers can form an intelligent network for the control of potable water and wastewater plants. OPC-UA is a powerful technology to establish secure and standardized M2M interaction at these plants…
Compliance Corner
by Nathan Pocock, Director of Compliance
2014 was another successful year for OPC Certification, and 2015 looks to be even busier. Lab availability for testing vendor products in the first quarter 2015 is filling up fast.
How OPC Server and SISORT®DA system control 29 substations without SCADA
by Philippe Maurin, Gustavo Ferraz, Eduardo Freitas, RD&I, ORTENG Equipamentos e Sistemas.
ORTENG is supplying the electrical and automation systems of 29 substations with 1,431 IEDs for oil refinery Abreu e Lima of Petrobras, which is being built at Ipojuca, Brazil. Each substation has at least one SISORT DA system working in a redundant configuration with a total of 44 systems and a total of 80,000 OPC items. Each system has an OPC Server (SISORT-OPC Server) connected to at least two (and up to six) OPC Clients, including DCS OPC Clients and Event Recorder OPC Clients.