OPC Server and OPC Client Communication

Mitsubishi Electric Iconics Digital Solutions (MEIDS) is a charter member of the OPC Foundation: The Interoperability Standard for Industrial Automation™.

Cosa è l'OPC Foundation?

L'OPC Foundation è un'organizzazione globale in cui utenti, fornitori e consorzi collaborano per creare standard per interoperabilità multi-vendor, multipiattaforma, sicura e affidabile nell'automazione industriale. Lo standard OPC è una serie di specifiche che definiscono l'interfaccia tra client e server, nonché server e server, incluso l'accesso a dati in tempo reale, il monitoraggio di allarmi ed eventi e l'accesso a dati storici e altre applicazioni.

Cosa Facciamo

ICONICS offre soluzioni OPC-to-the-Core™ che vanno da una suite di server e client OPC a un kit di strumenti per lo sviluppo di server OPC. ICONICS è membro fondatore della OPC Foundation e ha collaborato nel corso degli anni alla creazione di standard OPC, sviluppo di codice e la partecipazione e l'hosting dei test di interoperabilità OPC. Attualmente ICONICS è membro del consiglio di amministrazione della fondazione.

DeviceXPlorer OPC Server

We are partnered with Takebishi to bridge the gap between your devices and your HMI/SCADA. DeviceXPlorer OPC Server provides connectivity with control devices on a manufacturing floor such as PLCs, machine tools, and robots. DeviceXPlorer OPC Server supports over 230 devices and is compatible with OPC UA, OPC DA, and OPC AE.

OPC Specifications

GENESIS, our flagship digital platform for industrial automation and operational excellence, supports both OPC standards: OPC UA and OPC Classic.

OPC Unified Architecture

The Unified Architecture (OPC UA) is the next generation OPC standard that provides a cohesive, secure and reliable cross platform framework for access to real time and historical data and events. GENESIS includes the major design features of OPC UA:

Functional Equivalence

All COM (Component Object Model) OPC Classic specifications are mapped to UA

Secure

Provides security controls for encryption, authentication, and auditing

Platform Independence

Functionality on a wide variety of platforms, from embedded micro-controllers to cloud-based infrastructure

Comprehensive Modeling

Defines access mechanisms to complex information models

OPC Classic

Our software is also compatible with OPC Classic. The OPC Classic specifications are based on Microsoft Windows technology using the COM/DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) for the exchange of data between software components. The specifications provide separate definitions for accessing process data, alarms and historical data.

OPC Data Access

OPC Data Access is the original OPC specification used to move real-time data from PLC’s, DCS’s, and other control devices to HMI’s and other display clients

OPC Alarms and Events

OPC Alarms and Events provides alarm and event notifications on demand (in contrast to the continuous data flow of Data Access). These include process alarms, operator actions, informational messages, and tracking/auditing messages.

OPC Historical Data Access

OPC Historical Data Access provides access to data already stored. From a simple serial data logging system to a complex SCADA system, historical archives can be retrieved in a uniform manner.