Training Events, OPC UA & Collaboration Highlight 2007

Tom Burke, president and executive director of the OPC Foundation, looks back on the Foundation’s milestone events in 2007, and looks forward to continued collaborations in 2008 with IEC, MIMOSA, OMAC and ProdML groups.

Welcome to the November 2007 edition of OPConnect, the official newsletter of the OPC Foundation. As we wind down our activities this year, and look forward to events in 2008, I’d like to reflect on some of the highlights of 2007 for the OPC Foundation.

First off, the OPC training events held at various locations in 2007 offered a great opportunity for both end-users and vendors to really network together to maximize their use of the OPC Foundation technology. At the same time, these vendor-neutral sessions provided a solid foundation for end-users to learn the techniques and tools for OPC-based solutions... Read more

OPC and XML in Building Automation - LOYTEC, an Austrian manufacturer of building automation products, embeds the OPC XML/DA standard into one of its building automation products using an OPC C++ Toolkit from Softing... Read more

OPC Solution Eliminates Downtime and Saves $21M - By using OPC tunneling, bridging, and server tools provided by Software Toolbox, a systems integrator eliminated 30 days of downtime, saving its customer millions of dollars in lost production value... Read more

Pemex Gas Drives Integration With OPC Connections - Pemex uses ABB’s 800xA Extended Automation Technology to automate process control in its Burgos Complex, with OPC deployed to connect to and communicate with existing third-party solutions... Read more

Cambria Cogen Plant Converts to OPC - With OPC-compliant trending software from Canary Labs, this cogeneration plant assures interoperability and eliminates the need for expensive custom interfaces and drivers to move information among systems... Read more

OPC DataHub Facilitates Trouble-Shooting - A U.S. textiles manufacturer uses OPC DataHub from Cogent Real-Time Systems for the OPC-to-ODBC connection needed to store process data in a SQL Server database in order to automate data collection... Read more

OPC Server Supports New USB Modbus Plus Adapter - Schneider Electric chooses Cyberlogic’s updated MBX Driver Suite software for its new Universal Serial Bus Modbus Plus adapter... Read more

Automotive Solution Provider ‘Validates’ with OPC - By deploying an OPC server suite from Kepware Technologies, APS helps its automotive customers seamlessly validate data from multiple suppliers’ machinery, without having to develop custom drives for each brand of PLC used... Read more

OPC UA is Up and Running - In this discussion about the progress of the OPC Unified Architecture specification release, MatrikonOPC details important milestones on the road to an interoperability standard for device and data connectivity... Read more

OPC Helps Canning Company Deliver the Goods - A food manufacturer selects Inductive Automation’s HMI/SCADA software, FactorySQL and FactoryPMI, which use OPC to capture and log production data and access that data via the company intranet... Read more

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