| OPC Goes Global with Expanded Training, Standards Efforts
Thomas Burke, president and executive director of the OPC Foundation,
summarizes major OPC developments in 2008 and looks forward to new
opportunities for 2009.
Welcome to
the November edition of OPConnect, the official newsletter of the OPC
Foundation. As this is the final issue of OPConnect for 2008, I'd like
to wrap up some of our recent successes and highlight our plans for
2009.
One of the major items the OPC Foundation has been working on is OPC
Unified Architecture (UA) development. By facilitating vendor adoption
of OPC UA, we anticipate that by the end of 2009 there will be more than
40 vendors who have support for OPC UA built into their products. This
adoption curve is critical as OPC UA provides all the technology to
completely interoperate and integrate existing classic OPC products into
next-generation solutions...
Read more
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Canary Advances with New Look, New Components - Canary Labs
announces a community portal to help its clients find new ways to drive
operational efficiencies and help Canary define next-generation
solutions, such as Trend Insight. Canary Labs has reached a significant
milestone with over 10,000 implementations in 24 countries, but we are
not stopping there... Read more |
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OPC Supports Pulp and Paper Making -
Paper manufacturer Adolf Jass uses OPC-based systems from ABB to move
data in three process-critical areas for weight profiles, sensor
profiles and energy management. Adolf Jass Papierfabrik is located in
central Germany in the town of Schwarza, 300 kilometers northeast of
Frankfurt. The facility opened in 2005. The mill employs about 160
people... Read more |
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Vista-compatible OPC Suite Bridges Data - New products and
Windows Vista support are part of the Version 7 release of the OPC
Crosslink Suite from Cyberlogic. Cyberlogic today introduced OPC
Crosslink™ Suite as part of the company's new,
Vista-compatible release of its compliance-certified OPC products... Read more |
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OPC DataHub Connects New and Existing Systems - BP Pipelines
chooses OPC DataHub from Cogent Real-Time Systems to connect via ODBC a
real-time SCADA database to a new leak detection system. BP Pipelines
operates one of the largest networks of pipelines in the United States,
transporting over 450 million barrel-miles of petrochemicals per day...
Read
more |
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Roping the Wind With OPC - OPC servers from MatrikonOPC
provide real-time data access and support the common turbine and SCADA
protocols needed for remote supervision and control of wind farm
operations. Roping the wind is an expression that means trying to do the
impossible. It conjures images of taming something wild and unmanageable
and bringing it under control... Read more |
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PET Container Supplier Relies on OPC Servers - Kepware
integrates plant equipment with a single OPC server for leading
container manufacturer Amcor, to bring real-time production data into
the Apriso/SAP business system. Amcor PET Packaging, a division of Amcor
Ltd., and a world leader in innovative packaging solutions, is the
organization's largest business segment, representing approximately 40
percent of revenue... Read
more |
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Top 10 Reasons to Choose .NET for Custom OPC Application
Development - What's the best tool to use to develop custom
software applications for your automation strategy? Software Toolbox
outlines the top 10 reasons to choose Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET
platform. When it comes to custom Industrial Software development,
let's face it, you have a lot of options available... Read more |
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Grain Milling Solution Relies on OPC Technology - Buhler, the
leading provider of grain milling solutions, standardized on
Softing's industry-hardened S7/S5 OPC Server to provide reliable
connectivity between Buhler's “WinCoS.r2” automation
system and multiple S7-400 PLCs... Read
more |
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