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February/March 2005
Welcome to OPC Connect |
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Tom Burke, president and executive director of the OPC Foundation, discusses the benefits of OPC technology, unveils an end-user advisory council, and outlines the goals of the Foundation for 2005.
Welcome to the first edition of "OPC Connect," the 2005 OPC Foundation newsletter. You will receive this newsletter by e-mail every other month in 2005, and summaries will be published in select issues of Automation World magazines and at www.automationworld.com.
The OPC newsletter is taking on a new look for 2005, based on readership feedback in 2004. The contents of the newsletter will focus on end-user application articles to tell the story of how OPC technology can make your life easier and your operations more profitable. Each edition of the newsletter will contain a survey designed to solicit user feedback. Results will be used to drive OPC developments, and to communicate real answers to your most frequently asked questions.
The newsletter will also feature a marketing and technical update on the status of OPC activities, including OPC news from around the world and updates from the various OPC regions on their OPC activities. "OPC Connect" will be sponsored by OPC Foundation members, whose charter it is to raise the awareness of the OPC Foundation deliverables... Read more
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Microsoft and OPC Foundation Host Developer Conference
A developer conference will be held in April on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash., to preview the new OPC Unified Architecture specification and its Microsoft technology. . . . Read more
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OPC Keeps Bottles Moving
A soft drink bottling company uses OPC technology to track the ingredients and components in each bottle and analyze traceability. . . . Read more
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Building Systems Controlled with OPC
A science complex in Sweden uses visualization software with OPC communications to control elevators, lighting and HVAC. . . . Read more
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Power Plant Upgrades Recorders
OPC-enabled video recorders replace existing paper recorders, to make plant-wide data available in the same historian database. . . . Read more
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OPC Makes Better Paper
A leading forest industry company uses OPC to communicate between the control system and the mill information system in the production of high-gloss paper. . . . Read more
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Integrator Uses OPC to Increase Flexibility
A building automation supplier turned to OPC to solve the integration challenges involved with exchanging data among disparate systems. . . . Read more
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OPC News Around the World
OPC activities abound throughout the world in 2005, as OPC Foundation regional organizations-OPC Europe and OPC Japan-plan for trade show booths and interoperability workshops. . . . Read more
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Interview with the OPC Chief Architect
In an interview with Automation World Editorial Director, Jane Gerold, Rashesh Mody, Chief Technology Officer at Wonderware, an Invensys company in Lake Forest, Calif., and Chief Architect for the OPC . . . Read more
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