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It’s Easy Being Green With OPC
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May 3, 2011

Manufacturer uses OPC to integrate legacy control with A-B ControlLogix robotic controller

Company taps Software Toolbox to provide OPC solution that bridges legacy platform running on Linux to a brand new Allen-Bradley ControlLogix robotic controller.
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May 3, 2011

Measuring and monitoring energy consumption using OPC and Siemens technology

Using Softing's OPC Server with Siemens PAC 3200 for intelligent energy management can help determine where the “energy guzzlers” are in any industrial automation environment.
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May 3, 2011

Effective OPC security for industrial automation control systems

Recent security incidents such as the Stuxnet worm that attacked Siemens WinCC and PCS7 systems in Iran and the remote sabotage of a Texas power utility are a wakeup call.
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March 9, 2011

Certification: When it absolutely has to work as promised

Interoperability can and should be certified. A quick look at what industrial automation suppliers and end users should know about certification.
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March 9, 2011

How you benefit when standards bodies collaborate

Why standards groups must collaborate to achieve true plug-and-play products, and what OPC is doing to facilitate interoperability in the next generation of standards and products.
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March 9, 2011

Embedding smart communications into inexpensive field devices

OPC UA now comes on a chip, allowing automation manufacturers to embed "smart communication" functionality into inexpensive field devices, without the overhead of an operating system.
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March 9, 2011

Smart phones and tablets: How to achieve platform independence and industrial-grade reliability

OPC Unified Architecture opens the door to develop-once, run-anywhere for iPhone, iPad, and Android.
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March 9, 2011

OPC server release extends DNP WITS functionality

 
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March 9, 2011

Toolkit update simplifies OPC UA development

Softing has announced the availability of a new version of its industry-leading OPC UA development kits.
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March 9, 2011

New OPC server offers universal connectivity for vendors and OEMs

 
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March 9, 2011

How a free OPC-UA server enables robust, easy PLC data collection

Systems integrator discusses why Ignition OPC-UA from Inductive Automation is being used as a standard PLC connector in all its Ignition installs.
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March 9, 2011

Steelmaker expands interoperability with MES, SCADA and PLCs

Gerdau Ameristeel's QMOS MES running in 11 plants relies on KEPServerEX from Kepware Technologies to manage PLC's from multiple vendors including Rockwell, Siemens, and GE.
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March 9, 2011

New technology enables rapid-refresh, high-performance display of OPC data on Web-based HMI's

Latest generation of OPC-enabled middleware from Cogent Real-Time Systems permits high-performance Web-based HMI applications with point-and-click screen editing, real-time integration, millisecond
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March 9, 2011

Hydroelectric utility sees direct ROI on OPC data historian

Cordova utility mines seven years of continues data collected by Canary Labs data historian to detect a failure and avert an incorrect repair.
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November 1, 2010

Historian Handles Small to Large Systems without Compromising Data Integrity

 
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November 1, 2010

Track the Performance of Your OPC Server Computer

 
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November 1, 2010

Water Industry Telemetry Standards Support Added to OPC Servers

 
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November 1, 2010

OPC Tunneller Bridges Wind Turbines and Power Station

Hydro Tasmania uses MatrikonOPC Tunnelling technology to overcome DCOM issues when connecting Vestas wind turbine controls to the Allen-Bradley PLCs that automate the power station.
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November 1, 2010

OPC Links Pizza Making to SAP for Improved OEE

Softing's OPC technology is used in a frozen pizza making plant to link the SAP system with Siemens S7 controllers on the shop floor for automated fault logging with precise time information.
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November 1, 2010

OPC UA Stack Written in Java--Write Once, Run Anywhere

Inductive Automation uses OPC UA to build its industrial platform on Java and offers the Ignition OPC UA server for free, whether users purchase the Ignition software or not.
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