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April 2010 |
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| Featured Articles & White Papers |
OPC - What are my options in 2010?
By Manny Mandrusiak, OPC Foundation
The OPC Foundation has been receiving a lot of email lately regarding the different technologies that are now offered in the OPC portfolio in 2010. It is very easy to see where individuals could become overwhelmed with the number of options that now exist. Here at the OPC Foundation we have taken steps to bring some clarity to the marketplace by simplifying the OPC message regarding the three core OPC technologies: OPC Classic, OPC Xi, and OPC UA.
Online Diagnostics: Easy Access
Industrial Automation Asia, March 2010
By Jim Ralston, ProSoft Technology
There are many ways to use wireless RF diagnostic data when made available in an OPC server. The best use is dependent on the process type, how wireless is being used in the system and user needs. |
| Product Sponsor: CimQuest INGEAR |
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CimQuest INGEAR gives Visual Studio .NET a direct communication pipeline to your PLC network without the need for OPC or 3rd party drivers. |
Just how safe are those 'standards-based' systems in your enterprise?
By Nathan Pocock, Director of Compliance, OPC Foundation
The OPC Foundation Compliance and Certification program offers different levels of certification. It is extremely important for individuals who purchase this software to understand the rigors that each level of certification requires, and the benefits of those results.
What is OPC? It is all about the Tag
By Nathan Pocock, OPC
OPC is still the connectivity standard for Process Control, for ADI, a part of FDI and FDT and STILL the connectivity standard for manufacturing, and PLCs. OPC is a Unified Architecture, and OPC is an Express Interface.
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| Resources & Literature |
ISA publishes Online ISA Directory of Automation
This valuable resource—the top purchasing guide in the automation field—is available to ISA’s members from a link on the ISA homepage.
Automation, Systems, and Instrumentation Dictionary
No technical library is complete without this comprehensive dictionary covering the entire vocabulary of automation, systems, and instrumentation. This authoritative fourth edition contains the latest trends in industrial instrumentation and automation. References relevant to ISA and IEC standards are included throughout, along with illustrations to enhance the definitions of more difficult terminology. With CDROM.
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| Application Stories |
How .NET Helps Transitions Optical to See Better
By CimQuest INGEAR
Transitions Optical has successfully applied off the shelf .NET technologies in manufacturing using programming tools from CimQuest INGEAR.
Large Hadron Collider Keeps Cool with help of OPC
By Software Toolbox
TOP Server BACnet OPC Server software provides access to full diagnostics of alarms and monitoring of the cooling systems from the control room
Reducing manufacturing costs through .NET enabled device communications
By Chuck Karwoski, CimQuest INGEAR
A medical device manufacturer used CimQuest INGEAR and the RSLinx server to communicate with numerous Allen Bradley PLCs deployed throughout the plant.
OPC simplifies integration of process vision, quality control systems
Control Engineering Europe, March 2010
Logicpark used the OPC DataHub from Cogent Real-Time Systems to network an ABB quality control system to a Viconsys process vision system at the Kimberly-Clark production facility in Niederbipp, Switzerland.
Raima adds Softing OPC UA software to its RDM embedded database
Softing integrated its OPC Unified Architecture (UA) software into an OPC UA based application that communicates directly with Raima Database Manager.
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| Featured Training |
OPC Foundation Training Class - Santa Clara
April 29, 2010
Location: Santa Clara, CA, USA
A no-cost one-day seminar in Santa Clara providing an overview of OPC Classic, OPC Xi, and OPC UA technology.
Honeywell Experion PKS-OPC Implementation, Security & Troubleshooting - Atlanta
May 10, 2010 - May 14, 2010
Location: Atlanta, GA, United States
The OPC Training Institute and Honeywell partnered to host training that specifically targets the Honeywell Experion PKS implementation of OPC. Learn about Honeywell Experion PKS working with OPC, troubleshooting/repairing DCOM problems, ensuring security. This training enables students to delve into DCOM configuration and diagnostics with Honeywell Experion PKS.
Certified OPC Professional Courses
May 11, 2010 - May 20, 2010
Location: London, UK
OPC workshops in London, United Kingdom
Level 1: OPC & DCOM Diagnostics May 11 - 12, 2010
Level 2: OPC Security May 13 - 14, 2010
Level 3: OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) May 17 - 18, 2010
Level 4: OPC Integration Projects May 19 - 20, 2010
Certified OPC Professional Courses
June 1, 2010 - June 10, 2010
Location: Oslo, Norway
OPC workshops in Oslo, Norway
Level 1: OPC & DCOM Diagnostics June 1 - 2, 2010
Level 2: OPC Security June 3 - 4, 2010
Level 3: OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) June 7 - 8, 2010
Level 4: OPC Integration Projects June 9 - 10, 2010
Honeywell Experion PKS-OPC Implementation, Security & Troubleshooting - Paris
June 21, 2010 - June 25, 2010
Location: Paris, France
The OPC Training Institute and Honeywell partnered to host training that specifically targets the Honeywell Experion PKS implementation of OPC. Learn about Honeywell Experion PKS working with OPC, troubleshooting/repairing DCOM problems, ensuring security. This training enables students to delve into DCOM configuration and diagnostics with Honeywell Experion PKS.
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| Company & Organizational News |
Report says control system cyber security incidents up
Report observes a decline in the incident rate in the petroleum and chemical industries, but an increase in the incident rate in the water & wastewater and the power & utilities industries.
MatrikonOPC joins Honeywell PKS Advantage Program
MatrikonOPC supplies the only PKS Compliance Certified OPC connectivity for Honeywell’s Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS).
ARC says prices are coming down on automation products
One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors.
Kepware to supply Cisco with OPC drivers
Kepware will deliver full support for Cisco networking products.
MatrikonOPC and Microsoft to demo StreamInsight at OPC seminars
Microsoft and MatrikonOPC will be demonstrating OPC UA connectivity for Microsoft StreamInsight at this year’s OPC Foundation training seminars.
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| Project News |
Matrikon to supply Control Performance Suite software to BASF
Matrikon Deutschland entered a license agreement with BASF for all production facilities worldwide to integrate and use Matrikon’s Control Performance software.
Kepware to provide interface software to Predator
Predator Software will use KEPServerEX client interfaces with its shop floor control system (SFC) software tools.
Kepware to provide device communications to APC
APC will use Kepware’s “IT and Infrastructure Suite” to deliver OPC interoperability standards, including OPC DA, OPC AE and OPC-UA.
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| Featured Events |
CSIA Executive Conference
April 28, 2010 - May 1, 2010
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
"Aim Higher"...the theme of your 2010 CSIA Executive Conference. It accurately depicts what you and CSIA are doing, aiming for greater heights of performance and success. The Space Needle in Seattle points upward into the sky and that is where we want to take you at the conference...onward and upward.
4th Annual Global Refining Summit 2010
May 17, 2010 - May 19, 2010
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Global Refining Summit should be attended by all senior executives working within the hydrocarbon refining and processing industry
ABB Automation & Power World 2010
May 18, 2010 - May 20, 2010
Location: Houston, TX, USA
Automation & Power World was designed with a specific focus - to provide engineers and business leaders with a single event where they can experience and learn the latest in Automation and Power technology, and more importantly how it can benefit their business' profitability.
ConnectivityWeek
May 24, 2010 - May 27, 2010
Location: Santa Clara, CA, United States
ConnectivityWeek 2010 blends Information Communication Technology (ICT) with an array of vertical applications, technical discussions and application strategies into a cohesive understanding of how smart, connected devices and systems will shape our future, spanning all the major industries and energy consumption areas of commercial, residential, industrial and infrastructure.
Siemens Industry 2010 User Conference
June 8, 2010 - June 10, 2010
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA
Be a part of the 2010 Siemens User Conference. An Automation User Community event where Siemens users, partners, industry thought-leaders, and professionals come together to discuss challenges and strategies.
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