September 27, 2006 - In June 2006, OPC Foundation released the new OPC Unified Architecture. As part of the OPC Foundation commitment to secure reliable interoperability they are unveiling and providing a technology jumpstart of the OPC Unified Architecture at the Technische Universitaet in Munich, Germany, on October 10- 12, 2006.
About OPC’s Unified Architecture
The OPC Foundation Unified Architecture defines secure reliable interoperability for exchanging data and information from the factory floor to the enterprise. The open, cross platform, service oriented architecture builds on and unifies the existing, successfully adopted OPC Foundation interfaces. UA was developed collaboratively by over thirty OPC vendors. The collaboration also included many other standards consortia that have contributed to the development and have committed to producing UA companion specifications. These companion specifications will describe the standard way to expose and exchange the data and information models defined by these other organizations, utilizing UA as the interoperable transport mechanism.
About the Conference
The OPC Unified Architecture DevCon 2006, provides the unveiling and jumpstart for the leading technologists to quickly become proficient with the OPC Unified Architecture. You will have the opportunity to understand the business model (the who, what, when, where and why of the OPC Unified Architecture), an overview of all the components and specifications, an overview of all the technology used to deploy OPC Unified Architecture products and solutions, plus a detailed dive down into the core of the Unified Architecture and all the corresponding technology that is available for vendors to truly build best-of-breed OPC Unified Architecture products and solutions.
This important event will allow the participants the opportunity to meet with the designers and architects of the new OPC Unified Architecture. The audience for the conference is
- Software architects and developers responsible for application integration from the factory floor through the enterprise.
- Manufacturing end-user and system integrator visionaries with a long term view of the future that wish to drive the vendor community toward cost-saving interoperable solutions.
- Product developers and development decision makers from all existing OPC vendors.
It is recommend that all vendors and end-users alike, that have been involved or will be involved in any project requiring multiple vendor interoperability take advantage of this great opportunity and attend this important event. Additional benefits of this event include networking with other OPC vendors facilitating sharing strategy about existing OPC architectures and products, and learning about new strategies for increased reliability and security. Attendees Will Learn...
Concepts
- How UA embraces the latest internet technologies (XML, Web Services …) to provide true platform independence.
- How UA seamlessly combines the functionality of all of the existing OPC interfaces.
- How UA will provide plug-n-play interoperability at higher levels of the enterprise (MES, ERP …).
- How UA will become the preferred method to exchange data through collaborative efforts with other standards organizations (ISA, Fieldbus Foundation, HART Communication Foundation, PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation, EDDL, …).
- How UA will solve real end-user application problems.
Architecture
- What an information model is and why UA is an information modeler’s dream.
- How to expose any data from any system “as-is” without the need to transform it into some other OPC-defined format.
- How to use UA in automation systems represented by components using device description technology (EDDL)
- Why UA provides multiple transports and encodings to balance the need for speed and compatibility.
- How UA applies the latest state-of-the-art Web Services security standards.
- How UA is architected for robustness, reliability and redundancy.
- How end-users can “UA-enable” any existing OPC application.
- How OPC vendors can migrate existing OPC products to UA.
- Why OPC provides a high level programmer’s API in multiple languages to its members.
Implementation
- How to implement UA applications on a Microsoft .NET platform using WCF (Windows Communication Foundation, MS codename Indigo).
- How to implement UA applications using the JAVA API.
- How the communications stack, programmers API and the reference implementation all fit together and how to choose the right entry point for your UA development.
- Why OPC provides portable ‘C’ code for easy UA implementations in embedded devices.
- How UA “Profiles” allow developers to pick and choose the functionality they need.
- How integrating UA into your application is easier than integrating the previous OPC interfaces.
To register for this event, please use the following link: ( www.opcfoundation.org/Events/EventDetails.aspx?CM=1&RI=303&CN=COM&CI=495&CU=55 The following companies (whom you will be able to network with) have already registered to attend this important event: 7-Technologies A/S, ABB AG, ABB Automation GmbH, ABB Energy Automation, ABB Switzerland Ltd, ADAM SOFTWARE Ingenieurbuero, AIT AG, ALSTOM Power, ARBURG GmbH + Co KG, ARC Advisory Group, ARC Informatique, ascolab GmbH, AstraZeneca, Atmos International, auto.con GmbH & Co.
KG, Automsoft, BECKHOFF, Beijer Electronics AB, Capgemini Deutschland GmbH, Eco-electrics in Iceland inc, EleSy, ELPROS d.o.o., Emerson Process Management, Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG, Enraf Terminal Automation, Eurotherm Limited, Farineh Technology, FLSmidth, FLS Automation division, Gamesa, General Motors, GGH Marketing Communications, Gleason Works, Gleason-HURTH Maschinen und Werkzeuge GmbH, GreCon Inc., HCL, Helsinki University of Technology, Hermos AG, HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH + Co KG, Honeywell Inc, hte Aktiengesellschaft, HY-LINE Automation Products GmbH with Open Automation Software, IDXOnline, Ifak, IITB/FhG, INAT GmbH, INFICON, InfraServ GmbH Co.
Gendorf KG, Ing. -Buero Allmendinger, Institute For Energy Technology ( IFE), Institute of Information Technology in Mechanical Engineering, Invensys, Invensys Process Systems, iTAC Software AG, Karel de Grote Hogeschool, Karel de Grote Hogeschool (KdG), KBA-GIORI SA, Kepware Technologies, Klinkmann Automation Oy, Kongsberg Maritime, Kongsberg Maritime AS, KW-Software GmbH, Magion ISS, Manodo AB, Measuresoft Development Ltd, Metso Automation, Microsoft Corporation, Midroc Electro AB, Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V., National Instruments, National Instruments, Inc, NETxAutomation Software GmbH, NNE A/S, OPC Labs, Open Automation Software, OSIsoft Inc., Pall Europe Limited, PcVue GmbH, Phoenix Contact, Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co.
KG, Prediktor AS, Progea SRL, Prosoft-Systems, Sütron Electronic GmbH, Saab Rosemount Tank Radar AB, Schlumberger Information Solutions, SEKAS GmbH, SENSYS, SICK AG, Siemens, Siemens AG, Siemens Netherlands, Siemens Postautomation GmbH, SISCO, Inc, Smar GmbH, SMAR Research Corporation, Softing AG, Software Toolbox, Inc, solve gmbh, Square D Company, STEAG KETEK IT GMBH, Steinbeis Top IT-Designers GmbH, ST-IST/ENG, Tampere University of Technology / Institute of Automation and Control, TEAM S.A., Technosoftware AG, Trebing & Himstedt Prozessautomation GmbH & Co. KG, Trebing & Himstedt Prozessautomation GmbH Co.
KG, United Utilities, VTT Industrial Systems, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, WIG d.o.o., Wizcon Systems, Wonderware, Woodhead, Yamatake Corporation, Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Yokogawa System Center Europe B.V., ZIECON bvba
