May 10, 2018 – Red Lion Controls announced that its Crimson 3.1 software now supports the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) communication functionality for industrial automation developed by the OPC Foundation.
For use with Red Lion’s HMIs and data acquisition products, those deploying OPC UA to collect data can now do so without the need for additional hardware, software, or special code to populate the data. Customers can take machine data directly to enterprise business systems using a single solution from a single source.
With support of OPC UA, Crimson 3.1 acts as a server to publish data for OPC UA clients, often from the shop floor to the data center. With the ability to converse with 300 industrial protocols, Crimson 3.1 can bring in data from disparate automation devices, converting it to OPC UA for delivery to enterprise business systems.
Today Crimson 3.1’s OPC UA Server works with all Red Lion Graphite HMIs, Graphite Controllers and CR3000 HMIs. Crimson 3.1 software features support for many additional Ethernet and Serial drivers such as Ethernet/IP, DNP3, Modbus TCP, Modbus RTU and many others. With a drag-and-drop graphical user interface and a variety of hardware offerings each supporting multiple simultaneous conversions, customers can integrate new functionality into virtually any PLC, PC or SCADA system.
About Red Lion Controls
As the global specialists in communication, monitoring and control for industrial automation and networking, Red Lion has been delivering i solutions for over forty years. Product brands include Red Lion, N-Tron and Sixnet. With headquarters in York, Pennsylvania, the company has offices across the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.
