- August 14, 2013
- Softing Inc.
August 14, 2013 - Softing updated its OPC Easy Connect Suite to bridge data from any classic OPC Server to any modern OPC UA Client. This allows, for example, the integration of non-Windows systems into the overall OPC architecture. The OPC UA component of the OPC Easy Connect Suite supports all individual security mechanims as defined in the OPC UA standard. Furthermore, this intelligent set of OPC middleware products simplifies the commissioning and operation of OPC clients and servers, significantly improves the data throughput of your OPC interfaces, and ensures reliable OPC communication links. The OPC Easy Connect Suite includes the following middleware products:
- OPC Tunnel – DCOM-Bypass for a safe, yet secure method of network-spanning OPC communication
- OPC Bridge – "OPC Gateway" between any Data Access or XML-DA imple mentations
- OPC UA – "OPC Gateway" between classic OPC DA Servers and OPC UA Clients
- OPC Optimizer – Optimizes access of many OPC clients to one single OPC server
- OPC Concentrator – Concentrates several OPC sources into a single Server
- OPC Filter – Prevents unauthorized access to OPC items
- OPC Client2Client – OPC client <-> OPC client communication
- OPC Server2Server – OPC server <-> OPC server communication
- OPC to Database – Store data directly into a database
- OPC to File – Store data in a file on a hard drive
The OPC Easy Connect Suite combines the following benefits:
- Ensures fast, reliable data connections
- Easy remote access to a system over the Internet
- Enables OPC communication across firewall boundaries
- Reduces CPU load
- Improves security on a system level by preventing unauthorized data access
- Simplifies data management
Softing, a member of the European Steering Committee of the OPC Foundation and author of the OPC Book, actively contributes to the success of OPC by providing high quality OPC products, enabling their customers to stay in the forefront of the industrial communications technologies they deploy. About Softing In industrial automation, Softing is a specialist for fieldbus technology and has established itself as a world-leading partner for networking automation systems and control solutions. Softing provides customers the key technology to connect devices, controls, and systems with the leading communication technologies. In fieldbus technology, Softing is a world-class expert for FOUNDATION fieldbus, PROFIBUS, and CAN/CANopen/DeviceNet. The company’s wide range of expertise includes solutions for OPC, FDT, and Real-Time-Ethernet protocols such as, PROFINET IO, EtherNet/IP, and Modbus/TCP. Many of the products and services developed by Softing since the company was founded in 1979 have become reference standards throughout the world. In addition, Softing has established itself as a provider of sophisticated diagnostic tools for fieldbus systems.
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