- March 10, 2011
- Softing Inc.
March 10, 2011 - Softing announces the availability of a new version of its industry-leading OPC UA development kits. The design goals for version 5.10 were to enhance the supported functionality while reducing the complexity of developing conformant OPC UA products. Softing’s OPC UA Toolkit V5.10 is a combination of the following benefits:
- Platform independent and flexible – Supports the following operating systems out-of-the-box:
- Windows XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, Server 2008
- Choice of .NET or C++ Interface
- Directly integrates with Microsoft’s Visual Studio development tools
- Linux - Debian, Red Hat, ScientificVxWorks - Version 6.4, 6.7, 6.8
- Quick time-to-market – Integrate OPC UA technology effortlessly
- Simple, yet powerful application interface
- Easy-to-reach support resources at Softing’s OPC Competence Center
- Secure and robust – High system availability and protection against data manipulation
With more than 1,600 companies relying on Softing’s OPC development kits to generate thousands of compliant OPC products, Softing holds the lion’s share of the world-market for OPC development tools. Many companies and organizations have factored-in Softing’s extensive experience with embedding OPC technology into industrial components. For example: Duncan Bates, Vice President of Product Management at Raima stated, "It is impressive how quickly developers are able to create high-performance applications based on OPC Unified Architecture using Softing’s innovative OPC Toolbox UA and Raima’s powerful embedded database. Today, developers of embedded devices can use both a reliable and proven database, RDM Embedded®, and in addition use a standards based interface from Softing to communicate with the database." Andreas Hafellner, Director of R&D at NTE Systems stated, "After thorough tests we, at NTE Systems, have decided to use the OPC UA Development Kit from the German-based company Softing. On one hand, Softing's OPC Kit proved to be the best-in-class-implementation when it came to speed and robustness and on the other hand we immediately gained the flexibility to utilize the OPC software also as a 64-bit server library." 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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