The Classic OPC standard, especially the OPC DA interface, is very successful. But applications only using OPC UA can't exchange information directly with applications only using the classic OPC interfaces. Because of this it is important that OPC servers provide not only access via OPC UA but also via the (D)COM based interfaces. This can be done via
- Proxies which allows classic OPC clients to access OPC UA servers
No changes are required in existing products and allows easy and fast integration of classic OPC servers into OPC UA communication networks. It can also be used for legacy products, which are no longer supported. It's use should be restricted, since the additional software layer creates performance overheads and adds additional configuration and maintenance effort. - Native Integration of OPC UA directly into an existing product
It is much more efficient and less error-prone to integrate OPC UA directly into an existing product, since the OPC DA interface hides normally information that is useful to implement OPC UA.
Technosoftware AG plans to provide native integration possibilities for the OPC Server Developer Studio product line. This will make the native integration of OPC UA into a product a manageable task. The existing OPC functionality is exposed with OPC UA and allows classic OPC and OPC UA in parallel. The advantages of this is the integration of existing OPC DA features into one address space and the use of the communication features of OPC UA.
Technosoftware AG's OPC Server Developer Studio - UA Edition offers a fast and easy access to the OPC Server technology. Develop an OPC Server with any compiler capable of
- generating Windows DLL's (DLL version)
- generating a .NET assembly (.NET version)
The OPC UA Server Developer Studio offers unique features for performance and functionality improvements of the developed OPC Server like
- Event Driven Mode for Device Access.
- Dynamic address space with items added when they are first accessed by a client and removed when they are no longer in use.
- Item browsing can be implemented to browse the cache or the device/database.
- Retrieve a list of items which are used by at least one client.
In addition all Technosoftware licenses include now 5 Support Incidents for unlimited support including access to our Helpdesk, which allows customers to interact directly with our engineers. The Helpdesk allows Technosoftware customers to enter questions, track responses, and review solutions any time. All Technosoftware licenses also include 1 year of access to all new releases, both major and minor.
Server Developer Studio
| OPC Server Developer Studio DLL - UA Edition Develop OPC DA 1.0a, 2.05a, 3.00 00, OPC AE 1.00, 1.10 and Base OPC UA 1.0 Servers for Windows |
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| OPC Server Developer Studio .NET - UA Edition Develop OPC DA 1.0a, 2.05a, 3.00 00, OPC AE 1.00, 1.10 and Base OPC UA 1.0 Servers with .NET technology |
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The OPC UA Server Developer Studio product line will be available around Quarter 3, 2009. If you wish to get more information please Email to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
