The OPC Server Developer Studio Source offers a fast and easy access to the OPC Data Access (DA) and OPC Alarms&Events (AE) technology. Develop OPC DA 1.0a, 2.05a, 3.00 and OPC AE 1.00, 1.10 compliant Servers with C++ or C#/VB.NET or any other compiler capable of generating Windows DLL’s or a .NET assembly.
This product is the base for Technosoftware's server developer products "OPC Server Developer Studio DLL" and "OPC Server Developer Studio .NET" and is now available with full source code. With source code, this product becomes an integrated and well-documented part of your application. Benefits of source code:
- Full source code. No hidden 'Black Box' code.
- You can step into our source code within your application.
- Develop in C++, C# or VB.NET without the need to purchase two licenses.
The developer can concentrate on his application and servers can be developed fast and easily without the need to spend a lot of time learning how to implement the OPC specifications. The server API is easy to use and many OPC specific functions, e.g. creating a group or adding an item to a group are handled by the framework. Even the complex asynchronous read/write handling is handled by the framework.
The “Framework” includes all OPC DA 1.0a, 2.05a, 3.00 and OPC AE 1.00, 1.10 handling and ensures the OPC compliance. It is implemented as generic C++ classes.
The “Server API” defines easy to use interface functions required for developing OPC DA/AE compliant servers. The OPC server is supplied as C++ source with the application adaptation part clearly separated from the framework.
Only a few methods need to be adapted to implement a new server. The code that needs to be modified is clearly separated from the generic OPC code, making updates to new OPC standard versions easy and straightforward.
The availability of the full source code protects your investments and allows you to fully adapt it to your requirements. Whether you want to quickly implement a simple server or create high performance OPC servers with ten thousands of items the OPC Server Developer Studio Source is the right choice.
The OPC Server Developer Studio Source 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; Item browsing can be implemented to browse the cache or the device/database.
The included client executables can be used to test a server implementation and therefore eliminate the effort to create own test clients.
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