| + | 5 Keys to Mastering OPC Integration (497 KB, PDF)
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| + | Accessing SQL Server, Oracle, and other Databases Using OPC (113 kb, PDF)
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In any industry, databases are the foundation of many automation applications. OPC has become the standard used by applications to poll devices for real-time data. OPC can take advantage of real-time values from what was once a relational database by using Generic Database Access (GDA) technology. Read More...
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| + | CMMS: Integrating Real Time Information for Condition Based Monitoring (901 kb, PDF)
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Industry Pacesetters use real-time equipment data to prioritize and optimize their maintenance resources. The process is straightforward in concept: simply use real-time data to determine the equipment health, but only inform the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) when maintenance is actually necessary. From there, the CMMS automatically produces the work-order and uses the workflow that is already familiar to all Maintenance personnel. Read More...
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| + | Communicating to the Enterprise Isn't Science Fiction (565 KB, PDF)
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The various building automation subsystems come from many manufacturers using a wide range of different connectivity methods. Read the paper that describes how OPC ties everything together. Read More...
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| + | Creating Secure OPC Architectures (505KB, PDF)
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This is a technical guide on how to secure typical OPC implementations. Read More...
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| + | Ensuring OPC Connectivity in Mission Critical Applications (260KB, PDF)
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From oil refining to industrial manufacturing to power generation, no matter what business people are in, they depend on certain systems to run their business. Today’s world turns on the uninterrupted flow of data and communications, and to keep it flowing OPC plays an increasingly mission-critical role in the enterprise. Read More...
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| + | Examining the Armor of OPC-UA Security (532KB, PDF)
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The need to protect ourselves is as old as humankind. In the business and manufacturing kingdoms, cyber threats are the foe and OPC is the champion of secure interoperability. As OPC-UA rides off into battle, what kind of armor and weaponry does it have? Read More...
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| + | Extending Building Automation Data Visibility Using OPC (1.1MB, PDF)
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This paper explains how OPC can be used to deliver Building Automation data throughout the enterprise. It also explains how OPC works in conjunction with BACnet, Building Automation's most popular, open standard, based protocol rather than replacing or competing with it. Read More...
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| + | Gateway to Industrial Interoperability (220 KB, PDF)
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The FactoryTalk Gateway enables an interoperability enterprise by accessing the world of standardized OPC products. Read More...
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| + | Get Closer To History With OPC: OPC Technology Helps Maximize Return on Process Historian Assets (1.12 MB, PDF)
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Get Closer To History With OPC: OPC Technology Helps Maximize Return on Process Historian Assets Whitepaper Read More...
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| + | Historical OPC Alarms & Events (115 kb, PDF)
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Many companies are realizing the value they can gain by collecting and storing Alarm and Events data. The problem is that understanding and searching these logs is difficult, if they are even available when they're needed. OPC A&E Archivers are transforming simple alarm and event logs into valuable data stores. Read More...
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| + | Historical OPC HDA (79 kb, PDF)
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In globally competitive commodities markets such as petrochemicals, refined petroleum products, and pulp and paper, corporate management is looking to technology to help improve the bottom line. The OPC Historical Data Access (HDA) specification is helping companies extract valuable information from their process data worldwide. Read More...
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| + | History is Built with a Hub and Spoke (821 KB, PDF)
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Learn about Standardized OPC HDA Process History Architecture! Read More...
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| + | Hub And Spoke Architecture for Data Collection and Distribution (506 kb, PDF)
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Off-line analysis of historical process data is an integral part of process optimization and production tracking. Although a single monolithic process historian for an entire organization is a widespread model, this type of history management architecture may be as outdated as the monolithic control system. Linking a mesh of distributed operations historians can provide a cost effective alternative to this dated history architecture. Read More...
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| + | Integrating OPC into Building Automation (117 kb, PDF)
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OPC is a published connectivity standard that has been embraced by the process control industry due to its tremendous benefits. However, these benefits are not unique to process control - they can be seen within other market segments, such as discrete manufacturing, equipment monitoring and control, utilities, and recently, building automation and security. Read More...
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| + | Maintaining Healthy IT Assets (863KB, PDF)
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Over the past several years, there have been two significant trends in the industrial marketplace. First, control system vendors are using more Ethernet based communication networks and Microsoft operating systems. Second, many companies have an increased focus towards predictive or condition based maintenance. OPC plays an important role in both trends. Read More...
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| + | Make Connections Like Magic: Serial Protocol to OPC Made Simple Using Genie Technology Whitepaper (583KB, PDF)
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Make Connections Like Magic: Serial Protocol to OPC Made Simple Using Genie Technology Whitepaper Read More...
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| + | Object Oriented Programming in Control System Software Engineering (123 kb, PDF)
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While it was initially esoteric, Object Oriented Programming (OOP) crept into mainstream Information Technology (IT) applications by the mid 1980's. A decade later, the very popular incarnation of these object-based process control applications arrived in the form of OPC client/server technology. These applications use OPC as a standards-based communication mechanism. Read More...
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| + | OPC Consideration for Network Security (239 kb, PDF)
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Cyber security refers to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of computers, applications, and digital-based assets. In most organizations, this is the responsibility of the corporate IT group. Unfortunately, whenever IT meets real-time control systems, trouble arises. Read More...
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| + | OPC Gets Relational with Databases: Accessing SQL Server, Oracle and other Relational Databases Using OPC Whitepaper (718KB, PDF)
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OPC Gets Relational with Databases: Accessing SQL Server, Oracle and other Relational Databases Using OPC Whitepaper Read More...
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| + | OPC Goes Wireless: Deploying OPC in Telemetry SCADA Systems Whitepaper (831KB, PDF)
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OPC Goes Wireless: Deploying OPC in Telemetry SCADA Systems Whitepaper Read More...
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| + | OPC Redundancy – Power of Prevention (260KB, PDF)
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Every aspect of our daily world depends on the uninterrupted flow of data and communications, and to keep it flowing, OPC is increasingly playing a mission-critical role in the power industry. Read More...
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| + | OPC Tunneling Eliminates Setup Headaches (767KB, PDF)
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As OPC rapidly gains mainstream acceptance, integrators are finding configurations where OPC can be a hindrance to the panacea of plug-and-play application interconnectivity. In these setups, OPC can make use of new "tunneling" technology, which eliminates the biggest OPC headache for integrators: setting up DCOM. Read More...
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| + | OPC Tunnelling Increases Data Availability (761 kb, PDF)
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OPC has quickly become the de facto open communication standard in the world of industrial connectivity. It offers improved data connectivity, while dramatically lowering the cost of data transfer between devices and applications. However, OPC communications are layered on top of Microsoft's operating system components, and shortcomings in these components, particularly the security layer (DCOM), can lead to data loss. Read More...
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| + | OPC UA Security: Do You Have Reservations? Whitepaper (502KB, PDF)
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OPC UA Security: Do You Have Reservations? Whitepaper Read More...
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| + | OPC UA: 5 Things Everyone Needs To Know Whitepaper (891KB, PDF)
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OPC UA: 5 Things Everyone Needs To Know Whitepaper Read More...
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| + | OPC, XML, .NET and Real-Time Applications (636KB, PDF)
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This paper discusses the benefits and limitations of XML web services as an alternative to DCOM for industrial applications. Finally, it positions XML web services and DCOM for their proper usage. Read More...
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| + | OPC: The Ins and Outs to What It's About (The Every Man's Guide to OPC) (736 KB, PDF)
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This is a guide that virtually anyone can use to learn the basics of what OPC is and the benefits of using OPC. Read More...
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| + | Real-Time Asset Management and OPC (49 kb, PDF)
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In constantly evolving business environments, industries are forced to find ingenious ways to stay competitive. Over the last few years, more emphasis has been placed on asset management and how it affects the bottom line. This article discusses how OPC can be applied in an industrial setting to help improve asset management practices. Read More...
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| + | Revealing Tank Inventory Data using OPC Technology (1,191 kb, PDF)
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In the Oil & Gas industry, bulk storage inventory data needs to be shared with process control and logistical systems to further optimize the end-user business. This need for vertical integration, coupled with the stellar growth of Ethernet technology in industrial IT solutions, from office environments into field infrastructure solutions, creates a perfect playground for OPC technology. Read More...
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| + | Serial Protocol to OPC Made Simple Using Genie Technology (583 KB, PDF)
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Devices that use serial protocols are common in the industrial workplace, yet their integration within plants has eluded most users. With the proliferation of OPC, manufacturers now have an option that enables them to successfully deploy their own OPC interfaces, without programming, using OPC Generic Information Exchange (Genie) technology. Read More...
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| + | Sharing Information From the Plant Floor to the Boardroom (87KB, PDF)
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This paper discusses solutions to improve data access and how they enable manufacturers to make improvement decisions. Read More...
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| + | There's OPC in Them There Oil Fields (145KB, PDF)
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As the how and where of oil exploration continues to evolve, it’s comforting to know that OPC continues to offer the same standardized interfaces. Meanwhile, trusted OPC vendors continue to evolve product offerings to ensure that the requirements
of the end users are met, even in areas the OPC specifications cannot mandate. Read More...
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| + | Top 5 OPC Questions Integrators Need To Ask Whitepaper (497 KB, PDF)
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Top 5 OPC Questions Integrators Need To Ask Whitepaper Read More...
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| + | Using OPC via DCOM with Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (754 kb, PDF)
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Most OPC Clients and Servers use DCOM to communicate over a network and thus will
be impacted due to the changes in Service Pack 2. When Service Pack 2 is installed with
its default configuration settings, OPC communication via DCOM will cease to work.
This paper describes the settings necessary to restore OPC communication when using
XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). Read More...
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| + | Waste Not, Want Not: Monitoring Wastewater Assets with OPC (628 KB, PDF)
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Learn how to save time and money using OPC to monitor wastewater assets! Read More...
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| + | Winds of Change - Using OPC in Guaranteed Data Delivery for Wind Farms (1329KB, PDF)
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High oil prices and global warming concerns have more people looking at renewable energy sources such as wind power. Wind power installations have unique challenges of diverse locations of multiple generating stations. OPC can provide continuous access to real-time information needed for equipment monitoring and making production
decisions. Read More...
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