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OPC Tunneller from MatrikonOPC is Achilles Level 1 Certified by Wurldtech™
Security Technologies, provider of the most widely used reliability benchmark
in industrial automation. The OPC Tunneller is the only certified Tunnelling
connectivity between OPC Systems.
OPC Tunneller Achilles Certified provides an easy, reliable and secure way to
communicate between networked computers. It does away with the headaches
typically associated with DCOM configuration. No longer are different
protocols, security settings or locations a factor when sharing data between
computers. This is achieved by simply installing OPC Tunneller on the OPC
client and OPC server nodes and then telling the Tunneller client where the
Tunneller server exists. The OPC Tunneller Achilles Certified is the first and
only control application to meet the stringent conformance criteria for
industrial connectivity infrastructure.
Achilles Level 1 Certification provides:
- An increase in robustness and safety of control networks.
- A greater level of assurance against unintentional threats and safety failures.
- Protection against intentional cyber-security events.
- Minimize downtime of the critical control systems environment.
- A significant reduction in actual identified vulnerabilities in a given server.
- Maximum visibility into the real degree of the affect.
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Don't put up with DCOM time-out values you cannot dictate; instead, take control and
define your own values. While DCOM requires a reliable communication network,
OPC Tunneller operates under poor initial network setup, widespread networks,
and unreliable network infrastructures such as satellite or wireless networks.
OPC Tunneller even allows for user configurable time-outs, thus giving you complete control.
The Encryption feature in MatrikonOPC Tunneller enables it to secure your
communications from both inside and outside system attacks by hackers. Users
are provided with more control over the security of their OPC systems.
The Data Compression feature of MatrikonOPC Tunneller enables users to reduce
the load on their networks. Data sent over satellite and other per-Megabyte
connections can be reduced for significant cost savings. Historical data can be
compressed to a size much smaller than the original data, all without any data
loss.
OPC Tunneller Achilles Certified solves 6 major issues encountered using OPC
over DCOM:
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Cross Domains and Workgroups
Authentication difficulties make DCOM connections across different domains or
workgroups extremely difficult or impossible. Leap past this limitation with
OPC Tunneller. Essentially, if you can ping the PC, you can get to it with
Tunneller.
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DCOM and OPC through firewalls
DCOM uses a wide variety of ports, making it almost impossible to configure a
firewall with. Not to mention, DCOM is a prime target for viruses and worms
such as Blaster. OPC Tunneller lets us firewall our PC’s for maximum security
against viruses and worms, yet still allows us all the benefits of OPC.
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DCOM needs a lot of bandwidth
DCOM works best in environments with low latency and high bandwidth; typical of
an office LAN. This causes considerable difficulty when communicating over
satellite, modems, radio, and other bandwidth-limited communication types.
MatrikonOPC Tunneller features lossless data compression, which reduces load on
networks and saves money when paying per MB of data.
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Timeouts and Disconnections
Plagued with timeouts? Need recovery faster than the unconfigurable 6 minute
timeout that comes with DCOM? MatrikonOPC Tunneller has configurable timeouts
to work best with your network and reconnects to OPC Servers in a fraction of
the time.
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Data Privacy
OPC Tunneller now features data stream encryption. "Man in the middle" type of
attacks can now be thwarted, because the OPC data is not readable without the
key. Encryption can be selected from 64, 96, or 128 bit AES. OPC Tunneller can
also limit client connections from only the IP addresses you define.
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Easy Configuration
Depending on your system, configuring DCOM just to the point of getting
communication can take days! OPC Tunneller reduces your integration time to
minutes!
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Install Matrikon OPC Tunneller on both the OPC Client and OPC Server nodes
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On the client node, define an IP address or computer name to connect to.
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Start communicating!
Communicate with multiple OPC servers and clients simultaneously:
A single OPC Tunneller is able to communicate with multiple OPC servers or
clients from multiple vendors simultaneously.
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Fast, easy and reliable
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Optimized for low-bandwidth infrastructures
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Uses only a single port
Supported OPC Specifications:
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OPC DA (OPC Data Access) 1.0a
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OPC DA (OPC Data Access) 2.0
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OPC DA (OPC Data Access) 2.05a
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OPC HDA (OPC Data Access) 1.2
- OPC A&E (Alarms and Events) 1.01 (Coming Soon!)
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