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Konnections, Jan. 2006 - OPC News

January, 2006

OPC Downloads


OPC Webcast

Thursday
January 12, 2006
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM EST
(GMT -5:00)

What is OPC?

This on-line seminar is for integrators, end-users, developers and anyone else interested in learning how OPC is used to build a standards-based communication infrastructure, this online seminar provides an introduction to OPC and the different OPC specifications available.

  • Learn the vision of OPC
  • Understand the fundamental concepts of OPC
  • Examine case studies
  • Learn the various OPC specifications
  • Discover the benefits of integrating OPC solutions


Presented by:
Presenter - Darek Kominek

Sean Leonard
PEng (Alberta), Msc (cmpe), MBA
OPC Product Manager
MatrikonOPC

OPC Health Monitor IT

Everyone understands the benefits of monitoring and controlling traditional plant assets (valves, tanks, meters, etc.). However, IT assets such as computers, software, routers and switches also play an important part in a plant’s day-to-day operations.

These infrastructure assets support the critical delivery, display and control of plant process information. When they fail, or operate out normal boundaries, the consequences can be just as critical as a plant asset failing.

To learn more...





OPC A&E archivers are transforming simple alarm and event logs into valuable data stores. An OPC A&E Archive is different than an OPC DA historian in that it provides a chronological record of information, allowing quick diagnosis of what led up to a specific event, what the cause was, and how was it handled by operational staff.

To learn more...



Read this paper






OPC Simplifies Traffic Control System
The city of Colorado Springs needed a unified operator interface that would help manage all of the components of their traffic control system, including Dynamic Message Signs (DMS), traffic signals, speed sensors, video monitors, remote data collectors, plus many other devices and applications. OPC provided the connectivity, and greatly simplified a very complex project. Read this case study


OPC used in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Project
Cogeneration (cogen) is the simultaneous production of heat and power in a single thermodynamic process. It is widely used throughout the world for efficient production of heat and power. Alberta Research Council needed to connect their cogen optimization application to the HMI system controlling their cogen power source. MatrikonOPC Tunneller provided the needed connectivity.
Read this case study





New OPC Product Releases

OPC Server for ROC Plus
The OPC server for ROC Plus lets you connect with Fisher ROC RTU’s, including later models like the 809, plus Emerson Floboss devices.
Get more information...


OPC Messenger
OPC Messenger converts any OPC real-time data value into an OPC Alarms & Events message or an email notification message, or both. It can be used as a stand-alone application, or integrated into advanced solutions like OPC IT Health Monitor.
Get more information...





MatrikonOPC will be hosting its first French Industrial Data Access Hands-on Workshop on January 30-31, 2006 in Montreal, Quebec. The purpose of this hands-on workshop is to help engineers, integrators and software developers securely exchange process control data between devices and applications.
Read more...






Global Workshop Schedule                                                                    Certification Benefits

  • Quickly troubleshoot and diagnose Windows security problems
  • Solve system connectivity issues using field-tested OPC technology
  • Reduce integration time by learning to install, configure & test OPC
  • Improve system reliability using standards-based technology
  • Reduce long term ownership costs by building robust systems

"The OPC Hands-on Workshop provided me with the tools to install, configure and test my own OPC solutions."


Tim Roberts
Shell UK




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