Matrikon OPC Buffer

Matrikon OPC Buffer is a local historian that collects/stores OPC data, and makes it available to any OPC Client.

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What Is It?

Matrikon OPC Buffer is an off-the-shelf solution for remote data collection, buffering, and with the optional History-Link module, historical data transfer to a central process historian. The historian employs a rolling internal buffer so that it can store configurable amounts of data internally and then over-write the oldest data when the buffer length is full. An OPC Client is used to collect data, and an OPC Server distributes the information to any client that may require it.

Matrikon OPC Buffer is ideal for engineers and project managers who need guaranteed data collection and delivery from geographically remote sites. The flexible historian enables users to store process data in the field or on the fly. It is an easy-to-integrate “store and forward” solution that moves data from any OPC-enabled system to any historian.

Unlike other remote data collection applications, it allows users to trend and view data at the source for on-the-spot troubleshooting and data analysis without the inconvenience of access to the enterprise historian. The historian can be configured remotely via wireless or Ethernet network.

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How Does It Work?

Matrikon OPC Buffer with History Link can be seamlessly paired in series to provide a quick and easy, field-redundant data architecture. This makes it perfect for operational sites that are remote or isolated from the main historical network.

Features:

Remote Configuration:
MatrikonOPC Buffer can be configured remotely via wireless or Ethernet network. This is especially useful for remote sites that are logistically hard to get to, or in climate prevents manual retrieval of data.

Typical Applications:

What Problems Does It Solve?

With traditional plant historians, data is typically stored in a proprietary format. This makes data retrieval a cumbersome process whereby the user is forced to “buy data back” from the vendor. A better approach is to store information locally on a short-term basis with an open, standardized historian located at a remote site.

OPC Buffer deliers significant value to industrial firms when combined with Matrikon’s OPC History Link and Matrikon OPC Tunneller solutions as part of a “Hub and Spoke” architecture for data collection and distribution.

Related Products
Combined with History-Link, MatrikonOPC Buffer is a standalone solution to send data to a centralized historian. If the central historian is at a geographically separate site, Matrikon OPC Tunneller can improve communications reliability as well as securing and compressing the data.

MatrikonOPC Buffer is a key component to an overall Hub-and-Spoke solution. Learn more about OPC Hub and Spoke Solution here

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Supported OPC Specifications: OPC DA (OPC Data Access) 1.0a OPC DA (OPC Data Access) 2.0a OPC DA (OPC Data Access) 2.05a OPC DA (OPC Data Access) 3.0a OPC HDA (OPC Historical Data Access) 1.00 OPC HDA (OPC Historical Data Access) 1.10 OPC HDA (OPC Historical Data Access) 1.20 System Requirements: Software Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 (32-bit) Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (64-bit) Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2 (32-bit and 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 2003 Server R2 Service Pack 2 (32-bit and 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Service Pack 2 (32-bit and 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 2008 Server R2 (64-bit) Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (32-bit and 64-bit) Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hardware Intel CORE2 Duo Processor 2048 MB RAM ~80 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive