Providing you with simple and rapid access to OPC data, our goal is to place the information back in your hands.
Bridging the gap between your shop floor and automated environments with new technologies doesn't have to be a challenge. Seamless integration of your current technologies with emerging MTConnect standards is our top priority. We understand that the way you do business and the products you have now are just as important as the ones you will use tomorrow.
Any of the OPC Tag Points are made available to your Agent by a simple drag and drop into the area you would like them categorized in. The example below shows the Sine1 tag point from the Simulation Examples.Functions area of the Kepware OPC Server.
You can quickly view and collect any of the data made available from your agent. Dragging the Agent's Sine1 Data to the screen shows a few of the many ways that OPC data can quickly be viewed within Solution Builder.
Our OPC Connections allow for your data to be displayed in the given semantics of your application. Numeric values can have a scale and offset applied, tempeatures can be converted between US Standard and Metric units of measurement, and Boolean Logic values can be given reverse logic.
OPC (Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control) was created based upon the need for Open Productivity and Connectivity in Industrial Automation. This allows for technologies to spend more time focusing on solving your real-world issues. The goal of OPC is to provide a universal standard for accessing the data hosted by PLC's (Programable Logic Controllers) Originally based upon Microsoft's OLE COM (component object model) and DCOM (distributed component object model) technologies, the specification defined a standard set of objects, interfaces and methods for use in process control and manufacturing automation applications to facilitate interoperability. The COM/DCOM technologies provided the framework for software products to be developed.