The embedded PC features a switched Ethernet port and supports OPC UA, the established protocol for vertical integration within modern plant environments. Bus terminals (K-bus) and EtherCAT terminals ...

OPC UA is the prevalent technology in industrial automation for moving data and information from field devices to back-end applications. It offers a “client-server” model for applications ...

The Ignition OPC-UA server and drivers can be used with any OPC-UA client: Simply request a free activation key, download the software, and get started using it in your control system.

OPC UA is, like its factory floor cousins, composed of a client and a server. The client device requests information; the server device provides it. But, as we see from the loop controller example, ...

The security mechanisms specified in OPC UA are also used, which, among other things, support authentication, signing, and encryption of the data to be transported. They can be used for both ...