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Part
No.:
MPSF-OPC-CT-OPC-EC-BCL-C
Basic license for OPC Storage, Bridge, Optimizer,
Tunnel, Concentrator, Filter, Collector and OPCtoDataBase
MPSF-OPC-CT-OPC-EC-SRV-XX/L
Extension licence to
OPC-EC-BCL for the access to max. XX OPC servers at the same
time with XX = 10, 20, 50, or 100;
The OPC Concentrator combines several OPC servers
into a single server by consolidating the namespaces and OPC items of
multiple OPC servers. This delivers significant advantages for the design
and implementation of our automation projects:
- Relieves project engineers in setting up
visualization or control system applications
- Facilitates the management of large systems
- Standardized access to third-party systems by
encapsulating different namespaces and item addresses
- No programming required!
Functions
- Concentrates several different namespaces into a
single namespace
- Consolidates data from several OPC servers into a
single OPC server
- Facilitates the management of large projects
- Saves the project engineer time and effort in
setting up communication relationships
- No programming required
- Supports OPC DA 1.0a, 2.0, 3.0, XML-DA 1.0, AE
1.1
- Can run as an application or as a Windows service
- Comes with its own Web server diagnostic
interface
System requirements
Windows NT 4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
Included in package
- CD-ROM
- Printed 〝Getting Started〞 manual
- Online help in German and English
Downloads (free demo software, drivers etc.)
Possible applications:
The OPC Concentrator combines several OPC servers into
a single server by consolidating the namespaces and OPC items of multiple
OPC servers. This saves the project engineer time and effort when setting up
client applications, and it facilitates the management of large systems.
After the OPC Concentrator has been started, the
namespaces of all OPC servers that are defined in the configuration file are
read and integrated into the namespace of the OPC Concentrator.
Standardized data access:
Using the OPC Concentrator, several OPC clients can
access several OPC servers with different namespaces. Depending on the
specific implementation of the vendor, OPC servers can provide either a flat
or a hierarchical namespace.
Furthermore, the structure of an OPC server’s namespace
and the semantics to address variables in an OPC server significantly
differs from vendor to vendor. Using the OPC Concentrator makes it
possible to standardize and harmonize data access and,
ultimately, communication.
Cascading of OPC servers:
The data of several OPC servers is bundled and
concentrated into one OPC server through the OPC Concentrator. The data of
several OPC Concentrators can then be concentrated into another OPC
Concentrator, enabling the clear structuring of complex systems that
comprise a large number of OPC servers.
Distributing the OPC Concentrators among different
computers that are connected via DCOM, can also improve overall performance. |
