OPC Organizer UA

OPC UA Support for Realizing Industry 4.0 Solutions

dataFEED OPC Organizer UA is a dataFEED OPC Suite component and works as a gateway between the different OPC standards (OPC UA, OPC Classic). It allows access from OPC Classic components to OPC UA Servers and vice versa. dataFEED OPC Organizer UA enables the integration of existing OPC Classic components and applications into modern Industrie 4.0 OPC UA solutions. In particular, dataFEED OPC Organizer UA supports the simple integration of existing and new controllers.

Overview

OPC Communication Across Specification Boundaries

• Cost savings through integration of non-OPC UA-ready components

• Gateway functionality for connecting controllers and components with integrated OPC UA Server to OPC Classic applications

• Bridge functionality for use of OPC components of different OPC specifications and OPC specification versions

• Access from OPC UA Clients to OPC Classic Servers

• Easy integration of legacy and new controllers into solutions supporting “Industry 4.0”

• Cost savings through continued use of existing OPC Classic components

Support of OPC UA Security Mechanisms

• High data security provided to shop floor applications

• Possibility to use all individual security mechanisms defined by the OPC UA standard, e.g. exchange of certificates

• Authentication by user names and passwords including user certificate

• Data encryption using various encryption algorithms

Easy Access to Multiple OPC Servers

• Concentrator functionality for reduction and unification of data items from multiple OPC UA and OPC Classic Servers

• Time savings through effective and efficient configuration of distributed automation systems comprising a large number of OPC UA and OPC Classic Servers

• Support of common OPC Namespace for access by OPC UA Clients