Eternity Sales - OPC UA Client Driver and Tunneling for KepserverEX

OPC Connectivity Suite for KEPServerEX OPC Server

The OPC Connectivity Suite allows system and application engineers to manage their OPC Data Access (DA) and OPC Unified Architecture (UA) Servers from a single application. By reducing the number of OPC Servers your OPC Client is communicating with, will ensure your OPC Client application is running as intended. Now you can easily manage loss of communications with other third party OPC Servers that have not met the rigorous quality standards set forth by the OPC Foundation. The OPC Connectivity Suite allows you to buffer the communications between non OPC Certified and feature lacking applications and your OPC Client.

The OPC DA Client Driver and OPC Server KEPServerEX provide an easy and reliable way to connect disparate 3rd Party OPC DA Servers to your Client applications, including HMI, SCADA, Historian, MES, ERP, and countless custom applications.

With the OPC DA Client Driver and KEPServerEX you are now able to manage your operations through a single OPC Server. With our single server interface there is no need to learn the different nuances of other 3rd party servers, there is just the straight forward and easy to configure KEPServerEX.

*Note: For Oracle MES and MOC users, this driver will not only allow you to bring Kepware OPC operations into your business applications but all other 3rd party OPC operations as well.

The OPC UA Client device driver works in conjunction with our OPC/Communications Server, KEPServerEX to provide data access between OPC UA Servers and Client products such as HMI, Historian, MES and SCADA solutions.

The OPC Client Driver and the free OPC UA Server interface for KEPServerEX provide an ideal OPC Tunnel solution. The tunnel uses a Client/Server architecture to transfer data over an Intranet, Internet, or WAN and provide a secure tunnel through firewalls. This tunneling solution is easy to use while being much more secure and maintainable than remote OPC connectivity via DCOM. UA (unlike DA) works over a VPN connection, and completely eliminates DCOM configuration and the need to expose applications to unauthorized or anonymous users. An OPC tunneling solution provided through KEPServerEX compliments existing OPC DA applications and now end-users, integrators, and automation suppliers have a much friendlier solution to remote connectivity for OPC applications.

The ideal solution for connectivity between distributed OPC Classic (DA) Clients and Servers is by pairing an OPC UA Client with a Remote OPC UA Server to create a secure and reliable communications tunnel.

OPC UA Client and OPC DA client are also available as a suite...read further:

OPC Connectivity Features Include:
Tunneling for OPC DA 1.0, 2.05a and 3.0 Works within the Corporate Network, through Wide Area Networks, over VPNs and through Firewalls Provides remote access for OPC, Native Interfaces, and DDE Data Encryption and Endpoint Authentication Automatic Discovery of OPC UA Servers Automatic Tag Database Generation Ability to set OPC UA Server Priorities Poll or Report by Exception (On data change) Ability to integrate Third Party Server data with over ALL KEPServerEX Drivers Keep Alive and Watchdog features to ensure reliable connectivity Protocol - OPC UA v1.01 (optimized binary TCP) Eliminates following Issues: DCOM Firewalls Networks Security

Part Number	List Price	Purchase
EX5-OPCCS-NA00 with Software Key	$895.00
Hardware Key - In addition to Suite price	$150.00
Support with Purchase - IND-OPCUA-SA20	$179.00
Support extension of current contract - EXT-OPCUA-SA20	$179.00
Support after purchase - NEW-SUPRT-SA50	$448.00
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OPC Tunneler - Leveraging OPC UA

The OPC UA Client Driver and the free OPC UA Server for KEPServerEX provide an ideal OPC Tunneling solution. The OPC UA Client Driver provides a communications tunnel between two or more computers, allowing data to be transferred securely and reliably. This eliminates reliance on Microsoft COM and DCOM technology, and provides higher performance and deterministic failure modes.

The OPC Tunneler uses Client/Server architecture to transfer data over an Intranet, Internet or WAN. It also creates a secure OPC Tunnel through firewalls and complements existing OPC DA applications. The OPC Tunnel provides end-users, integrators and automation suppliers with a favorable solution for remote connectivity to OPC applications. In comparison to remote OPC Connectivity via DCOM, the OPC Tunneler boasts security, ease of use and maintainability. Furthermore, there is no need to expose applications to unauthorized or anonymous users since OPC UA does not require a VPN connection for security.

KEPServerEX - Single Server and Tunneling Solution

The Kepware OPC Tunneling solution can be used with a mix of products including Kepware and Third-Party OPC Clients and OPC Servers. In addition to the OPC UA Client Driver and the OPC UA Server interface, KEPServerEX also provides OPC DA, OPC AE, DDE and several vendor-specific interfaces. KEPServerEX's breadth of connectivity options ensures a complete and robust system regardless of the hardware and software vendor mix.

OPC UA Client Driver - Aggregation and Gateway

The OPC Client Driver allows the aggregation of data from Third-Party OPC UA servers and any other data that KEPServerEX may be monitoring. KEPServerEX also has the ability to act as a gateway by converting existing OPC DA servers to OPC UA servers (or enabling OPC DA clients to connect to OPC UA data sources). The Kepware OPC Tunnel solution is an ideal way to share information in real-time B2B applications for automation.

OPC UA - The Latest and Most Capable Specification

OPC UA is the most capable OPC specification for interoperability between automation software products. It unifies previous OPC "Classic" specifications, data encryption to RSA standards and authentication based on the x509 Certificate standard. Its firewall friendliness allows communications within the automation environment, across the enterprise and through public network segments with high security and performance.

The OPC UA Client Driver is also included in the Manufacturing Suite,

OPC UA client and OPC DA client are also available as a suite:

Features - For real world applications:

Provides remote access for OPC, Native Interfaces, and DDE
Tunneling over LAN, WAN, and Internet via OPC UA
Provides a single, reliable connection point to access data from multiple OPC servers on local and remote machines
Optimize performance of OPC servers through OPC groupings that may be different than those required or allowed by your clients.
Connection monitoring and reconnect behavior can be configured for each OPC Server.
Provides connectivity to remote OPC servers for clients that do not support DCOM.
Allow connectivity to multiple OPC servers from clients that do not support multiple connections or handle multiple connections well.
Allow connectivity to OPC servers using different interfaces that are supported by clients, such as DDE, Wonderware SuiteLink, GE Intelligent Platforms (GE Fanuc) NIO etc.)
Supports update by exception (Watchdog)
Automatically import OPC Server Items

Kepware's reliable and easy to use OPC Server allows for coinciding communications with OPC DA and OPC UA communication servers.

Case 1: OPC UA Tunnel

Two KEPServerEX Installations working together as a Secure Tunnel

Case 2: OPC UA Client/Server Model

The OPC UA Client Driver provides data access between OPC UA Servers and Client products such as HMI, Historian, MES and SCADA solutions.

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OPC Connectivity Suite for KEPServerEX OPC Server