OPC Unified Architecture

• Main Authors: Damm, Matthias (Author), Leitner, Stefan-Helmut (Author), Mahnke, Wolfgang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Input-output equipment (Computers).; Computer communication systems.; Software engineering.; Computer programming.; Multimedia information systems.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering.; Multimedia Information Systems.; Input/Output and Data Communications.; Computer Communication Networks.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Programming Techniques.

The OPC Foundation defines standards for online data exchange between automation systems. They address access to current data (OPC DA), alarms and events (OPC A&E) and historical data (OPC HDA). Those standards are successfully applied in industrial automation. The new OPC Unified Architecture (...

Table of Contents:

• Information Modeling: Concepts
• Information Modeling: Example and Best Practice
• Standard Information Models
• Services
• Technology Mapping
• Security
• Application Architecture
• System Architecture
• Mapping of COM OPC to OPC UA
• Migration
• Profile
• Performance
• Conclusion and Outlook
• Literature.