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The OPC Foundation enhanced the range for certification of OPC product to meet the increasing demand for reliable functionality and insured interoperability. The self-certification using the ComplianceTestTool (CTT) and the participation at an Interoperability Workshop (IOP) are now enhanced with a
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operating system. The task force released the OPC standard in August 1996. The OPC Foundation was chartered to continue development of interoperability specifications and includes manufacturers and users of devices instruments, controllers, software and enterprise systems.
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Certification in an independent test facility. According to the test specification here not only the OPC Data Access (DA2/3) interface is tested but also the overall behavior of the product in a real world environment is verified.
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An entirely new set of standards that incorporates all of the functionality of the above standards (and more), but does so using cross platform web services and other modern technology.
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communications across industrial networks. The standards also address remote configuration, diagnostics, monitoring and management communications
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The OPC Foundation has a well established Certification Process. The OPC Foundation calls this the OPC Enhanced Certification Program.
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Standards for communicating alarm and event data on demand, as opposed to the continuous communications in the OPC Data Access group
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This group of standards provides specifications for communicating real-time data from data acquisition devices such as
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Standards for specifying the communication of complex data types such as binary data and XML documents
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The OPC Foundation started in 1994, as a task force comprising five industrial automation vendors (
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Builds on the OPC Data Access specifications to communicate data in XML. Incorporates
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Standards for controlling client access to OPC compliant devices and systems
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Standards for communicating control commands to devices and systems
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The OPC Foundation cooperates with other organizations, such as
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that creates and maintains standards for open connectivity of
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specify the communication of industrial process data,
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industry consortium
industrial automation
industrial control systems
process control
standards
alarms
batch process
sensors
instruments
notification devices
Fisher-Rosemount
Rockwell Automation
Opto 22
OLE for Process Control
OLE
Microsoft Corporation
MS Windows
MTConnect
OPC Data Access
PLCs
Human-Machine Interfaces
batch processes
server to server
OPC Historical Data Access
SOAP
Web services
OPC Unified Architecture
OPC Certification
Object Linking and Embedding
"What is OPC?"

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