Standardization and compatibility have improved somewhat over the years, with development and acceptance of the open platform communications (OPC) protocol as just one example. However, there are ...

As with safety, existing concepts and specifications are being used, so the specification work can be significantly accelerated. OPC UA is much more than a protocol. It is an industrial framework that ...

Once the relevant tags have been configured, it is also possible to make the data accessible to any other OPC protocol-driven ...