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Presentation
Based on the OLE for Process Control (OPC) standard, Schneider Electric's OPC
Factory Server (OFS) software allows “client” software applications, such as
supervisors/SCADA and customized interfaces, to access the data of Schneider
Electric automation system and electrical distribution devices connected to networks
or fieldbuses in real time.
It also allows communication with third-party devices supporting Modbus and
Modbus/TCP protocols.
At the heart of the Transparent Ready offer, OFS enables simpler, more open and
transparent communication between your software applications and your devices.
These are just some of the advantages that ensure a complete interoperability
solution that is central to your process.
In version V3.3
,
the OFS data server integrates the most recent specifications of the
OPC Foundation:
b
OPC-DA
(
OPC Data Access)
b
.
NET API interface
b
OPC XML-DA V1.0
(
OPC XML Data Access)
The OFS V3.3 offer is available in two levels:
b
OFS Small:
Data server for 1000 items
(1)
,
that does not support the OPC XML-DA
protocol
b
OFS Large:
Complete data server
Devices and protocols supported
OFS software is a multi-device data server: It allows simultaneous use of several
communication protocols, and it provides client applications with a set of services for
accessing control system items that may be local or remote, via physical address or
via symbol.
Devices supported
:
b
Modicon Quantum, Premium, M340, Micro, Compact and Momentum PLCs
b
Schneider Electric TSX Series 7 and April Series 1000 PLCs
b
Modbus serial devices connected via Schneider Electric gateways:
TSX ETG 10
pp
,
EGX
ppp
ranges, etc.
b
Uni-Telway serial devices connected via Schneider Electric gateways
(
TSX ETG 1010)
Networks and protocols supported
:
b
Modbus: Modbus serial, Modbus Plus, Modbus/TCP
b
X-Way/Uni-TE: Uni-Telway, Fipway, ISAway, PCIway
Openness
The development of specialized interfaces is simpler with OFS V3.3 software, which
is aimed at two types of user in particular:
b
End users
who want either to interface their supervision or Human Machine
Interface applications with Schneider Electric equipment, or to develop applications
on a PC (supervisory control screens, Excel tables, etc.) requiring access to control
system data.
b
Suppliers of control system or industrial data processing software
(
supervision, Human Machine Interfaces, etc.) seeking to develop, within their
standard products, an OPC Client interface capable of accessing data in Schneider
Electric equipment via the OFS server.
(1)
Item: A variable, structure, table, etc. in the Unity Pro application.
Presentation
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OPC Factory Server
Software
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OPC data server software
OPC Factory Server
Setup:
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Functions:
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References:
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