Overview

Northern Dynamic’s OPC DA Server Toolkit is ideal for the product developer planning to include OPC Data Access server connectivity in their product offering.

Benefits of using the OPC DA Server Toolkit

Toolkit users cut valuable time off development schedules.
If you already have the protocol stack or API for your device or system, an OPC server can be developed literally in a matter of days using the toolkit.

Software maintenance costs are reduced.
Updates to the OPC Data Access specification are easily applied to your OPC server. In most cases, your server application requires a simple rebuild with the revised toolkit DLL.

Field support and integration costs are reduced.
Our toolkit provides a comprehensive 3-tiered diagnostics suite. Your field support staff and developers use these tools quickly and definitively resolve interoperability problems.

OPC Security support.
A security interface (including a sample implementation) is now provided to prevent unauthorized access to server data. Read more about our OPC security implementation.

OPC Expert support.
Our dedicated OPC developer support team is ready to answer your toolkit and application questions. You can depend on responsive and helpful advice from our support team.

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What the Toolkit Does

The OPC DA Server Toolkit consolidates the COM interface implementation and the management of complex OPC DA client-server interactions into a royalty-free dynamic-link library (DLL).

Using the toolkit, the server development effort is focused on driver code development and value-added features, not the intricacies of OPC and COM.

The object model exposed by the toolkit is simple enough for rapid server implementations, yet flexible and efficient for the development of complex and high performance OPC servers. The diagram illustrates how the toolkit interacts with your driver code.

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Who is Using Our Toolkits?

Organizations using Northern Dynamic OPC server toolkits include:

ABB, Ann Arbor Computer, Analytical Technology, Inc., AspenTech, Atmos International, Ballard Generation Systems, Carl Zeiss, Centre de Recherche Industrielle du Québec (CRIQ), ConocoPhillips, DomesticSoft, Dupont, Eastman Kodak, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Fermilab (US Government), GE Fanuc Automation, GE Industrial, GE Lighting, Hermes SoftLab GmbH, Honeywell, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Monarch Instrument, Munger Company, NASA, National Grid USA, Northern Power Systems, Rolls Royce, Research Systems Inc (RSI), Rockwell Automation, Siemens AG, Standard Automation, VAI Industries (UK).

 

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