OPC Optimizer

Do you want more performance out of your system?

Your OPC server can only process a limited number of OPC groups?

OPC communication uses too much CPU power?

The OPC Optimizer minimizes the communication load on your OPC server and maximizes the overall OPC performance of your system.

Optimizes access of multiple OPC clients to one OPC server
Combines the OPC queries of multiple OPC clients
Reduces overall OPC data traffic
Relieves the CPU of your computer

Functions

Optimizes access of multiple OPC clients to a single OPC server
Massively reduces the communication load on the OPC server
Boosts the performance of OPC communication relationships
No programming required
Supports OPC DA 1.0a, 2.0, 3.0, XML-DA 1.0
Can run as an application or as a Windows service
Comes with its own Web server diagnostic interface

System requirements

Windows NT 4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista

Included in package

CD-ROM
Printed "Getting Started" manual
Online help in German and English

Part no.

OPC-EC-BCL
Basic license for OPC Storage, Bridge, Optimizer, Tunnel, Concentrator, Filter, Collector and OPCtoDataBase

Downloads (free demo software, drivers etc.)

Other links

License Manager

Accessories

Engineering Days

Possible applications:

The OPC Optimizer allows multiple OPC clients to access an OPC server in a way that minimizes the workload on the server. According to the definition and functionality of Data Access, every OPC client communicating with the DA server creates groups and items on the DA server. The simultaneous management of numerous groups and the processing of multiple read requests to often identical OPC items leads to a high communication load on the OPC server.

The OPC Optimizer optimizes read and write access to the items of an OPC server. Read access to identical OPC items with different update rates are combined, and data acquisition from the peripherals by the OPC server is bundled using intelligent algorithms.

The configuration settings offer additional possibilities for optimization. Users can specify, for example

that the OPC server should only re-read data of a certain age from the device; and
that the update cycles are determined independently of the OPC clients.