Powerful and convenient data access with Softing OPC servers

OPC Servers from Softing are easy to commission and convenient to configure, and they offer a high level of performance. They enable quick and easy access to data on field devices, controls and other automation components.

The use of Softing OPC servers offers considerable advantages:

• Reliability and security due to full OPC compliance ensured by OPC compliance tests and the participation in interoperability workshops of the OPC Foundation.
• Significantly faster and cost-efficient installation and commissioning; automatic scanning of the network and detection of communication participants.
• Highest level of user comfort and best-in-class performance, e.g. S7/S5 OPC Server.

• Any OPC client application can access data on one or more servers.
• Supports all OPC client-enabled software incl. Citect, GE Cimplicity, GE Fanuc iFix, Iconics Genesis, Rockwell RSView, Siemens WinCC, Wonderware InTouch.
• Encapsulation of server- and communication-specific properties.
• Installation and automatic registration in just one minute.
• Security through continual connection monitoring.
• Automatic network scanning and detection of communication participants.
• Import/export of configuration data from/to XML files and/or Excel.
• Web-based diagnosis and mini-visualization through integrated Web server.
• Includes integrated server-side OPC Tunnel and OPC Optimizer to avoid DCOM and optimize performance.
• Complete OPC client and OPC ActiveX controls with Excel, HTML and Visual Basic examples included in package.

• OPC technical articles