OPC Foundation Launches Certification Program for OPC UA FX Controllers

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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – Nov. 12, 2024 – The OPC Basis, a worldwide group devoted to constructing industrial interoperability to change standardized info from the sensor to the cloud, is proud to announce the addition of OPC UA FX (Discipline eXchange) capabilities to its certification program. This marks a big milestone in supporting producers, system integrators and end-users in deploying totally interoperable and standardized automation techniques for Controller-to-Controller (C2C) communication that improve connectivity, streamline processes and scale back the price of integration.
 
With this the OPC UA Certification Program gives a proper testing and certification course of for controllers that implement the OPC UA FX specification collection (OPC 10000-80, OPC 10000-81, OPC 10000-82, OPC 10000-83 and OPC 10000-84). This system is predicated on the OPC UA Compliance Take a look at Device (UACTT) that has been prolonged to incorporate now greater than 350 take a look at scripts for testing the OPC UA FX performance along with the present take a look at capabilities for OPC UA and for the Companion Specs.
 
By this validation program, collaborating distributors can certify their controllers as compliant with the OPC UA FX requirements, offering confidence to end-users that their units will function seamlessly with different OPC UA FX-compliant techniques. The validation course of consists of rigorous testing procedures to make sure that controllers meet the OPC Basis’s strict necessities for efficiency, reliability and interoperability.
 
Alexander Allmendinger, Take a look at Lab Supervisor of the European Certification Take a look at Lab, defined “Distributors utilizing the UACTT throughout their growth course of can confidently put together their OPC UA FX controllers for certification by the OPC Basis’s take a look at laboratories. After that, they’ll deliver their merchandise to market, guaranteeing easy integration and excessive buyer satisfaction concerning interoperability.”
 
Stefan Hoppe, President and CEO of the OPC Basis, emphasised the significance of this essential milestone: “Including OPC UA FX Controller testing to our Certification Program is a landmark growth for the OPC Basis and the business as an entire. By certifying controllers that meet the OPC UA FX requirements, we’re setting a brand new benchmark for interoperability and enabling a extra linked, built-in and environment friendly automation panorama for horizontal communication on the shopfloor. This program is a testomony to our dedication to open requirements that empower end-users and strengthen the worldwide industrial automation ecosystem.”

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Concerning the OPC Basis

The OPC Basis has been selling the event and adoption of the OPC info change customary since 1996. As an advocate and steward of those specs, the OPC Basis’s mission is to assist distributors, finish customers and software program builders obtain interoperability of their manufacturing and automation sources. The OPC Basis’s mission is to offer one of the best specs, applied sciences, processes and certification to make sure interoperability between totally different distributors and totally different platforms securely and reliably from embedded techniques to the enterprise cloud. The Basis helps over 1000 members from all over the world in industrial automation, IT, IoT, IIoT, M2M, Trade 4.0, constructing automation, machine instruments, prescription drugs, petrochemical, and good vitality in reaching this purpose.