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Industrial Automation OPC Servers

The document discusses National Instruments' Industrial Automation OPC Servers which provide an OPC interface to connect applications like LabVIEW and Measurement Studio to industrial devices from various manufacturers. The servers support many protocols to interface with PLCs and industrial networks. They reduce development time by handling the low-level communication instead of requiring programmers to implement it. National Instruments software includes built-in OPC clients to easily connect to these and other OPC servers to access device data.

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Industrial Automation OPC Servers

The document discusses National Instruments' Industrial Automation OPC Servers which provide an OPC interface to connect applications like LabVIEW and Measurement Studio to industrial devices from various manufacturers. The servers support many protocols to interface with PLCs and industrial networks. They reduce development time by handling the low-level communication instead of requiring programmers to implement it. National Instruments software includes built-in OPC clients to easily connect to these and other OPC servers to access device data.

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Industrial Automation OPC Servers

Industrial Automation OPC Servers


Industrial Automation OPC Servers
• Works with National Instruments
LabVIEW, Lookout, and
Measurement Studio
• Interface for PLCs and
industrial networks:
- Advantech, Allen Bradley, Applicom
- DeviceNet, Siemens, GE Fanuc
- Koyo, Mitsubishi, Modbus
- Omron, Optomux, Profibus

Overview have to spend time programming the low-level communication


National Instruments has a large number of servers and drivers for interface to industrial automation devices.
interfacing applications to industrial devices such as
programmable logic controllers (PLCs). These drivers are available Direct Connectivity with National Instruments
on the Industrial Automation OPC Servers CD, as well as in all OPC Clients
NI Lookout development systems. National Instruments Lookout and LabVIEW, with the LabVIEW
Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module, both provide built-in
Industry-Standard OPC Interface OPC clients capable of communicating with any OPC server on the

Measurement and Automation Software


The National Instruments Industrial Automation OPC Servers market. To access an OPC server in LabVIEW or Measurement
provide industry-standard software connectivity to a wide variety Studio, you can use National Instruments DataSocket, a technology
of industrial automation devices and industrial networks for for sharing measurement and process data, to browse and connect to
Lookout, NI LabVIEW, and NI Measurement Studio. The CD any OPC server on local or networked machines. DataSocket
includes an OPC server interface that works seamlessly with provides a simple API for integrating our industrial automation
National Instruments LabVIEW and Measurement Studio servers with LabVIEW, Measurement Studio, and other
software and a wide variety of other software compatible with programming environments such as Microsoft Visual Basic,
ActiveX, such as Microsoft Excel with Visual Basic for Visual C++, or any other ActiveX control container.
Applications (VBA), Visual Basic, and Visual C++. The configuration interface also provides a convenient way to
An important function of any industrial automation system is test device communications. National Instruments Industrial
integrating real-time manufacturing information from factory- Automation OPC Servers work with a wide variety of factory-floor
floor devices together with the HMI/SCADA system. In an ideal devices and protocols. For the current list of servers and protocols,
world, every device and software component would have an please call National Instruments or visit ni.com/opc
identical interface and speak the same language – true Plug and
Play connectivity. In reality, hundreds of devices and systems
exist in a typical plant or factory, each with its own unique Ordering Information
hardware interface and communication protocol. The Industrial Industrial Automation OPC Servers
Automation OPC Servers provide an OPC interface, a CD ........................................................................777616-01
consistent, industry-standard method for accessing real-time Run-Time License ................................................777616-02
data from all servers provided. The Industrial Automation OPC Servers CD is included with the NI Developer Suite Control
Editions or you can purchase it separately for NI LabVIEW and Measurement Studio.
Our Industrial Automation OPC Servers dramatically reduce
system development and integration costs because you do not

National Instruments • Tel: (800) 433-3488 • Fax: (512) 683-9300 • [email protected] • ni.com 141

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