IoT data exchange
Controllers with OPC UA server
Baumüller has implemented the areas of data access, security and methods within the standardized OPC UA interface and provides an OPC UA server for its controllers with the ProDataX software tool.
The drive and automation specialist Baumüller relies on OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture) as an interface for the transfer of data between different participants, such as visualization or edge controllers, and has developed the ProDataX software tool for communication via the control technology to the drive level.
OPC UA serves as a common data exchange standard for secure, reliable, manufacturer- and platform-independent communication in IoT, M2M and Industry 4.0 environments. For communication between components from different manufacturers via OPC UA to work, every device involved in the communication must adhere to the current specifications of the OPC Foundation.
Baumüller has now implemented the three most important parts of the OPC UA Foundation's extensive catalog of specifications for its applications:
- DA (Data Access) for access to machine data and parameters
- Security via certificates to ensure that only authorized participants have access to the OPC UA server
- The oscilloscope function of Baumüller devices, for example, can also be used by other providers via OPC UA methods
The basic idea of OPC UA is that all hardware manufacturers involved in a system provide an OPC UA server for their components connected to the communication. Baumüller offers the ProDataX software tool for this purpose.
ProDataX provides an OPC UA server interface that can be run both on Baumüller control hardware and on standard PCs with a Windows operating system. ProDataX can be configured via the Baumüller programming/operating tools ProMaster and ProDrive.
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