Historian & Logging Software

One of the common uses for TOP Server is with Historian & Logging software packages to provide  access to process and production data.  Having multiple Historian or Logging software products in a single facility is quite common, and system integrators often must be skilled in multiple products.  Therefore, it is important the communications software you choose work with as many software applications as possible.

TOP Server meets this requirement because it supports the OPC Data Access (DA) standard versions 1, 2, and 3 as well as OPC Unified Architecture  (UA - DA Profile), OPC Alarms & Events and OPC .NET 3.0 / XI (DA & AE Profiles). In addition to the OPC Data Access standards, TOP Server provides these Historian specific and other interfaces, insuring you’ll have a way to connect to TOP Server.

• DDE
• AdvancedDDE
• FastDDE
• Suitelink
• iFix PDB/NIO

If your Historian or Logging package is one of the large number that support OPC Data Access (DA) as a client then you’ll be able to connect to TOP Server.   Our OPC Certifications and OPC Interoperability testing, combined with our flexible OPC settings insure that TOP Server works well with your software.

Here is a partial list of the Historian and Logging products that we know our clients are using with TOP Server.   You can also review the list of products we have tested with at OPC Interoperability Workshops.  Remember, if your application is an OPC Data Access (DA) client, OPC UA (DA Profile) client or OPC XI (DA or AE Profile) client, it can connect to TOP Server.