In 2009, the OPC Foundation released its next generation interoperability standard, named OPC UA (Unified Architecture). This technology delivers the latest capabilities in Automation Data Transfer and addresses the need for highly secure, cross platform communications , the transmission of Information = Data + Context, and unifies the earlier specifications of OPC into one interface for all forms of information, Data Access, Alarms and Events and Historic Data Access.

Features and Benefits of OPC UA

Initially started in 2004, by the OPC Foundation and a group of its members (including Software Toolbox), OPC UA was developed to address the current and future needs for information transfer in the automation world.

• Deliver a technology portable to a wide range of operating systems and technology platforms
• Adopting a security standard familiar to IT professionals
• Enable communications in the broadest possible scenarios – not just between computers in an automation facility, but across the Internet, even in business to business scenarios
• Firewall friendly and easy to manage

OPC Independent Lab Certification

At the highest level, because TOP Server is powered by Kepware’s technology, and Kepware has taken it’s OPC Server products to the OPC Foundation’s Independent Test Lab, TOP Server V5.7 has been awarded the prestigious OPC Independent Test Lab Certification for the OPC UA interface.