OPC Client and Server compliance

OPC is open connectivity via open standards  between different applications. The OPC technology is used to allow various automation devices connect to the PC to fill in the same need  the printer drivers did for  Windows. To view the summary of the current and emeriging OPC  Specifications and OPC Certification please go to the OPC Foundation website.  OPC is open connectivity in industrial automation and enterprise systems that support industry. The open industrial  connectivity is guaranteed for all products and sofware that are OPC specification compatible.  Interoperability is assured  through the creation and maintenance of open standard specifications. The OPC Foundation adapts and creates specificatoins that fill industry-speific needs for the industrial world based on fundamental standards an technology of the general computing market.   There are currently seven standards specifications completed or in development and OPC will continue to create new standards as needs arise and to adapt existing standards to utilize new technology

Progea is active member of OPC Foundation since 2002

Movicon is a OPC Foundation certified product and is fully compatible with the OPC standand according to the OPC Foundation specifications and requirements: 

OPC Certification Testing

"..The OPC Foundation has developed the OPC Certification Program to help OPC users reduce their systems integration costs when deploying OPC based systems. The OPC Certification Program provides a process where OPC vendors can verify the correct operation of their products with a series of tests developed by OPC Foundation. These tests determine what features of the OPC specifications that the product supports and verify that these features are implemented correctly. The OPC Certification Program also helps OPC users determine how committed a vendor is to supporting OPC since the process of obtaining certification requires time to conduct the tests and time to correct any issues raised by the tests. The OPC Certification program has two components: Compliance Testing and Interoperability Testing..."

 Compliance Testing (passed)

".. Compliance Testing is a process which verifies that an OPC product implements a specification properly by using a standard software test tool developed by the OPC Foundation. This test tool, called the Compliance Test Tool or CTT, is currently available for several specifications. Vendors can download the CTT from the OPC Foundation website and run the tests at their site. They then submit the encrypted file generated by the CTT to the OPC Foundation who displays the results in the OPC product catalogue.

OPC Users should look for OPC Server products that have passed the compliance tests for all specifications that the product supports. Compliance Testing is only available for OPC Server products at this time..."

 Interoperability Testing (passed)

"..Interoperability Testing is a process where OPC vendors attend an event hosted by the OPC Foundation and test their products with the products supplied by other OPC vendors. These events are called Interoperability (IOP) Workshops and occur three times a year (once in Europe, the US and Japan). The interoperability test process requires that OPC vendors run a series of standard tests for each combination of a OPC Client and an OPC Server product. The results of the these tests are collected and displayed in the product catalogue.

OPC Users should look for OPC Client and OPC Server products that have been tested with several products from other OPC vendors for each of the specifications that the products support..."