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When you hear the term "OPC client", you may initially think of off-the-shelf HMI or SCADA applications. However, it's common in enterprises across most industries for there to be other custom ...
As we discussed in Part 1 of our OPC Router Basic Training series, it is quite common for process industry projects to require logging of industrial process data to a database such as Microsoft SQL. ...
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Logging industrial process data to a database such as Microsoft SQL is a common requirement of many projects across industries. One of the key applications for storing industrial process data is ...
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Standards-based industrial device connectivity such as OPC has become the norm over the last 20 years. What used to be achieved by individual HMI/SCADA vendors with their own native drivers can now ...
If you're unfamiliar with Modular Procedural Automation (MPA), it helps automate start-up, shutdown and other data-driven procedures in a process, increasing efficiency, optimizing production, and ...
If you're unfamiliar with state based control, it's a process automation design that essentially defines that all process facilities should operate in a recognized, definable state with previously ...
For many industries, where having access to process data is critical, it's common to implement redundancy on many levels to ensure there is no disruption to data collection. While there are different ...
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Recently we worked with an aluminum smelter operation that has doubled in size since it first opened and has made a significant positive impact on the local economy by supplying aluminum to local ...