Lab Certified for Reliable OPC UA Client & Server Interoperability

Standards-based connectivity for OPC UA (Data Access Profile) client applications

TOP Server supports the Data Access profile of the OPC Unified Architecture standard as an OPC UA Server and OPC UA Client.  All TOP Servers natively include the OPC UA Server interface at no added cost. Enable the interface and you're ready for any OPC UA Client to connect to TOP Server.

TOP Server also supports the OPC Classic interfaces for DA, AE (when using the OPC Alarms & Events plug-in) and HDA (when using the Local Historian plug-in), as well as OPC .NET 3.0 / Xi, and Native interfaces and will continue to do so into the foreseeable future.

For details on how the OPC UA Server interface is configured, click here. The TOP Server UA interface was tested and certified by the OPC Foundation test lab.

The birth of secure OPC without DCOM

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. And all of this is accomplished with no reliance on DCOM for remote connection security.

Enhanced performance, reliability, diagnostics capabilities and future compatibility with additional OPC UA profiles ensure the TOP Server OPC UA interface is ready for the future as OPC UA adoption continues to increase in the automation world.

Independent OPC lab testing and certification to ensure compatibility and performance

At the highest level, because TOP Server is powered by Kepware technology, and Kepware has taken its OPC Server products to the OPC Foundation’s Independent Test Lab, TOP Server maintains a current OPC Independent Test Lab Certification for the OPC UA interface for both the OPC UA server interface and OPC UA Client driver.

A comprehensive barrage of testing against the OPC UA standard insures that TOP Server is compatible with other OPC UA compliant clients and servers.