OPC Unified Architecture

New Gigabit Ethernet Switch with AVB/TSN and Integrated PHYs for Industrial Automation

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Integrated circuit, Ethernet, Hertz, OPC Unified Architecture, MCHP, PROFINET, PHY, Operational technology, Time-Sensitive Networking, RTE, Physics, Microchip Technology, Audio Video Bridging, KX, AVB/TSN, TSN, Automation, Mobile phone, Video game

To provide automation manufacturers with a comprehensive networking solution, Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) today announces the LAN9662 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with four ports, Audio-Video Bridging and Time Sensitive Network (AVB/TSN), two integrated 10/100/1000BASE-T PHYs and a 600 MHz Arm® Cortex®-A7 CPU subsystem.

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  • To provide automation manufacturers with a comprehensive networking solution, Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) today announces the LAN9662 Gigabit Ethernet Switch with four ports, Audio-Video Bridging and Time Sensitive Network (AVB/TSN), two integrated 10/100/1000BASE-T PHYs and a 600 MHz Arm® Cortex®-A7 CPU subsystem.
  • To support industrial Ethernet applications, the LAN9662 features a Real-Time Engine (RTE) that provides the ability to modify the Ethernet frame in flight, enabling faster cyclical data rates and low latency.
  • The LAN9662 is compliant with key industry standards such as the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC/UA) and PROFINET software stack, offering deterministic communication capabilities necessary for industrial networking applications.
  • Its products significantly reduce the complexity and overhead of deploying Ethernet across a variety of industrial applications.

IOTech Announces Edge Connect to Simplify the Collection and Management of Industrial Data

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Internet, IOT (Internet of Things), Data Management, Technology, Software, Modbus, JSON, OPC, MQTT, SCADA, Original equipment manufacturer, EtherCAT, OPC UA, Internet in South Africa, Organization, OPC Unified Architecture, UA, Acquisition, CPU, Memory, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Schneider Electric, Linux, Data, Micro ISV, BACnet, Steel, Video game

IOTech , the leader in open edge computing , announced the general availability of Edge Connect , a powerful new solution for acquiring large amounts of data in complex multi-protocol industrial environments.

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  • IOTech , the leader in open edge computing , announced the general availability of Edge Connect , a powerful new solution for acquiring large amounts of data in complex multi-protocol industrial environments.
  • Edge Connect streamlines this process so organizations can rapidly deploy new use cases at the edge.
  • Edge Connect was developed in collaboration with some of the world’s leading industrial solution providers including Schneider Electric, Johnson Controls, Fluence Energy and King Steel.
  • Edge Connect delivers an Industry 4.0 data connectivity solution that enables real-time data acquisition, data storage, data visualization and analytics for our award-winning NexCell® Injection Moulding Machines,” said Jim Chen, General Manager of King Steel.

Paessler AG appoints Manuela Roth as Global Channel & Key Account Manager

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Thursday, March 23, 2023
OT, Workforce, Industrial internet of things, OPC Unified Architecture, Internet of things, Architecture, PRTG, RS Group, RS, Growth, Insight, Retail, Bechtle, Paessler PRTG

CHICAGO, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Paessler AG, best known for the monitoring software Paessler PRTG, is proud to announce that Manuela Roth has been appointed as its new Global Channel & Key Account Manager.

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  • CHICAGO, March 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Paessler AG , best known for the monitoring software Paessler PRTG , is proud to announce that Manuela Roth has been appointed as its new Global Channel & Key Account Manager.
  • With over 20 years of experience in key account management, business development, and global channel management, Manuela Roth will play a vital role in the growth of Paessler's channel business for Paessler PRTG, including special IIoT solutions for industrial environments expected in 2023.
  • Roth brings experience in international management roles for different global channel organizations like RS Group, Bechtle, and Insight and has a proven track record in managing large international partners.
  • Her expertise and experience will be instrumental in helping Paessler reach new heights and expand its channel and international large account business.

OTORIO Releases Microsoft DCOM Hardening Toolkit for OT Systems

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
PLC, DA, Microsoft, OPC Unified Architecture, Software, OPC UA, OPC Data Access, Environment, OT, SCADA, DCOM, Organization, DCS, OPC, Safe, Acquisition, Communication, OPC DA, TEL, Video game, Cryptocurrency, GitHub

TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OTORIO, the leading provider of operational technology (OT) cyber and digital risk management solutions, today launched an open source Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) Hardening Toolkit to protect OT systems against potential issues related to an upcoming Microsoft patch. The standalone open source toolkit can be accessed by all organizations to detect and supply temporary workarounds for weak DCOM authentication applications. OTORIO RAM2 users also automatically have access to a new alert in the Safe Active Query that allows detection across the entire network.

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  • TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- OTORIO , the leading provider of operational technology (OT) cyber and digital risk management solutions, today launched an open source Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) Hardening Toolkit to protect OT systems against potential issues related to an upcoming Microsoft patch .
  • The standalone open source toolkit can be accessed by all organizations to detect and supply temporary workarounds for weak DCOM authentication applications.
  • In 2021, Microsoft acknowledged a critical vulnerability in its DCOM protocol and announced a hardening patch to strengthen the authentication between DCOM clients and servers.
  • OTORIO's DCOM Hardening Toolkit enables users to quickly discover whether their networks include unsecured DCOM that will be rendered inoperable by the new patch.

ZL Tech Advances Records Management Platform with DoD Classified Technology

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
GLOBE, Health, Organization of the National Archives and Records Administration, Risk management, Architecture, Certification, Department, Technology, OPC Unified Architecture, ZL, U.S. Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace, Global 2000, ZL Technologies, National archives, Record, Achievement, Confidentiality, Policy, Government, Program, NARA, United States Department of Defense, Law enforcement, Records management, Defense

MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZL Technologies, Inc. (ZL Tech), an information governance provider, has been certified by the US Department of Defense's rules for records management, or DoD 5015.02 as Classified.

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  • MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZL Technologies, Inc. (ZL Tech), an information governance provider, has been certified by the US Department of Defense's rules for records management, or DoD 5015.02 as Classified.
  • ZL Tech's Classified Certification will enable government bodies to identify, classify, remediate, manage and downgrade high impact records.
  • This makes ZL Tech one of a select group of software providers that can handle highly classified records for risk management.
  • With this achievement, ZL Tech software will help agencies store and manage significantly more sensitive records.

Object Management Group Unified Architecture Framework Specification Now ISO/IEC Standard

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Monday, August 15, 2022
NATO, Adoption, International standard, Industry, GLOBE, OPC Unified Architecture, United States Department of Defense, Object Management Group, Government, U.S. Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace, MOD, UAF, Magic, OMG, Maintenance, DMM, United States Secretary of the Air Force, ISO, Software, ISO/IEC, Organization, CATIA, Risk management

BOSTON, MA, Aug. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the international technology standards organization Object Management Group (OMG) announced that its Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) Parts 1 and 2 are now International Standards Organization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) standards.

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  • BOSTON, MA, Aug. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the international technology standards organization Object Management Group (OMG) announced that its Unified Architecture Framework (UAF) Parts 1 and 2 are now International Standards Organization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) standards.
  • Part 2 of the UAF specification: Unified Architecture Framework Profile (UAFP), is now the ISO/IEC 19540-2:2022 standard.
  • You can purchase the Domain Metamodel (DMM) ISO/IEC 19540-1:2022 standard and the Unified Architecture Framework Profile (UAFP) ISO/IEC 19540-2:2022 standard from the ISO website.
  • Note to editors: Object Management Group and OMG are registered trademarks of the Object Management Group.

MathWorks Introduces Release 2022a of MATLAB and Simulink

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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Software, Technology, Other Technology, Data Management, Committee on Transport, Industry, Communications, Energy, Science, and Technology, Acquisition, Roadrunner, Communication, Language, MathWorks, OPC Unified Architecture, Toolbox, Logic, Environment, SDR, Radar, Education, Research, DSP, Electronics, Data analysis, UA, Video game console, Mobile phone, Simulink, MATLAB, Bluetooth

MathWorks today introduced Release 2022a of the MATLAB and Simulink product families.

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  • MathWorks today introduced Release 2022a of the MATLAB and Simulink product families.
  • Release 2022a (R2022a) offers hundreds of new and updated features and functions in MATLAB and Simulink, along with five new products and 11 major updates.
  • Industrial Communication Toolbox provides access to live and historical industrial plant data directly from MATLAB and Simulink.
  • MATLAB and Simulink are registered trademarks of The MathWorks, Inc. See mathworks.com/trademarks for a list of additional trademarks.

Lattice Joins the OPC Foundation

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Thursday, March 10, 2022
Software, Networks, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Technology, Semiconductor, Mobile, Wireless, Cloud, NASDAQ, Safety, OPC Foundation, Industry, Twitter, Architecture, Business, OPC Unified Architecture, Name, Computing, Automation, Partnership, UA, Weibo, Lattice Semiconductor, Communication, Adoption, LSCC, Youku, Consumer, Securities Industry Automation Corporation, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Marketing, WeChat, Foundation, IOT, Technology, OPC, YouTube, Building automation, Industrial internet of things, Certification, LinkedIn, Sintering, Cryptocurrency, Facebook, Lattice, Automotive industry, the OPC Foundation, Lattice Semiconductor, THE OPC FOUNDATION, LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR

As a member of the foundation, Lattice will collaborate with other industry leaders to accelerate industrial automation applications and reinforce its support of the OPC Unified Architecture (UA) standard.

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  • As a member of the foundation, Lattice will collaborate with other industry leaders to accelerate industrial automation applications and reinforce its support of the OPC Unified Architecture (UA) standard.
  • Were excited to work alongside the OPC Foundation and other industrial automation leaders to help shape future factories with new and expanded versions of our industrial solutions, including the Lattice Automate solution stack.
  • "We are thrilled to have Lattice as our latest member of the OPC Foundation, said Stefan Hoppe, President and Executive Director of the OPC Foundation.
  • For more information about the Lattice technologies mentioned above, please visit:
    Since 1996, the OPC Foundation has facilitated the development and adoption of the OPC information exchange standards.

FieldCommGroup Provides Path for Process Automation Instrument Suppliers to EmbraceDigital Transformation with Release of HART-IP™ DeveloperKit

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Automation, Digital technology, Computing, Application programming interfaces, Control engineering, OPC Unified Architecture, Raspberry Pi

Based on the popular Raspberry PI (3B+) system and using GitHub repositories, the HART-IP Developer Kit provides a path for process instrumentation manufacturers to prototype and demonstrate high speed HART-IP instruments with minimal engineering effort.

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  • Based on the popular Raspberry PI (3B+) system and using GitHub repositories, the HART-IP Developer Kit provides a path for process instrumentation manufacturers to prototype and demonstrate high speed HART-IP instruments with minimal engineering effort.
  • Initially configured to work with power-over-ethernet (PoE)solutions,thedeveloper kit features a replaceable Ethernetmodule thatwill be upgraded to support 2-wire Ethernet-APLas components become available in the future.
  • Planned upgrades also includeincorporation ofFieldCommGroups OPC UA-centric Process Automation Device Information Model (PA-DIM), for interoperability with OPC UA based enterprise applications, as well as support for JSON and XML basedDeviceInfofiles for use with lightweightIIoTedge gateway solutions.
  • Members can purchase the kit for$995, while non-members can purchase it for $1495 directly from FieldComm Groups online store: go.fieldcommgroup.org/orderform .

Beeond releases UMX Pro, a graphical OPC UA Information Modeling Editor

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Computing, Digital technology, Automation, Application programming interfaces, Operating systems, OPC Unified Architecture, Server, Linux kernel

UMX Pro is a platform independent graphical information modeling editor that helps developers quickly and easily create information models for OPC UA Servers.

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  • UMX Pro is a platform independent graphical information modeling editor that helps developers quickly and easily create information models for OPC UA Servers.
  • An information model defines the address space for a Server, so Servers and Clients can easily share information.
  • UMX Pro, available for Windows, Linux and Mac, helps developers create, merge, and configure UA compliant Information Models resulting in a UA Node Set.
  • Defining an information model for a UA Server is one of the most powerful features for enabling information sharing between UA enabled systems to simplify integration, notes Stan Brubaker, President, of Beeond.