go back- Publish date: 06/15/2022
- Product release date: 05/14/2022
- Product Version: 1.1
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EdgeXConnect - Configurable No-Code OPC UA Server
EdgeXConnectTM (EdgeX) is a configurable No-Code OPC UA Server that helps technology vendors and users quickly expose edge device data (PLC, DCS, Sensors, Equipment, Instruments, etc.) to other systems (SCADA, HMI, Historians and Analytics).
EdgeXConnect simplifies the deployment of the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) interoperability specification, supports existing industry information models (Companion Specifications), providing users a totally configurable, flexible and easily maintained solution that control engineers can deploy quickly, lowering cost of deployment and ongoing maintenance.
Who can use EdgeXConnect?
- Equipment OEMs who need to support popular industry standards (OPC UA, ISA-95, Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF), etc.) and the dozens of OPC UA Domain Specific Information Models / Companion Specifications.
- End Users/System Integrators who need a ready-to-deploy OPC UA Server to interface and extract information from factory floor edge devices for their analytical systems, SCADA, HMI, Historians, Data Warehouses, etc.
Who can benefit from EdgeXConnect?
- Organizations that do not have the time, resources or budget to develop an OPC UA Server.
- Organizations that need to deploy (not develop) an OPC UA Server quickly.
- Organizations that are not equipped to develop, enhance, maintain or support an OPC UA Server long-term.
- Organizations that do not have a core competence in communications software.
Value & Benefits
- Pre-Build 100% Configurable OPC UA Server – Ready to Deploy.
- Download, install, configure and run in less than 1 hour.
- Reduce time and cost of deploying OPC UA.
Key Features
- Expose Edge Device data through configuration – no software development required.
- Import and modify existing OPC UA Information Models, i.e. Companion Specifications, or create new ones.
- Configure the bindings between the OPC UA Information Model and the Edge Device data points
- Library of Plug-In Adapters for common Edge Device protocols, e.g. Modbus, or create new ones.
- Runs on Windows or Linux (ARM, X86)
EdgeXConnect Components
- EdgeXConnect – Studio
- Create or import and modify existing OPC UA Information Models
- Define Edge Devices and link the OPC UA Information to Device I/O
- Runs on Windows or Linux
- EdgeXConnect – Server
- Ingest OPC UA Information Models and Edge Device Binding
- Run on Windows or Linux (ARM, X86)
- Supports one or more Edge Device Protocols through plug-in Adapters
- EdgeXConnect – Adapter
- OPC UA
- OPC Classic
- Modbus RTU / TCP
- EdgeXConnect Adapter SDK
- Used by Developers to create new plug-in Adapters
Product details
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Supported Profiles and Facets
Application Profiles:
UACore 1.04
- Standard 2017 UA Server Profile
Additional Facets:
UACore 1.04
- Authorization Service Server Facet
- Core 2017 Server Facet
- Data Access Server Facet
- Method Server Facet
- Node Management Server Facet
- TransportSecurity – TLS 1.2
- UA-TCP UA-SC UA-Binary
Security Policies:
UACore 1.04
- SecurityPolicy [B] – Basic256Sha256
- SecurityPolicy – Basic128Rsa15
- SecurityPolicy – Basic256
- SecurityPolicy – None
User Tokens:
UACore 1.04
- User Token – Anonymous Facet
- User Token – Anonymous Server Facet
- User Token – User Name Password Server Facet
- User Token – X509 Certificate Server Facet
Information Models
- ADI 1.01
- AMB AMB 1.x
- AutoID 1.01
- AutomationML 1.00
- CAS 1.00
- CLPA 1.00
- CommercialKitchenDevices 1.00
- DEXPI 1.00
- DI 1.03
- EoAT 1.00
- FDI 1.02
- FDT 1.00
- Glass-Industry 1.00
- I4AAS 1.00
- IA-GM 1.0x
- IOLink 1.00
- ISA95 2.00
- Machinery 1.01
- MachineVision 1.00
- MDIS 1.x
- MTConnect Devices 2.00
- OpenSCS 1.02
- PackML 1.01
- PADIM 1.00
- PlasticsRubber Extrusion-Calender 1.00
- Pumps 1.00
- Robotics 1.00
- Scales 1.00
- TMC 1.00
- UA4MT 1.00
- Weihenstephan 1.00
- Woodworking 1.00