New features include: an OPC-A&E Server — delivering event log data today, but setting the stage for full Alarm and Event Data in the coming months; New Drivers for Automation Direct — Productivity 3000 Protocol and Mettler Toledo — Continuous Output Protocol; and the Custom Interface Driver solution that enables developers to leverage KEPServerEX and KEPServer OEM branded versions, client connectivity (essentially leveraging KEPServer as an OPC Server and Native Interface toolkit, without needing to learn the intricacies of OPC Servers, Native Interfaces or custom toolkits).
“We introduced our KEPServerEX version 5 product in July of this year,” explained Tony Paine, Executive VP and CTO of Kepware Technologies. “Version 5.1 is an extension of that product with new features and enhancements. Major features include the OPC-A&E interface and our Custom Interface Driver (CID). The CID has attracted several early adopters, enabling us to test our functionality early on, and release this new feature proven with, and leveraged by respected third parties.”
In addition to these new features, this release delivers enhancements to the following drivers: GE Ethernet Global Data, GE SRTP, GE SNP, GE SNPX, GE Focas 1, Mitsubishi Ethernet, Modbus ASCII, Modbus Ethernet, Modbus Plus, Modbus RTU, Modbus RTU Unsolicited, Siemens S7 MPI, Siemens S5 (3964R Protocol), SIMATIC 505 Ethernet, SIMATIC 505 Serial, Industrial SNMP, Triconex Ethernet, User Configurable (UCON), and Yokogawa DX Ethernet.
“Software Toolbox is an early CID adopter. We will be working with Systems Integrators and OEM’s to support Kepware’s CID interface. Developers will benefit greatly from Kepware’s proven OPC interfaces and relationships with automation vendors. The CID interface makes the integration of existing driver code and specialized applications with automation client products possible like never before, through the use of very simple interfaces to Kepware’s already proven technology. We look forward to building on our past success with Kepware’s technology by supporting the CID capabilities for both KEPServerEX and our Top Server branded version,” says John Weber, President of Software Toolbox.
KEPServerEX is the world’s most popular OPC Server solution for automation. This release delivers significant new functionality and a variety of enhancements geared to open new opportunities as well as deliver enhanced value to existing customers and OEMs. New features include: an OPC-A&E Server — delivering event log data today, but setting the stage for full Alarm and Event Data in the coming months; New Drivers for Automation Direct — Productivity 3000 Protocol and Mettler Toledo — Continuous Output Protocol; and the Custom Interface Driver solution that enables developers to leverage KEPServerEX and KEPServer OEM branded versions, client connectivity (essentially leveraging KEPServer as an OPC Server and Native Interface toolkit, without needing to learn the intricacies of OPC Servers, Native Interfaces or custom toolkits).
