Kepware Software Products for OPC Communications
KEPServerEX - Maximize the Promise of OPC with a single OPC server interface for multiple protocols. Kepware's KEPServerEX is the leading OPC Server providing unsurpassed industrial connectivity with over 100 downloadable device drivers that support several hundred model types. KEPServerEX is the latest generation of Kepware's OPC server technology. It was designed to allow you to quickly setup communications to your control systems via a wide range of available "plug-in" device drivers and components. With over 100 drivers that support hundreds of model types, getting data to your client is easy. The KEPServerEX also provides a common and self-evident user interface across all drivers which provides consistent access from your OPC client application every time you use the product no matter what driver you use. You can add many devices utilizing multiple drivers all within the KEPServerEX interface without worrying about learning new communication protocols or spending time understanding new applications. Application Connectivity: KEPServerEX is continually enhanced to provide the widest range of connectivity of any server product available. KEPServerEX supports the following client server technologies: OPC Data Access: 1.0a, 2.0, 2.05a, 3.0 DDE Formats: CF_Text, AdvancedDDE Other Formats: FastDDE & Suitelink for Wonderware PDB Interface for iFIX It is very common to hear the term "client/server application" in use across many software disciplines and business segments. In the industrial market, it has often come to mean the sharing of manufacturing or production data between a variety of client applications ranging from human machine interface software and data historians, to large MES and ERP applications. In order for client applications to get data, they must connect to a server that will retrieve it for them in a standard form. The problem is that there are many devices and systems in the industrial market that you might want to get data from, but each may speak a different "language" or protocol. It is here that Kepware's KEPServerEX comes into play. The KEPServerEX's job is to get device and system data and translate it into a standard communication protocol (OPC or DDE) that all clients can receive and understand. Plug-in Device Driver Connectivity: KEPServerEX supports serial and Ethernet connectivity to the widest range of industrial control systems including: Allen Bradley, AutomationDirect, BACnet, GE, Honeywell, Mitsubishi, Modicon, Omron, Siemens, Texas Instruments, Yokogawa and man more…    List of PLC Drivers		Single Server Interface: Multiple drivers can be "plugged in" to one application which centralizes communications and greatly reduces user learning curves.
Server Features: Application Connectivity Runs as an NT Service Online Full-time OPC Diagnostics _System Tags OPC Compliancy Network Interface Selection Data Scaling Plug-in Device Driver Features: List of PLC Drivers Automatic Tag Database Generation Ethernet Encapsulation Automatic Device Demotion Device / Channel Diagnostics Diagnostic Tags Modem Support CSV Import / Export of Tags
LinkMaster LinkMaster has the capabilities of both a "server" and a "client" application, allowing it to access, collect, organize, and link data from multiple OPC servers. Additionally, LinkMaster is an OPC and DDE server allowing it to act as a bridge between legacy DDE systems and new OPC enabled applications. The principal goal of LinkMaster is to allow you to easily link data from multiple data sources thus providing you with a simple means of integrating systems from multiple vendors into a single operational solution. Using simple drag and drop configuration, LinkMaster projects can be quickly constructed that allow you to move thousands of key process values between any OPC servers you choose to connect with. LinkMaster is a fast and robust Windows application that requires no programming knowledge, simply "Drag and Drop" to create your links. Built-in scaling, user-access manager, error tracking, and write optimization capabilities, provide total control of your data flow and application access. Link Groups are used to form collections of OPC items that will be moved between OPC servers at a specified rate. Using multiple Link Groups, LinkMaster allows you to control how fast data is transferred from one OPC server to another. By using Link Groups with different update rates you can tailor your data transfers to fit the needs of the application. While one item may need to be sent at high speed, other items in the application may need slower update rates. Link Group gives you that control. The benefit is reduced network traffic and increased reliability. As an OPC/DDE server, LinkMaster allows all of the operational conditions of your project to be monitored from any OPC or DDE client application. By default this feature allows for automatic conversion of OPC data to DDE, and also allows your OPC or DDE application to control all of the operations of your LinkMaster project.
Other Products:  Other key Kepware products include: Client Ace provides simple-to-use tools for developers wanting to build an OPC client application. iSNMP Suite provides operators with a real time view of the health of their Ethernet network devices, the overall Ethernet network traffic volume and overall Ethernet network status from within their OPC client software environment. Redundancy Master increases the reliability and availability of OPC data by allowing multiple OPC Servers to be configured into redundant pairs. U-CON Protocol Server enables you to quickly and easily develop communications drivers for nearly any serial device or Ethernet device.
About Kepware Kepware is the world leader in communication software for automation and offers unique experience in both OPC and embedded device communications. Since its beginning in 1995, Kepware has focused on the development of communication drivers to automation controllers, I/O and field devices. Operating system support includes; Microsoft Windows Desktop, Server and Embedded (Windows CE and Windows NT/XP Embedded). Today, with over 100 communication protocols, and through the efforts of our direct sales, distribution and embedded partners, Kepware is the leading provider of communications with annual shipments exceeding 100,000 units.
Kepware's unique driver architecture combined with industry and third party vendor standards ensure Kepware's ability to deliver state of the art and ideal fit solutions for industry leading automation suppliers. Kepware genuine OPC software products are known worldwide for quality, reliability and ease of use. Our mission is to become the de facto standard for third party connectivity. For more details on our core competencies follow this link Kepware Product Initiatives.
Kepware's responsiveness to customer needs and strong partnerships with other leading automation suppliers ensure that your next application will be a success. Ask around and you'll hear why automation professionals everywhere consider Kepware Technologies "Automation's Best Friend".