eWON® Flexy becomes OPC UA ready
Published on : Tuesday 30-11--0001
Boosted by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), OPC-UA has become a leading technology and a recognised standard in the industrial world. HMS has now implemented support for both OPC UA Server and Client into the market-leading eWON Flexy IIoT Gateway. With the new OPC UA functionality added inside Flexy IIoT Gateway, users are offered an easy and secure way to leverage data from industrial equipment in their IT systems and IIoT applications for better business decisions.
OPC UA Client – efficient data collection from Industrial devices
There is a clear trend among PLC and HMI manufacturers to incorporate an OPC UA Server into their devices. Thanks to the new easy-to-configure OPC UA client in the eWON Flexy IIoT Gateway and its full protocol support, automation engineers can now collect data from devices and machines installed inside their plant in an easy and secure way, at the same time as they benefit from reduced configuration time and cost.
OPC UA Server – secure bridging of industrial data to IT
Thanks to its new OPC UA server, the same eWON Flexy IIoT Gateway also bridges the plant data to IT-systems, such as SCADA, MES, ERP and other local enterprise systems, where OPC UA is widely deployed as a standard protocol. Inside the Flexy IIoT Gateway, the user simply selects the desired group of tags/parameters to be published in the Flexy OPC UA server, after which this data can be retrieved from any OPC UA client, such as Ignition, Kepware, etc.
Security first in eWON Flexy
Security remains the most important objective for eWON products and the OPC UA Client and Server implementation inside the eWON Flexy IIoT Gateway is no exception. The security standards of OPC UA have been fully implemented, providing the highest levels of authentication and encryption. Automation Engineers and IT departments can now securely move information from their machines to their factory enterprise systems, through a secure OPC UA channel which guarantees full data confidentiality and integrity.
HMS Industrial Networks is a market-leading independent supplier of products for Industrial Communication including remote management. HMS develops and manufactures solutions for connecting automation devices and systems to Industrial Networks under Anybus, IXXAT and eWON product brands. Development and manufacturing take place at the headquarters in Halmstad – Sweden, in Nivelles – Belgium and in Ravensburg – Germany. Local sales and support are handled by branch offices in China, Switzerland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, UK, and USA.
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