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Member News

Click here for the Current Member News Page. Last Updated: 6/1/2005 11:53:00 PM

Call for Participation: Automation Fair 2005 in Paris

June 1, 2005; : In 2003 OPC Foundation as a booth in Automation 2003. It was a great event with a big success for the OPC promotion in France.
This year, with the new Automation 2005 Fair, we continue promoting OPC Technology and interoperability in France.
The Automation 2005 fair is one of the place we choose to continue evangelise and to present OPC Solution in France. ... [Full Story]

Call for participation in the Unified Architecture Early Adopter Development Program

May 28, 2005; : We are actively soliciting volunteers for the development of OPC unified architecture components & specifications for the following programs:

1) OPC unified architecture wrapper development program;
2) OPC unified architecture certification and interoperability program;
3) OPC third-party compliance/certification programs.

The application form is available for download here. ... [Full Story]

Compliance Test Tools Updated

March 3, 2005; : New versions of the compliance test tools for DA 2.05a, DA 3.00, XMLDA 1.01 have been released. The common modules component has also been updated. Members may download the new modules here ... [Full Story]

XML-DA and HDA Compliance Test Tools Released

January 30, 2005; : The XML-DA and HDA Compliance Test Tools are now available for download to all OPC Foundation members. ... [Full Story]

XML-DA 1.01 Specification Released

December 21, 2004; : The XML-DA specification has been updated to address a number of issues that came up during the compliance test tool development and interoperability testing.

The specification can be found here. ... [Full Story]

OPC General Assembly 2004

October 22, 2004; Phoenix: The OPC Foundation General Assembly was held on October 21, 2004.

The powerpoint presented by the President, Thomas Burke, is available to members here. ... [Full Story]

OPC Foundation Announces Election of Board of Director Members

August 26, 2004; : In accordance with the bylaws, the OPC Foundation will elect three (3) members to the Board of Directors at the General Assembly Meeting in October to replace those whose two-year term will expire. OPC Foundation members can review the list of candidates and their biographies ... [Full Story]

OPC Member Marketing Advisory Council Formed

August 12, 2004; : The OPC Foundation has created an OPC Member Marketing Advisory Council that is targeted to address the Marketings Needs Of the OPC Members. Representatives from Europe, America's & Asia shall be defining the needs and execution strategy for the OPC Vendor & End-User Community.

Unified Architecture meeting September 14-16

August 10, 2004; Nuremberg, Germany: Simens and Ascolab will host the next UA Work Group Meeting in Nuremberg, Germany ... [Full Story]

Interoperability Workshop 2004 - Nuremberg

July 5, 2004; Nuremberg, Germany: The OPC Foundation will organize an OPC Interoperability Workshop in Europe.

This workshop will take place from Noon on Monday, September 20th, 2003 through Noon on Friday, September 24th in Nuremberg, Germany.

More information can be found here.

A new Service Release of the OPC Compliance Test Tool is now available for download

May 5, 2004; Website: A new Service Release of the OPC Compliance Test Tool is now available for download:

A new Service Release of the OPC Compliance Test Tool is now available for download

January 30, 2004; USA: The Service Release provides updates for all available test modules:

OPC General Assembly 2003 Results

October 24, 2003; : OPC Foundation General Assembly meeting was held in Houston in conjunction with the ISA show on October 22, 2003. Members can download the presentations... [Full Story]

General Assembly 2003 Meeting Logistics

October 22, 2003; Houston, TX, USA: The virtual/live OPC General Assembly meeting for members only will be held in conjunction with the ISA show in Houston... [Full Story]

Service Release 5 of the OPC Compliance Test Tool is now available for download

October 9, 2003; USA: The Final Release of the OPC Data Access 3.0 Compliance Test and the Service Release 5 of the OPC Compliance Test Tool are now available.

Request for meeting participation - Unified Architecture Working Group

October 9, 2003; Foxboro, MA: A very important meeting will take place to set the foundation for a future unified services based architecture ... [Full Story]

OPC Request for Proposals

September 23, 2003; USA: The OPC Foundation is seeking bids for the Implementation and Maintenance of Data eXchange Compliance Testing Software and the Implementation and Maintenance of XML DA Compliance Testing Software. Click here for more information.

Service Release 4 of the OPC Compliance Test Tool is now available for download

August 26, 2003; USA: The Service Release 4 provides updates for all components and the final Release Candidate for Data Access 3.0 Compliance Test. ... [Full Story]

XML-DA Sample Server installed on opcfoundation.org

August 20, 2003; USA: An XML-DA Client-only install is provided to connect to the Sample Server via the internet. ... [Full Story]

Call for Working Group Participants -- Alarms & Events

August 8, 2003; USA: The Alarms & Events Working Group is being revived to produce a major revision to the Alarms & Events Specification. ... [Full Story]

Eric Murphy of Matrikon appointed chairman of Historical Data Access Committee

April 8, 2003; : Eric has been instrumental in the on going HDA effort. His immediate task is to get the outstanding specification revisions completed and approved. Please consider helping Eric in this endeavor. ... [Full Story]

Service Release 3 of the OPC Compliance Test Tool is now available for download

July 24, 2003; USA: Service Release 3 provides a new modular setup concept and an update for the OPC Data Access 2.05a Compliance Test. ... [Full Story]

Call for Members to add Marketing Contacts

June 24, 2003; USA: The Members Updating Area now allows you to add multiple Marketing Contacts for your company. ... [Full Story]

Service Release 1 for the OPC Compliance Test V2.0 is now available for download

March 7, 2003; USA: The download includes fixes for problems found at the Feb 2003 interop workshop. Click here to download the tool. ... [Full Story]

New Data eXchange Client Working Group

March 5, 2003; USA: New Data eXchange Client Working Group is now forming. ... [Full Story]

Final Release for the OPC Compliance Test V2.0 is now available for download

February 13, 2003; USA: This Version provides test cases for the Data Access Specification 2.05A and Alarm & Events 1.1. ... [Full Story]

OPC Data Access 3.0 Custom Interface Release Candidate 1.5 available now to members

January 30, 2003; USA: Comments from the membership are due by February 12, 2003. Members Download Here ... [Full Story]

OPC Data Exchange Release Candidate 1.10 available now to members

January 30, 2003; USA: Comments from the membership are due by February 12, 2003. Members Download Here. ... [Full Story]

Service Release 1 of the Compliance Test Tool is now available

January 20, 2003; USA: Service Release 1 of the OPC Data Access Compliance Test Tool V1.1 is now available for from the Members Area Compliance page. This version provides test cases for the Data Access Specification 2.05A. ... [Full Story]

Release Candidate 4 of the Compliance Test Tool V2 is now available

October 22, 2002; USA: ... [Full Story]

OPC Data eXchange Presentation Posted

September 3, 2002; USA: Keynote by Thomas J. Burke: Plant Data eXchange Update given at the ARC Forum In Japan in July 2002 ... [Full Story]

OPC A&E Alarms & Events Custom Interface Standard 1.1 Release Candidate 1

June 25, 2002; USA: ... [Full Story]

OPC XML Specification Release Candidate 1.8 now available for download

June 14, 2002; USA: ... [Full Story]

OPC DA 3.0 OPC Data Access 3.0 Custom Interface Standard Draft 2.2

May 10, 2002; USA: ... [Full Story]