Exploring the Flexible Features of the OPC DataHub Your Presenter Today: Win Worrall, Application Engineer

Agenda  Introduction to the OPC DataHub  Live Demo  OPC DataHub as an OPC Client  Drag and Drop Live Data in Excel  Tunneling Data without DCOM  Bridging Data between Systems  System Monitoring with Scripting  Notification  Questions and Answers

OPC DataHub Functionality Overview The Swiss Army Knife of OPC! The Perfect Tool to Leverage Your Automation Investments

Varied of Data Collection Systems – Some OPC – Some Not! Before we dive into the details…  Where does the DataHub fit in? Multiple & Varied Data Sources

Diversity of Connection Types  OPC DA  Acts and OPC Server and OPC Client  DDE  Acts as a Local DDE Client or Server  ODBC  Can write to ODBC systems or Read from using scripting  API’s – lets you make TCP connections  C++ - Windows or Linux  JAVA – support web browser applications .NET – C#, but works with any  TCP Socket connection with DataHub protocol  Linux/QNX via Cascade Data Hub  Connect to your custom application Bottomline: Once you get the data into OPC Data Hub – You can move it ANYWHERE!!! Bottomline: Once you get the data into OPC Data Hub – You can move it ANYWHERE!!!

LIVE DEMO  Live Demo Time  OPC DataHub as an OPC Client  Drag and Drop Live Data in Excel  Tunneling Data without DCOM  Bridging Data between Systems  System Monitoring with Scripting  Notification

OPC DataHub Summary  Avoid DCOM via Tunnelling  Move Data Between Many Different Disparate Systems  /SMS Notifications  DataHub is about using Off-the-Shelf Software  For Users - Lower Total Cost of Ownership vs. Custom Code  For SI’s – the key to additional projects

Licensing  OPC DataHub Node License $995  OPC Client and Server  DDE Client and Server  Bridging  /SMS Notification  System Monitoring  ODBC Reading and Writing  Built in Scripting  Tunnelling requires 2 Node Licenses  All except Web Server and External API’s  Maintenance Agreements available for 20% of License Cost. Free Support and Upgrades Visit Click the Ordering Tab

More Information Questions: Free Demo Available: Win Worrall: Tel: +1 (704) ext Technical Support: Tel: +1 (704) Web: Visit for future events