1. Easy Data Capture and Centralization with OPC
Darek Kominek

2. Need for more data continually accelerating!
Connectivity & Data
Big Data
Enterprise Apps
65% Growth
Historians
Point Applications
Little Data
Need for more data continually accelerating!

3. Historical Data Increasingly Relevant
History is key today and in the digital future (IIoT).
History gathered from diverse environments
Various modes of access:
Data type: Raw vs. processed
Location: At source vs. Centralized
Guaranteed delivery vs. best effort
Using Open Standard simplifies 3rd party History integration
Different history products used for specific scenarios
Ex. Full Historian vs. Buffer
Historian
Use right history product for right job

4. OPC Historical Data Access (HDA)
Web
Archive
Trend
Reports
ERP
Control
OPC HDA Server

5. Data Collection Comparison
Features
Experion® LX History
OPC Desktop Historian
Uniformance PHD CX
Database Size (tags) *
30,000
50,000 (+)
Data Retention
Months, (Years)*
Drive Capacity
Years, Decades
Data Collection rate
1-5 sec*
sec
msec
Archive Type
Fixed size
Configurable file sizes, Rolling buffer option
Configurable size and quantity of archives
User count
Small
Small to Medium
Small to Very Large
Data Sources
Experion
OPC, File
OPC, Native Experion, Flat File (and others)
Storage Optimization
None
Break archives into blocks
Yes
Data Compression
OPC DA support
OPC HDA support
Similar – yet different

6. Data Collection Comparison
Features
Experion® LX History
OPC Desktop Historian
Uniformance PHD CX
Simplified Installation
Simplified Configuration
Bulk Configuration tools
Remote Configuration and Administration *
Experion Link and Tag Synchronization
OPC Discovery and Tag Synchronization
Tag Security
Virtual Tags
Calculation Engine
Parent Tags (Templates)
Significant differences in functionality

7. Data Collection Comparison
Features
Experion® LX History
OPC Desktop Historian
Uniformance PHD CX
Trend tools available
Excel tools available
Charting tools available
Schematic/Graphics tools available
Application & Manual input data
32-bit operation system
64-bit operation system
Desktop OS support
N/A
Windows 7…
Services required
Required
Not Required
Channel partner
Support
Honeywell TAC
Matrikon
Channel Partner / Honeywell TAC
Similar – yet different

8. Enterprise Historian Highlights Along with….
High storage capacity & compression
Optimized retrieval by many users
Millions of tags
Advanced calculations & analysis
Data visualization
Guaranteed data centralization (ex. PHD remote historical data recovery)
Along with….
Training Needed (administration, maintenance)
May be overkill for small applications (budget / functionality)

9. MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian
Operations/Field Historian
Flexible data storage (day, week, month)
No compression
Single data source on same PC
Simple install (less than 5 minutes)
Sub-second collection rates
Operation historical analysis
No maintenance
No training
No per-point pricing
No per-connection pricing
Data Collection
ODH provides simple local data capture.

10. OPC Desktop Historian Under the Hood
Archive
Trend
Web
View
Reports DA
HDA
OPC Desktop Historian
Data In:
OPC DA Client
Data Out:
OPC DA Server
OPC HDA Server
OPC HDA Server
Data Archive
OPC DA Client DA
OPC Server

11. History Solutions Built on OPC
Open standard connectivity = Easy 3rd Party Integration
Combination of standards:
OPC DA enables:
‘Streaming’ real time data
Optional redundant OPC Links
OPC HDA enables:
Standards based access to history data
Transactional transfer of history data
OPC Facilitates transformation of Data into Information

12. Matrikon OPC History Suite
Advanced history technologies facilitating:
Capture history closer to the source
Increase information creation
Increase information availability
Guaranteed data delivery to historians & DBs
Leverages standards based connectivity
Easy integration with existing 3rd party systems
Freedom of choice for deployment of engineering resources

13. Matrikon OPC History Suite
Connectivity with Historians/DBs:
GE Proficy Historian
ABB Advant IMS
ABB Enterprise Historian
AspenTech CIM/21
AspenTech InfoPlus.21
AspenTech InfoPlusX
Foxboro AIM*AT
Microsoft Access
Microsoft SQL
MySQL
Oracle
Wonderware Historian
Intellution iHistorian
Intellution Proficy Historian

14. OPC History Suite
Value Added Products

15. Matrikon OPC History Suite
Value add Applications:
OPC HDA Tunneller
File Collector
Excel Reporter
Trender
OPC Buffer
OPC History Link
OPC History Link with Event Transfer Module

16. OPC HDA Tunneller Eliminate OPC setup headaches
Overcomes classic OPC limitations
All the benefits of OPC/COM
Eliminate DCOM
Only 2 setup requirements:
IP Address
Port Number
Fast, Secure, Easy to use
Features Include:
IP range masking
Data stream encryption
Windows user impersonation
OPC Server restrictions
Communicate across domains, punch through firewalls. Secure: One port vs many - Machine selection as well as uid/passwd protection.
Eliminate OPC setup headaches

17. OPC FileCollector Scriptable File collection High performance parsing
Example:
process CSV, xml, or custom format files
OPC Desktop Historian
File Collector

18. OPC OPC OPC OPC OPC OPC OPC OPC
Excel Reporter
Add-in for Excel
OPC DA Client
OPC HDA Client
Reporting tool
Charts and trends tool
OPC OPC OPC OPC OPC OPC OPC OPC
Excel Reporter
Historian
Database
Analyzer
PLC
DCS
Excel Reporter is an Excel plug-in that directly enables you to pull your all of your process and equipment data directly into Excel for reporting. There are two ways of using Excel Reporter to get results..
The first way is to provide a copy to anyone who needs to access their process and equipment. That way are able to do their own analysis, and explore their plant or process data – draw their own conclusions, and discover new ways of seeing things. This way encourages sharing and collaboration. Installing Excel Reporter on many machines, let’s each person explore the data in their own way, and let’s say, they discover something cool, or build a nice looking report, they can just send the file, and it will instantly update and pull in the data.

19. Easy Trender
Powerful Trending and Analysis with OPC HDA

20. History Link with Event Transfer Module
Event recognize and retrieve
Only event relative data transfer
Data throttling
OPC Buffer
HistoryLink
OPC Server

21. Store and Forward: OPC Solution
Uses OPC Server, Buffer, History Link, Tunneller and OPC Historian
Stream history
Guaranteed data delivery
Fault tolerant
Real-Time data delivery

22. OPC Buffer with HistoryLink
Links Buffer to central historian
Enables Hub and Spoke
Supports Redundancy
Modes of Transfer
Scheduled
Event initiated
Facilitates:
Guaranteed Data Delivery
Relevant Data Delivery
HistoryLink
HistoryLink
HistoryLink
OPC Buffer
OPC Buffer
OPC Buffer

23. Desktop Historian vs OPC Buffer
Features
Desktop Historian
OPC Buffer
File Options
Time based
Rolling Buffer
Included Extras
Trender
FileCollector
None
Demo Software
ODBC
HistoryLink
History inserts?
Supported
Not supported
Main Use
Historian
Buffer

24. Distributed Data Assets
Sample Scenario
Distributed Data Assets

25. Archiving Remote Data Scenario:
Data is needed from remote compressor stations
Archived in a central historian
Data captured in real time data (OPC DA)
Issue: Connection breaks create gaps in data
Requirement: Need complete data records
Solution: use a store and forward architecture to complete missing data when data connection re- established

26. Geographically Dispersed Data Sources
Scenario 1: Uniformance PHD Historian
Station-3
Station-1
Note:
This time, our communication uses standards-based OPC.
Since OPC is being used, local trending and analysis can take place at each spoke.
Station-2
Station-4

27. Geographically Dispersed Data Sources
Scenario 1: Uniformance PDH Historian
Install ODH at local sites
PHD will pull HDA data as needed
Use HDA Tunneller for stable links
Station-3
Station-1
Desktop Historian
Desktop Historian
Note:
This time, our communication uses standards-based OPC.
Since OPC is being used, local trending and analysis can take place at each spoke.
Station-2
Station-4
Desktop Historian
Desktop Historian

28. Geographically Dispersed Data Sources
Scenario 2: Third Party Historian
Station-3
Station-1
Note:
This time, our communication uses standards-based OPC.
Since OPC is being used, local trending and analysis can take place at each spoke.
Station-2
Station-4

29. Geographically Dispersed Data Sources
Scenario 2: Third Party Historian
Install OPC Buffer at local sites
Use Hisotry Link to push data to DB
Use HDA Tunneller for stable links
Station-3
Station-1
OPC Buffer
History Link
OPC Buffer
History Link
Note:
This time, our communication uses standards-based OPC.
Since OPC is being used, local trending and analysis can take place at each spoke.
Station-2
Station-4
OPC Buffer
History Link
OPC Buffer
History Link

30. MatrikonOPC Store and Forward Close-Up
Solution Components
OPC DA for real-time connectivity (OPC Servers)
OPC Buffer and History Link at collection node
OPC to view data locally
OPC
OPC Server
HistoryLink
OPC HDA
OPC Buffer
OPC DA

31. History Link: Event Transfer Module
Event recognize and retrieve
Only event relative data transfer
Data throttling
OPC Buffer
HistoryLink
OPC Server

32. MatrikonOPC Buffer Information Simple data collection
Remote data collection
Rolling buffer
OPC to move data
OPC HDA collection node
OPC to view data
Simple data collection
Short term analysis
Zero maintenance
Web
Archive
Trend
Reports
View
OPC Server
OPC Buffer

33. OPC History Link Event Definition

34. Matrikon OPC History Suite - History Made Easy