1. Web service based data cross connector for industrial process simulation X-Connector Tommi Karhela, Tuukka Lehtonen VTT Industrial Systems

2. Process Simulation

3. Process Simulation Cluster View on the integrated simulation system DCS A Simulator A Simulator B DCS B PLC C Simulator C Simulation control Data exchange

4. X-Connector Application2 Application3 OPC Server2 OPC Server3 X- Connector UI Application1 OPC Server1

5. X-Connector

6. Objective 1.User interface implementation and test server to store data exchange connection information 2.Fast data access implementation for the test server cluster 3.Synchronisation implementation for the test server cluster

7. Tools and technologies OPC XML Data Exchange and XML Data Access Specifications Fast Data Access and Syncronisation specifications provided by VTT User interface implemented using Java on top of Eclipse platform –Axis can be used for web service implementation Server implementation done using C/C++ –gSOAP can be used for web service implementation