🚧OPC UA (WIP)

OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) is a platform-independent, service-oriented architecture that integrates diverse industrial automation systems. It provides a robust, secure, and scalable framework for connecting devices and transmitting data across various platforms. OPC UA's ability to standardise communication and ensure interoperability makes it an essential protocol connector in modern industrial environments.

Here is a practical example of how OPC UA can be used as a protocol in factory automation:

• An OPC UA server is installed on a central controller.

• Various production machines, equipped with OPC UA-enabled sensors and actuators, connect to the server.

• A manufacturing execution system (MES) acting as an OPC UA client retrieves machine statuses and production data for real-time monitoring and control. The OPC UA client in our case can be a machine with an edge-connector on it.