OPC server implementation with MMS over Ethernet

Author

Kirrmann, Hubert ; Obrist, Michael ; Chatelanat, Sébastien

Author_Institution

ABB Switzerland, Baden

fYear

2007

fDate

25-28 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

728

Lastpage

731

Abstract

The manufacturing messaging specification MMS, standardized as ISO/IEC 9506 nearly 20 years old, but still in use, always lacked a convenient application interface. The semantics of MMS of the main services of MMS are nearly identical to those of OPC, so it is only natural to use OPC as an application interface. At the same time, such a construct gives OPC access to remote devices in a quite efficient way using only a TCP/IP socket communication, thus avoiding firewall issues and improving security. It also allows to browse devices rather than preconfigured OPC servers This contribution shows the mapping of OPC to MMS and describes an implementation

Keywords

client-server systems; formal specification; local area networks; transport protocols; Ethernet; OPC server; TCP/IP socket communication; application interface; manufacturing messaging specification; Access protocols; Automation; Communication system control; Ethernet networks; IEC standards; ISO standards; Manufacturing; Open systems; Programmable control; TCPIP;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2007. ETFA. IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Patras

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0825-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0826-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EFTA.2007.4416843

Filename

4416843