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| Jun-21-2010 |
The OPC Foundation will host an
Xi
Technology / Product Demonstration Webinar July-14-2010
This is a significant opportunity to understand the value
proposition and see the work of twelve vendors that have agreed to
partner together to demonstrate the powerful Xi technology and
answer your questions.
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| Mai-10-2010 |
The
OPC
Training Institue and
Advosol will jointly host a free 3-part Xi webinar series about
migration from classic OPC to OPC Xi.
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Migration from Classic OPC to OPC Xi: Wednesday, May 19
Watch the Recording
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Hands-On: Migration to OPC Xi with Converters: Wednesday, June 23
Watch the Recording
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Hands-On: Migration to OPC Xi for Software Developers: Tuesday, July 13
Watch the Recording
Follow the links for webinar details and registration.
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| Mai-7-2010 |
The Xi Contract specification has been
updated to V1.1
The endpoint reference details have been improved to eliminate the
need for configuration guidelines. The changes are small but
vital. Server and clients build with the V1.0 contracts don't work
with applications build with the V1.1 contracts.
All downloads on this site have been updated.
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| Apr-12-2010 |
The OPC Foundation will organize Xi product testing at the May
17-21 2010 North American OPC Interoperability workshop and a
product demonstration webinar June 29 2010.
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| Mar-19-2010 |
MatrikonOPC will host a free OPC Xi Fundamentals Webcast
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:00:00 AM - 12:00:00 PM (GMT -04:00)
Eastern Time (USA, Canada).
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| Mar-18-2010 |
V1.0 of the OPC Xi specification and base code has been released
and is available for download.
Evaluation versions of the first
Xi vendor products are
already available for download.
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| Feb-28-2010 |
The Xi Specification and Server Base Code has been updated to
Release Candidate Version 2.01 and is available for
download.
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| Feb-8-2010 |
The Release Candidate version of the Xi Specification and
Reference Code has been released and is available for
download.
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| Feb-3-2010 |
The OPC
Training Institue will held another free Xi webinar on
Wednesday, March 3, 2010. This webinar will be held in 4
different time zones:
- Asia Pacific session (10:00 AM - 11:00 AM SGT)
- Australia session (13:00 PM - 14:00 PM EDT)
- EMEA session (13:00 - 14:00 CET)
- North American session (13:00 - 14:00 EST)
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| Jan-15-2010 |
The
1-hour online webinar features Thomas Burke (OPC
Foundation), Lee Neitzel (Emerson), and Randy Kondor (OPC
Training Institute). Register for the webinar to be held on
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at www.opcti.com.
If you're currently using OPC, then you need to know the
impact of Xi's changes. If you're not yet using OPC, this is
your opportunity to learn about the technology and the
impact OPC Xi will have.
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| Nov-16-2009 |
OPC Foundation Adds Express Interface (Xi) to
Technology Portfolio
The OPC Foundation Board of Directors voted earlier this month to
add Express Interface (Xi) to the OPC Foundation technology
portfolio, complementing OPC UA and COM-based OPC Classic
technologies. OPC Xi is a new interface based on Microsoft .NET
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) technology. It is
specifically designed for secure reliable access to real-time,
historical and alarm and event based information.
The OPC Xi interface is the result of collaboration among several
OPC vendor companies from the process industry to develop an easily
integrated and secure solution for a variety of plant
communications. OPC Xi was developed with the primary goal to
provide a .NET-based migration path from OPC Classic. OPC Xi may
also be used as a standard .NET WCF interface for newly developed
OPC servers.
“The OPC Foundation Board of Directors has adopted Express Interface
(OPC Xi) as a standard OPC interface. OPC Xi has been designed as a
complementary interface that enables both .NET clients and existing
COM-based OPC Classic clients to access OPC Classic servers at the
same time. OPC Xi can also be used as a standard OPC interface for
newly developed .NET servers,” says Thomas J. Burke, OPC Foundation
President. “The OPC Board of Directors has taken this action in
response to feedback from members asking for a backwards compatible
.NET interface for OPC Classic servers.”
The OPC Foundation has begun a marketing campaign to introduce OPC
Xi to the automation marketplace. In the next few months, OPC Xi
products will be released, including toolkits, clients and servers.
For more information about OPC Xi products, technology, and
specifications, please visit
www.opcfoundation.org/xi.
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| Nov-3-2009 |
The Beta-2 version of the specification and reference code is
available for download.
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| Oct-28-2009 |
The OPC Foundation president announced in his
blog that the OPC Foundation Boards of Directors works on a plan
to include Xi as part of the OPC Foundation umbrella.
The Xi charter members welcome this interest but feel strongly that
for a fast adoption the Xi specification and sample code needs to
stay publicly available.
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| Oct-14-2009 |
The Beta1 version of the Xi specification and Xi sample code can
be downloaded from this site.
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| Sep-28-2009 |
The Express Interface specification is publicly announced at the Emersion Exchange event in
Orlando.
Xi products from ten vendor companies are shown in an
inter-connected demonstration. Within hours the products
communicated.
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