The ideal OPC UA server for Industry 4.0 systems
Connext© OPC UA software is a connectivity engine for every data acquisition, deployment and recording need in M2M, cloud, and IIoT deployments
The Connext© is an OPC UA server, I/O data server, gateway and IIoT connectivty engine that provides the foundation for industrial control and building management systems. It supports a wide variety of advanced features — including network gateways, historians and data loggers, redundancy and client IIoT protocols — while ensuring maximum security and performance.
Connext© means connectivity without limits across Industry 4.0 platforms and systems, with fulfillment of every data acquisition, publication and recording objective.
Connext© delivers the full potential of the OPC UA server model:
Connext© supports OPC Foundation’s data and alarm specifications for servers.
Customize your protocols and expand on Connext’s© library of available drivers.
OPC UA Server supports automatic import and fast configuration of protocols.
Connext’s© modular license policy adjusts to the required number of tags.
Connext© provides a data link that enables data importation and connection of one tag to different protocols, streamlining of collection processes and savings of time and operations costs. It allows for any field device to communicate with SCADA, plant analytics and ERP systems.
Each server tag in a Multi Drive configuration can be connected simultaneously to different communication protocols. Using Internet of Things (IoT) protocols, data read in the field can be connected directly to remote systems or to data collection platforms in the cloud (Emerson Cloud.-Databoom-).
The Connext© Server offers the option to use the historian to record data on relational databases (SQL Server is used for default) or in the Cloud (SQL Azure). By supporting OPC UA historical access, Connext© can operate as a data collection system to provide historical data.
The Connext© server includes optional Alarms configuration to manage alarms and conditions specification in OPC UA clients on an as-need basis.
Connext© can adapt to your specific connectivity needs, allows you to manage your applications and licenses based on need, and delivers cost savings through more efficient management.
Learn how the Connext© server can be configured to your precise specifications, and generate time and cost savings through superior data connectivity and management.
Connext© can meet every real-time connectivity need and transcend the limitations of traditional OPC UA servers.
Connext© supports Hot Backup to ensure data server arrays provide maximum availability of connections and archives.
Connext© integrates with and uses the superior connectivity of the Movicon.NExT SCADA/HMI systems.
Connext OPC UA Server licensing policy
The Connext© Server offers a simple, modular and flexible license policy that adapts to your specific application needs.
The Connext© license model is based on the number to tags exchanged with the field, and includes optional features available for purchase on an as-need basis.
The Connext© Server modular licensing diagram
The Configurator (Editor) is integrated with Connext© and is used to create any type of data collection project by purchasing a one-time Configurator-Runtime license based on the quantity of project data needed.
The Connext© licenses are modular and based on the number of tags declared in a project and exchanged with the field.
‘Tag’ under licensing conditions refers to any variable connected to the field in bit, byte, word, float and double/long 64bit, even when defined as an array or structure member. Single bits of byte, word and other variable types can be pointed to.
Note: each member in Structure and Array variable types counts as one Tag.
Note: internal Tags (those not connected to the field) are not counted.
Licenses offer additional optional features:
Basic licenses offer connectivity with RTU Modbus and TCP drivers, with OPC UA connectivity included on each license. The following ‘I/O Driver Packets’ can be enabled as needed:
