OPC Toolbox™ 2.1.1

Product Description

• Introduction and Key Features
• Working with the OPC Toolbox
• Using the Hierarchical OPC Data Access Object
• Reading and Writing OPC Data
• Logging OPC Data
• Creating Callback Functions

Introduction

The OPC Toolbox extends MATLAB and Simulink with tools for interacting with OPC servers. You can read, write, and log OPC data from devices that conform to the OPC Foundation Data Access standard, such as distributed control systems, supervisory control and data acquisition systems, and programmable logic controllers. The toolbox enables MATLAB and Simulink to respond to an OPC server- or OPC Toolbox-initiated event, such as a shutdown, server error, or item value change.

Engineers in chemical, pharmaceutical, power generation, and other continuous process industries can use the toolbox to import plant data into MATLAB for analysis, visualization, simulation, and rapid prototyping of algorithms. It lets you use Simulink models in online supervisory control and controller testing (hardware-in-the-loop) applications.

Key Features

• Supports the OPC Foundation Data Access standard v2.05a
• Enables MATLAB to read from and write to OPC servers using synchronous or asynchronous operations
• Supports simultaneous data logging and numerical processing
• Supports simultaneous connections to multiple OPC servers

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