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OPC Data Transfer Overview

How Can You Transfer OPC Data Seamlessly Between Multiple Servers?

  • Plug-and-play software for bridging data between heterogeneous control systems
  • Real-time bidirectional data exchange between local and remote OPC servers
  • Built-in redundancy management for continuous, fail-safe operations
  • Eliminates data silos across plants and distributed systems
  • Enables automatic failover and seamless system recovery
  • Scales easily for large multi-server and multi-vendor environments
  • Connects different automation systems without custom development
  • Ensures reliable, high-availability OPC data transfer across the enterprise
OPC Data Transfer architecture diagram: redundant OPC server-to-server data exchange

OPC Data Transfer Features

Multi-Server Connectivity

  • Simultaneous connections to unlimited OPC DA servers 
  • Support for both local and remote OPC server configurations 
  • Cross-vendor compatibility (Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider, etc.) 
  • Bidirectional data transfer  

Advanced Redundancy Management

  • Master-backup server configuration for high availability 
  • Fail-back to master when primary server recovers 
  • Email notifications for redundancy events and server status changes 

Data Transfer Configuration

  • Graphical tag mapping interface with drag-and-drop functionality 
  • Configurable update rates and deadbands per transfer

Performance & Reliability

  • Multi-threaded architecture for high-throughput transfers 
  • Minimal latency for time-critical applications 

Management & Monitoring

  • Real-time transfer status visualization 
  • Comprehensive logging and audit trails 
Frequently Asked Questions

There is no hard limit on the number of OPC server connections. The practical limit depends on your hardware resources and network bandwidth. Most deployments successfully manage 10-50 simultaneous server connections, with some enterprise implementations handling 100+ servers for large distributed systems. 

OPC Data Transfer leverages standard OPC DCOM security mechanisms. To secure your data in-transit and communications we recommend you to combine the OPC Data Transfer product with OPCNet Broker. This way, you can avoid DCOM configuration issues and vulnerabilities and estbalish your data transfer using a single TCP port. 

Data transfers can be configured for continuous real-time synchronization, scheduled at specific intervals, or triggered by tag value changes.  

OPC Data Transfer is licensed per installation machine. The license is perpetual. 

Resources & Documentation

OPC Data Transfer Resources

Product Datasheet

Comprehensive technical specifications and features overview

User Guide

Step-by-step installation and configuration guide