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OPC Server Toolkit Overview

What the OPC Server Toolkit Delivers

  • Accelerates custom OPC server development
  • Provides a comprehensive API
  • Supports OPC DA, OPC HDA, and OPC DX specifications
  • Enables building robust, production-ready OPC servers
  • Supports development in C++, C#, VB.NET, and VB
  • Requires minimal coding effort
  • Includes complete sample projects
  • Allows free runtime distribution
OPC Server Toolkit architecture diagram: custom OPC DA, HDA, and DX server development

OPC Server Toolkit Features

Capabilities

  • Native APIs for C++, C# .NET, VB .NET, and Visual Basic 6.0 
  • Complete OPC Specification Support: Full implementation of OPC DA 2.05a/3.0, OPC HDA 1.2, and OPC DX 1.0 
  • Rapid Prototyping: Create functional OPC servers in hours, not weeks  
  • Comprehensive Sample Projects: Ready-to-compile OPC Server examples for common scenarios 
  • Support of C++ .NET managed code, C# .NET and VB. NET (Microsoft .NET framework version 2.0 or later) 

Data Management

  • Data Type Support:  support for the main OPC data types  
  • Simplified communications: easy to implement callback functions to handle the communications with the data sources and devices Historical Data Services: Built-in archiving and retrieval mechanisms for OPC HDA 
  • Real-Time Data Handling: Optimized for fast update rates and minimal latency 

Deployment

  • Royalty-Free Runtime: No additional licensing fees for deployed applications 
  • Service Integration: Deploy as Windows services or standalone applications 
  • Support of 32 bit and 64 bit applications 
Frequently Asked Questions

Basic knowledge of C++, C#, VB.NET, or VB is sufficient. The toolkit includes comprehensive documentation and sample projects that simplify OPC server development for developers with standard Windows programming experience.

The toolkit abstracts all COM/DCOM complexity and OPC specification details, providing simple, high-level APIs. Developers focus on business logic and source data acquisition while the toolkit handles OPC interfaces implementation, memory management, and client communication. 

Sample projects include basic OPC DA servers, historical data servers, simulation servers in C# .NET, C++ .NET and VB .NET and for different versions of Visual Studio. All samples include full source codes with detailed comments.

No, the OPC Server Toolkit includes royalty-free runtime distribution. Once you purchase the development license, you can deploy unlimited server instances without additional per-server fees.

Resources & Documentation

OPC Server Toolkit Resources

Product Datasheet

Comprehensive technical specifications and features overview

User Guide

Step-by-step installation and configuration guide