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OPCNet Broker AE

Overcome DCOM Obstacles with the OPCNet Broker AE

Tired of DCOM issues complicating connectivity between your OPC systems? The OPCNet Broker AE component, a powerful OPC tunneler, ensures fast‚ reliable‚ and secure OPC remote communications by overcoming DCOM configuration challenges.

Robust and Secure OPC Tunneling for Alarms and Events

OPCNet Broker AE is an advanced OPC tunneling solution that provides users with a robust tool enabling real-time access to OPC alarms and events as well as OPC alarms and events acknowledgement in a secure way. This OPC tunneler takes away the setup difficulties and configuration frustrations typically associated with OPC Classic and DCOM.

Secure Your OPC Alarm and Event Data Transfers

OPCNet Broker improves the cyber security of your OPC AE systems through several measures:

  • OPC tunneling through a single TCP port to be open in your firewalls
  • Offering flexible user authentication options to ensure data confidentiality
  • Implementing robust data encryption to protect your OPC alarms and events flow against spoofing and sniffing attacks

Optimized OPC Tunneling Features for Reliable Data Transfers

This OPC AE tunneler includes data compression capabilities, reducing network bandwidth strains during data transfers. Additionally, its built-in buffer enables seamless data recovery after network disconnections, ensuring resilient OPC tunneling.

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OPCNet Broker AE

Product Features

  • OPCNet Broker AE is an easy-to-deploy and maintainable solution that allows you to:
  • Track client/server communications and limit the number of open ports within your firewalls to minimize security failures.
  • Configure your communication scheme with less complexity.
  • Connect OPC components from different domains‚ local area network and/or wide area networks to fully integrate your data and processes.
  • OPCNet Broker AE provides significant benefits including:
  • OPC AE data tunneling capabilities.
  • Navigation through NAT, firewalls and proxies without the hassle of DCOM configuration issues.
  • Configurable call timeout so you can restart activities more quickly than with the mandatory 6 minute call timeout used with DCOM.
  • Data transmission in a secure mode:
  • Data integrity by using encryption/decryption to prevent attacks from hackers.
  • User authentication to avoid unauthorized access.
  • Data compression reduces the costs and strains on your network during data transfers.
  • OPC AE automatic reconnection if the connection is interrupted due to a network glitch.
  • Data recovery after communication glitches.
  • New feature: Easy management of OPC servers redundancy (active-active, active-passive).New

Operating System Compatibility

Windows XP

Windows Seven

Windows 8

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2012

Windows 10

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2022

Windows 11

OPC Compatibility

  • OPC Alarms and Events 1.10 (OPC Foundation Compliance Tested)

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