DHX OPC Premier Suite

DHX OPC Server Suite and OPC Crosslink Premier Suite with OPC Math & Logic

Get all the features of the DHX OPC Server Suite and the OPC Crosslink Premier Suite in one integrated package:

OPC Server for Allen-Bradley DH, DH+, DH-485, ControlNet, A-B Ethernet, ControlLogix Gateway and DF1 networks and devices.
Program math and logic expressions to convert, control and manipulate data.
Bridge Data between OPC Servers.
Bridge Data between PLCs.
Bridge Data between OPC Servers and PLCs.
Configure an OPC Data Concentrator.
Configure Redundant OPC Servers.
Configure Redundant PLCs.
Configure Redundant Networks.

The DHX OPC Premier Suite includes all features of the DHX OPC Server Suite and all features of the OPC Crosslink Premier Suite.

The integrated OPC Crosslink gives the DHX OPC Server the ability to transfer data between field components: from one OPC server to another, from one PLC to another, or between PLCs and OPC servers. The DHX OPC Server and the integrated OPC Crosslink can be configured as a data concentrator to aggregate data from multiple OPC servers and PLCs. This allows the ability to encapsulate third-party, legacy OPC servers with lesser features, and service clients with full-featured, compliance-certified Cyberlogic OPC server.

The integrated OPC Crosslink also gives the ability to configure an unlimited number of redundant, backup OPC servers, with Automatic switchover to higher priority data paths.

Math & Logic

Math & Logic allows you to write programs in the C-logic™ programming language. These programs can include complex mathematical and logical functions that operate on one or more data items. The results appear as data items that are available to the OPC clients.

Basic OPC servers may provide a limited ability to simulate data or convert the values into engineering units, but rely on the client software to handle more complex calculations. A far better approach is to use Cyberlogic's Math & Logic to process the data in the OPC server. This lets you program the calculations and logical functions once for the entire system. You do the programming one time, in one place, using a single editor and programming language.

Cyberlogic's Math & Logic implementation includes many advanced features, some of which are unique to Cyberlogic:

Familiar programming syntax, similar to the C programming language.
Programs are compiled so they can execute in microseconds, far faster than is possible with interpreted code.
Extensive set of preprogrammed functions.
Each program can produce multiple outputs.
A program can dynamically create address space data items, which can be used as inputs, outputs or both.
Program execution triggered on input data change, by a trigger item, at a fixed interval, or as scheduled by the program itself.
Broad selection of data types from 1 to 64 bits, including Boolean, signed and unsigned integer, floating point, and string, as well as OPC UA data types.
Support for arrays.

OPC Server Features

OPC Server Redundancy for Mission-Critical Applications

The DHX OPC Premier Suite has integrated fault-tolerant communication features not found in other OPC servers. Multiple, priority-based access paths can be used to build a true redundant communication architecture below the server level. The built-in Health Watchdog monitors the health of all network connections to all physical devices. The auto-switching access paths can be configured to quickly redirect communications to an unlimited number of plant-floor devices and networks.

Built for Performance

The DHX OPC server guarantees minimal load on the communication networks through advanced message transaction optimizers. In addition to server-level global optimization, the high-performance server also offers unsolicited data updates with advanced message filtering from unwanted data sources to ensure data integrity and security.

Packed with Intelligent and Powerful Features

Using Auto-configuration and DirectAccess™ features, a user can configure a minimal server setup with a single mouse click and gain access to all the registers in each network node without any user configuration. Power users can control many aspects of the server configuration. For enhanced security, write operations can be disabled for some or all of the data sources at data item, folder, device, device folder or network node levels. DirectAccess writes can also be disabled at each network node.

In version 7, DirectAccess feature supports redundancy. This allows all DirectAccess operations to switch seamlessly between redundant network nodes.

Includes All required Device Drivers

The DHX OPC Server Suite includes the DHX Driver Suite, the suite of communication drivers for DH, DH+, DH-485, ControlNet, A-B Ethernet, ControlLogix Gateway and DF1 networks.