Native Communication Drivers
Connectivity is a key FactoryStudio feature, therefore many native communication drivers to a . We include a wide variety of industry standard protocols, and PLCs are available. New we enable built-in communications with PLCs, historians, databases, and other devices. New drivers are continuously being added to the standard distribution of FactoryStudio. See , and our SDK makes it easy to add any additional drivers that may not already be included. See the List of Available Drivers in the Appendix to the User Manual.
OPC Client and Server Support
FactoryStudio is in full compliance with the OPC Server and Client specifications. For any protocol not included with the product, the OPC client provides all the necessary integration.
Remote Data Servers
Data acquisition and driversDrivers, native or OPC, and data acquisition can run on remote computers , for instance to get to do things like retrieving data from RS-232 devices or to eliminate eliminating the requirement for DCOM OPC configuration.
OPC Data Server FactoryStudio Station
FactoryStudio can be deployed as a stand-alone OPC Data Server , using the that uses native protocols and providing provides data to other systems though its OPC Server interface.
Automatic Synchronization
A Tag Import Wizard and automatic definition synchronization is provided for OPC Servers, Rockwell ControlLogix L5K files, CSV files, Beckhoff TwinCAT, OSIsoftTM PI System, and PI AFTM; new wizards are continuously being added.