Connectivity Framework Annex B: Assessment Template: OPC-UA
Annex B ASSESSMENT TEMPLATE: OPC-UA
This Annex contains the assessment template for Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture( OPC-UA).
B. 6.1 General Info( Section 6.1)
Name Common and formal name of the connectivity technology.
Contacts
OPC-UA
Responsible standards development organization( SDO), task group or author( s), respective companies and email addresses.
OPC Foundation Description Short synopsis of the technology.
Application Domain( s)
OPC-UA is an industrial communication architecture for platform independent, high performance, secure, reliable, and semantic interoperability between sensors, field devices, controllers, and applications at the shop-floor level in real-time as well as between the shop floor and the enterprise IT cloud. Application domains targeted by the connectivity technology.
Automation for manufacturing, process control, energy. Dependencies Possible commonalities with or reliance on other connectivity elements.
Current technology mapping options include:
• TCP / IP for the transport / network layers
• HTTP / TCP / IP for transport / network layers
• TLS for security References Website 1 and other useful links to the technology.
1
See [ OPC-UA ] IIC: PUB: G5: V1.0: PB: 20170228- 72-