It Connects disparate devices and applications, from plant control systems to enterprise information systems.
KEPServerEX leverages OPC (the automation industry’s standard for interoperability) and IT-centric communication protocols (such as SNMP, ODBC, and web services) to provide users with a single source for industrial data.
KEPServerEX provides critical technical features that enable accessibility, aggregation, optimization, connectivity, security, and diagnostics.
KepServer act as Intelligent data Aggregator for diffrent data sources as shown below.
Below are fundamental Objects of Kepserver for all configuration.
Channel object – Path of communication to a device. Dictates protocol kepserver will use to communicate with physical devices.
Device Object – Physical Object to which kpserver will communicate with. eg – PLC
The device driver a channel uses ,restricts device model selection.
Tags – Represents addresses(datapoint) within plc or hardware device that is targeted by hardware in software.
Single Channel – Single Process Thread.
RTU – remote Terminal Unit