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OPC Foundation opens Certification Test Lab
OPC基金會(huì)開(kāi)設(shè)認(rèn)證測(cè)試實(shí)驗(yàn)室
Scottsdale, AZ, February 25, 2008 -- The OPC Foundation has announced the opening of its first Independent Certification Test Lab to validate and certify OPC products. The new Test Lab is located at the premier facility of Ascolab in Erlangen, Germany.
Scottsdale2月25日消息——OPC基金會(huì)宣布設(shè)立其第一個(gè)獨(dú)立的認(rèn)證測(cè)試實(shí)驗(yàn)室,驗(yàn)證和證明OPC產(chǎn)品。新的測(cè)試實(shí)驗(yàn)室設(shè)在德國(guó)Erlangen市Ascolab公司的第一工廠。
OPC Foundation President and Executive Director Tom Burke said: “The Ascolab staff members have been designers and developers of OPC Certification tools since our earliest days. They are widely acknowledged as ‘the experts’ in OPC Certification and they provide a solid foundation on which to build our certification program.”
OPC基金會(huì)主席和行政總裁Tom Burke表示: " 從我們最早的時(shí)候起,Ascolab的員工成員就成為了OPC認(rèn)證工具的設(shè)計(jì)者和開(kāi)發(fā)者。他們被廣泛認(rèn)為OPC認(rèn)證的‘專(zhuān)家’,而且他們?yōu)榻⑽覀兊恼J(rèn)證計(jì)劃提供了一個(gè)堅(jiān)實(shí)的基礎(chǔ)?!?/P>
"Companies who purchase OPC-compliant products expect secure, reliable interoperability in a highly plug-and-play fashion,” said Burke. “All products newly-certified by the Test Lab will carry a new ‘OPC Foundation Certified’ logo, thus providing end users with an assurance of excellence. The Certification program means that users can expect reduced system installation costs and products that will perform reliably in multi-vendor installations.”
Burke表示:”購(gòu)買(mǎi)了OPC兼容產(chǎn)品的公司都希望能夠在一個(gè)高度即插即用的方式里確保安全可靠的互操作性。所有最新獲得測(cè)試實(shí)驗(yàn)室認(rèn)證的產(chǎn)品將貼有一個(gè)新的‘OPC基金會(huì)認(rèn)證’標(biāo)志,從而為終端用戶提供了卓越的保證。該認(rèn)證計(jì)劃意味著用戶可以預(yù)期降低系統(tǒng)安裝成本,產(chǎn)品也將可以可靠地運(yùn)行于多供應(yīng)商設(shè)備中。”
According to Craig Resnick, Research Director, ARC Advisory Group, "Compliance certification will provide manufacturers with the confidence that their suppliers products will work right out of the box with any other suppliers product that's compliance certified.”
ARC咨詢集團(tuán)研究主任Craig Resnick評(píng)論道:“兼容性認(rèn)證將使制造商相信,他們供應(yīng)商的產(chǎn)品將可以與其他供應(yīng)商通過(guò)兼容性認(rèn)證的產(chǎn)品開(kāi)箱即用。”
By specifying the purchase of OPC Certified products, users will ensure interoperability. “Too much time has been spent by us in the past playing referee between suppliers who point fingers at each other instead of coming together to deliver solutions,” said Bruce Honda, Process Control Advisor, Weyerhaeuser. “Certifying to a common set of functions and features should assure that manufacturers like us get true compatibility between different supplier’s products."
通過(guò)購(gòu)買(mǎi)特定的OPC認(rèn)證產(chǎn)品,用戶將可確保互操作性。Weyerhaeuser 公司過(guò)程控制顧問(wèn)Bruce Honda表示:"過(guò)去我們花了大量的時(shí)間作為互相職責(zé)的供應(yīng)商之間的裁判,而不是共同提供解決方案。為一套共同的功能和特點(diǎn)認(rèn)證將保證類(lèi)似我們這樣的制造商獲得不同供應(yīng)商產(chǎn)品之間的真正兼容性。“
John Weber, President of Software Toolbox, one of the OPC Foundation Member companies, added: “End-users want quality products, and one of the primary OPC Foundation goals must be to ensure delivery of the highest quality OPC products. End-users already expect at a minimum that products will have been through existing OPC Foundation self-certification testing. In the long term, as our Test Lab program rolls out worldwide, they will also look for the independent OPC Foundation Certification logo.” Software Toolbox is one of the first companies certifying their products through the new Test Lab.
OPC基金會(huì)成員公司之一的Software Toolbox公司總裁John Weber補(bǔ)充道:”終端用戶需要高質(zhì)量的產(chǎn)品,OPC基金會(huì)的其中一個(gè)最主要目標(biāo)必須是確保提供最高品質(zhì)的OPC產(chǎn)品。終端用戶已經(jīng)最低限度預(yù)計(jì)產(chǎn)品將通過(guò)現(xiàn)有的OPC基金會(huì)的自我認(rèn)證測(cè)試。就長(zhǎng)期而言,隨著我們的測(cè)試實(shí)驗(yàn)室計(jì)劃推向全球,他們還將需要單獨(dú)的‘OPC基金會(huì)認(rèn)證’標(biāo)志。Software Toolbox就是首批其產(chǎn)品通過(guò)最新的測(cè)試實(shí)驗(yàn)室認(rèn)證的公司之一?!?/P>
Paul Hunkar, OPC Foundation Director of Compliance & Certification and consultant engineer at ABB commented: “To successfully integrate complex systems using products from multiple vendors requires that products be completely interoperable and simple to maintain, while providing plug-and-play configuration and high reliability. The Independent Certification Test Lab system provides the infrastructure to ensure that vendors are designing and shipping high-quality, high-performance and high-functionality products.”
OPC基金會(huì)兼容及認(rèn)證主任兼ABB顧問(wèn)工程師Paul Hunkar評(píng)論道:”要使不同供應(yīng)商的產(chǎn)品成功地組成復(fù)雜的系統(tǒng)需要產(chǎn)品具有完全的可互操作性,而且維護(hù)簡(jiǎn)單,同時(shí)需要即插即用配置和較高的可靠性。獨(dú)立的‘認(rèn)證測(cè)試實(shí)驗(yàn)室’系統(tǒng)提供了基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施,以確保廠商正在設(shè)計(jì)和交付高品質(zhì)、高性能和多功能的產(chǎn)品。“
The backbone of the Independent Certification Test Lab is the reference hardware/software that is the basis for testing all other products. The following companies have provided hardware/software to the lab as part of this program: ABB, Beckhoff, Cyberlogic, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, ICONICS, Kepware, Matrikon, OSI, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Softing, Software Toolbox and Wonderware.
獨(dú)立認(rèn)證測(cè)試實(shí)驗(yàn)室的主要工具是檢驗(yàn)所有其他產(chǎn)品的基礎(chǔ)的參照硬件/軟件。以下公司為實(shí)驗(yàn)室提供了硬件/軟件作為計(jì)劃的一部分:ABB、Beckhoff、Cyberlogic、 GE發(fā)那科智能平臺(tái)、ICONICS、Kepware、Matrikon、OSI、羅克韋爾自動(dòng)化、西門(mén)子、Softing、Software Toolbox 以及Wonderware。
All successfully-tested products and their certification details will be posted on the OPC Foundation website. End-users will use the online product catalog as a tool to make intelligent purchasing decisions.
所有成功通過(guò)測(cè)試的產(chǎn)品及其認(rèn)證詳情將公布在OPC基金會(huì)網(wǎng)站。終端用戶將使用在線產(chǎn)品目錄作為工具,以作出明智的購(gòu)買(mǎi)決定。
About The OPC Foundation
關(guān)于OPC基金會(huì)
The OPC Foundation, dedicated to interoperability in automation and enterprise computing, is an independent, non-profit organization that comprises leading manufacturers and solution providers in factory and process automation as well as enterprise solutions. The OPC Foundation's charter is to develop worldwide industry-standards for data transfer offering multi-vendor interoperability and seamless connectivity of measurement and automation devices, systems, networks, and enterprise computing solutions used in the manufacturing and process industries, by leveraging open computing technologies. Development of specifications is undertaken by volunteers from 450+ members worldwide.
OPC基金致力于自動(dòng)化和企業(yè)計(jì)算機(jī)領(lǐng)域的互操作性,是一個(gè)獨(dú)立的非贏利性組織,由來(lái)自工廠和過(guò)程自動(dòng)化以及企業(yè)解決方案行業(yè)領(lǐng)先的制造商和解決方案供應(yīng)商組成。OPC基金會(huì)的宗旨是通過(guò)利用計(jì)算機(jī)技術(shù),為數(shù)據(jù)傳輸開(kāi)發(fā)全球性的工業(yè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn),提供跨廠商的互操作性以及應(yīng)用于制造和流程工業(yè)的測(cè)量和自動(dòng)化設(shè)備、系統(tǒng)以及企業(yè)計(jì)算機(jī)解決方案無(wú)縫連接性。規(guī)范的開(kāi)發(fā)是由全球450多個(gè)成員的志愿者承擔(dān)的。
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