In plant operations operators are often faced with the challenge of having to share data between two or more control systems (i.e. PLC and a DCS). The challenge lies when there is the need for two OPC servers to exchange data, and by design two OPC servers cannot respond to the request for data transfer without an OPC Client. The use of OPC in this situation proves invaluable because it enables plants to capitalize on the "plug-and-play" OPC technology and easily implement an out-of-the-box solution like MatrikonOPC Data Manager.
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