The DotNova® OPC DA&AE Server SDK (former OPC Server Developer Studio .NET) offers a fast and easy access to the OPC Data Access (DA) and OPC Alarms&Events (AE) technology. Develop OPC DA 1.0a, 2.05a, 3.00 00 and OPC AE 1.00, 1.10 compliant Servers with C#/VB.NET or any other compiler capable of generating a .NET assembly. The developer can concentrate on his application and servers can be developed fast and easily without the need to spend a lot of time learning how to implement the OPC Data Access specification. The server API is easy to use and many OPC specific functions, e.g. creating a group or adding an item to a group are handled by the framework. Even the complex asynchronous read/write handling is handled by the framework. The “Framework” includes all OPC DA 1.0a, 2.05a, 3.00 and OPC AE 1.00, 1.10 handling and ensures the OPC compliance. It is implemented as a generic C++ based executable. The “Server API” defines easy to use interface functions required for developing OPC DA compliant servers. The OPC server is supplied as an EXE file with the application adaptation part in a .NET assembly DLL. This imposes some limitations on the adaptation possibilities but makes the adaptation much easier and quicker. By using this API DA servers can be easily implemented by adapting just a few functions. There are only 5 functions that have to be implemented. The functions handle the configuration of the server and the read/write functionality of items. The server supports all mandatory and optional OPC DA 1.0a / DA 2.05a interfaces and all mandatory OPC DA 3.00 interfaces. Also supported are OPC AE 1.00 and AE 1.10. The provided sample servers and sample clients, together with the detailed documentation and online help provides all essential information and tools you need to successfully develop your server application. The DotNova® OPC DA&AE Server SDK offers unique features for performance and functionality improvements of the developed OPC Server like Event Driven Mode for Device Access; Dynamic address space with items added when they are first accessed by a client and removed when they are no longer in use; Item browsing can be implemented to browse the cache or the device/database. The DotNova® OPC DA&AE generic server is designed to work with nearly the same customization plug-in DLL as the Technosoftware OPC Server Developer Studio .NET. The DotNova® OPC DA&AE Server SDK supports 32bit and 64bit operation. The evaluation version features full functionality including source code of a Visual Studio C# and VB.NET sample servers. It can be used for 30 days and the run-time is restricted to 3 hours.

Features Included:

Short time-to-market for standard compliant products. Develop OPC servers in days instead of weeks or months.  Highly utilizable tool for quick and easy development of OPC compliant servers.  Powerful possibilities for performance optimizations.  Event Driven Mode for Device Access.  Dynamic address space handling allowing adding and removing items during run-time.  Item browsing can be implemented browsing the cache or device/database.  Custom Properties.  Can be used as NT Service.  Servers are fully compliant to the OPC Specifications DA 1.0a, DA 2.05a, DA 3.00 and AE 1.00 / AE 1.10.  Tested with the OPC Foundation Compliance Test Tool.  Generic Server is implemented as a C++ based executable.  Supports 32bit and 64bit operation.  The application specific part can be implemented with VB.NET/C# or any other compiler capable of generating a .NET assembly.  Extensive diagnostic and installation support.

Requirements:

Windows XP (32bit and 64bit)  Windows Server 2003 (32bit and 64bit)  Windows Vista (32bit and 64bit)  Windows Server 2008 (32bit and 64bit)  Windows 7 (32bit and 64bit)  .NET Framework 2.0  .NET Framework 3.5  .NET Framework 4.0  Microsoft Visual Studio 2005  Microsoft Visual Studio 2008  Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Self-Tested for Compliance The OPC Foundation Self-Tested for Compliance logo indicates that these products have been tested by the manufacturer to be compliant with the following OPC Specifications: Data Access 1.0a, 2.00, 2.05a, 3.00 and Alarms&Events 1.00, 1.10. Additional information about compliance testing, logo program and a summary of test results for the OPC Server Developer Studio .NET can be found at www.opcfoundation.org.

DotNova® OPC DA&AE Server SDK Pricing (Support of DA and AE) with 1 Support Incident and with 90 days Updates	Developer	Corporate	Maintenance (*)	Sidegrade (**)
without Source Code	EUR 1'395	EUR 3'195
with full Source Code		EUR 5'195

DotNova® OPC DA&AE Server SDK Pricing (Support of DA and AE) with 1 Support Incident and with 1 year Updates	Developer	Corporate	Maintenance (*)	Sidegrade (**)
without Source Code	EUR 1'995	EUR 4'595	EUR 995	EUR 1'295
with full Source Code		EUR 6'595	EUR 1'995	EUR 3'295

(*) Active Maintenance Packages entitle customers access to all releases for the products owned for a period of 1 year. A Maintenance Package is only available for owners of an original license DotNova® OPC DA&AE Server SDK and is for one developer.
(**) Sidegrade Packages are available for customers which own the OPC Server Developer Studio .NET and entitle customers access to all releases for the products owned for a period of 1 year.

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