The family of open interoperability standards used for secure and vendor-independent industrial data exchange.
OPC (Open Platform Communications) is a family of interoperability standards that enable secure, reliable and vendor-independent communication between industrial automation systems, devices and enterprise applications. Originally developed for Microsoft COM/DCOM technologies, OPC has evolved into a platform-independent architecture supporting modern industrial connectivity and digital transformation.
OPC provides standardized interoperability for exchanging industrial data between automation systems and enterprise applications.
The OPC standards are developed and maintained by the OPC Foundation and include both the legacy OPC Classic specifications and the modern OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) standard.
OPC refers to the overall family of interoperability standards, whereas OPC Unified Architecture is the modern platform-independent implementation of those standards.
Industrial Automation; Information Management; System Integration.
Process automation.; Manufacturing.; Oil and gas.; Utilities.; Industrial control systems.
IEC 62541
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