Rockwell joins initiative to bring OPC UA to field devices
Rockwell Automation is joining an OPC Foundation initiative to extend the OPC UA protocol to field-level industrial communications. Under the initiative, a series of working groups are being formed to bring the OPC UA protocol’s vendor-independent, end-to-end interoperability to field-level devices. The initiative plans to address use cases not currently in scope for EtherNet/IP. It could also simplify other use cases, especially in multi-vendor, controller-to-controller environments and for the vertical integration of field devices.
