Is OPC becomeing independant from COM/DCOM ?

[pvbrowser]

With OPC XML-DA, OPC no longer is based on COM/DCOM,
it uses Web Services instead.
Thus it should be possible to use it also on Linux.
http://softing.de/de/communications/produkte/opc.htm
Has anybody experience using OPC XML-DA ?
Will it replace OPC COM/DCOM or will they live side by side ?
We are just investigatin, if we should integrate it into http://pvbrowser.org .

 

[bodis]

Very intresting idea. Any years ago I found "lightOPC" project, but it cannot had OPCfoundation standard and died. OPC XML-DA is a first specification of OPCfoundation. Now very small number of OPCfoundation members are developing new OPC XML-DA soft.

 

[pvbrowser]

If you look to this chart
http://www.softing.de/de/communications/produkte/opc/tools.htm
you notice that "Toolbox C++ XML-DA Client" is still under construction.

I'm looking forward to test the toolbox.

 

[bodis]

I'm find "OPC XMLDA 1.01 Specification" and some binaries, examples of source for members at www.opcfoundation.org

 

[pvbrowser]

Unfortunately I'm not an OPC foundation member.

Thus I can only read the specification and
not get the example code.