This creates a big challenge to find a way to not only provide interoperability between plant floor and enterprise, but also to provide a link between multiple generations of legacy automation products, which ARC refers to as 'linking the legacy'. Our end customers see our continuing management of legacy protocols, to make sure they can always communicate with even the oldest systems in their plant."Īccording to Craig Resnick, Research Director, ARC Advisory Group, "Dealing with multiple generations of automation products is an issue that affects all manufacturers. We deliver key enhancements with every release, enabling our OEMs to expand their available markets. "This release is a reinforcement of our quarterly deliveries and the level of effort we put into each one. "Our customers, from OEMs to End Users, expect the very best communications technology from Kepware and we work very hard to deliver that," explained Tony Paine, Executive VP and CTO of Kepware Technologies.
In addition to new Drivers, KEPServerEX version 4.5 also delivers enhancements to Aromat, AB ControlLogix, Cutler-Hammer ELC Serial, Koyo DirectNet, DNP3, Sixnet EtherTrak, Fisher ROC, ROC Plus, GE CCM, GE SRTP, GE EGD, GE SNP, GE SNPX, Wonderware Intouch Client Driver, Koyo KSequence, Mitsubishi CNC Ethernet, Mitsubishi FX, Mitsubishi FXNET, Modbus ASCII, Modbus Ethernet, Modbus Serial RTU, Omron Processor Suite, Omron Hostlink, Ethernet PING, PLC Direct EBC, Siemens S7 MPI, Siemens Ethernet, Siemens Ethernet Unsolicited, Scanivalve Ethernet, Industrial SNMP, SQUARE D, Atlas Copco and Stanley Torque Tool Protocols, Toyopuc, Wago Ethernet, WeatherBug for Automation, Yokogawa Darwin, Yokogawa Ethernet, and Yokogawa DXP. This release delivers support for 5 new protocols including Allen Bradley 1609 UPS (support for their Industrial UPS), Beckhoff TwinCAT (supporting their wide variety of controllers), Cutler-Hammer ELC Ethernet (supporting their controllers), OPTO 22 (supporting SNAP products), and System Monitor (enabling HMI/SCADA products to monitoring the inner workings of the PC they are running on).
KEPServerEX is the world's leading communications solution for automation, delivered to the market through a variety of OEM, Channel and End User sales.
Kepware Technologies, the leader in Communications for Automation, announced recently that it has released version 4.5 of KEPServerEX, delivering 5 New Drivers and offers enhancements to 39 other as well as enhancements to the core KEPServerEX architecture.