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Introducing HyperUATM
Powering the Industrial WebTM
May 2013Projexsys, Inc.
TopicsBrief Background on OPC Foundation & OPC / OPC UA
Needs & Opportunities for Easier World Wide Web Compatibility
OPC UA & HyperUA™
Working Across An Industrial Enterprise
HyperUA™ Marketing Approach
And One More Thing
Projexsys, Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee
The OPC Foundation The OPC Foundation is all about interoperability standards for industrial
automation and related domainsThe OPC Foundation focuses on open connectivity in automation and
enterprise systems that support industrial businesses Interoperability is assured through the creation and maintenance of open
standards specificationsBased on fundamental standards and technologies of the general computing
market, the OPC Foundation adapts and creates specifications that fill industry-specific needs
Original set of OPC technology specifications were based on Microsoft COM/DCOM and have been widely adopted & proven
OPC UA (Unified Architecture) unifies and extends the original functionality of OPC Classic into modern, cross-platform specifications & profiles
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OPC UA OPC UA is a broad standard that facilitates reliable and secure
data exchange across heterogeneous automation and business systems with complementary concerns: PLC, DCS, Batch Automation, SCADA, MES, ERP
The OPC UA technology specifications define a data model, a binary transport protocol and WSDL/SOAP web services
OPC UA bridges to existing OPC implementations, and is on track to become the dominant industrial data exchange standard for intra-plant and intra-enterprise communication
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Web and Mobile applications overwhelmingly favor the simple, stateless RESTful architectural style
There needs to be an easy way to link RESTful Web applications to stateful systems and applications that are using OPC UA
WSDL/SOAP web services are much more difficult for developers to implement, maintain, adapt & scale - compared to a RESTful Web approach
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Needs & Opportunities for Easier World Wide Web Compatibility
Many End Users, Systems Integrators and Equipment Builders are not proficient with web services implementations
They need faster / simpler Web tools and services that provide access to OPC UA applications and systems
Their end user customers want simple unifying systems that can show real-time plant data for multiple plants producing the same products … regardless of the hardware and software running those plants
Projexsys, Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee
Needs & Opportunities for Easier World Wide Web Compatibility
End users, Systems Integrators and Equipment builders do not want to understand the deep technical details of how to manage and maintain interfaces to multiple OPC UA based systems and applications in order to accomplish simple connectivity for mobile and embedded devices
End users absolutely want a single, unifying presentation-data aggregation, layer across the web, no matter which control/MES vendor they use at multiple plants across the worldEach of their vendors has an approach that works only with their stuffOPC UA has a very complex web services specification (WSDL/SOAP) and
it is difficult to use – or nonexistent at this timeProjexsys, Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee
Needs & Opportunities for Easier World Wide Web Compatibility
Software and services vendors need to be able to embed simple World Wide Web extensibility for OPC UA into their products in order to deliver ‘easy to use’ offeringsThese vendors want Operating Systems Independence
We believe that most solution providers would strongly benefit from being able to tell customers that they can provide them with a single, unifying mechanism for web-based connectivity, no matter what operating systems or vendor’s software runs in their plants … as long that software can interface to OPC UA or legacy OPC
Projexsys, Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee
Needs & Opportunities for Easier World Wide Web Compatibility
Introducing HyperUATM
Projexsys, Inc. has finished Phase I development of a fully RESTful software gateway for OPC UA called HyperUA™
Projexsys is now looking for 3-4 Phase II partners from Software Developers, System Builders & Equipment OEMs who will develop specific proprietary or vertical market applications utilizing HyperUA
Projexsys, Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee
HyperUATM FeaturesThe technology stack for HyperUA seamlessly integrates
OPC UA, Cloud services and RESTful Web applications.
HyperUA's server-side software is built on the JVM and will run on virtually any hardware/software platform and HyperUA is a single-CD install and is easily configurable.
This software gateway can be thought of as an alternative and easier way for OPC UA servers to securely exchange data with non-OPC applications.
Projexsys, Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee
HyperUATM FeaturesHyperUA™ requires NO CHANGES WHATSOEVER to existing
OPC UA software or applications
Projexsys’ standalone software will simply add RESTful Web capabilities on top of OPC UA as a “best alternative” Web communications approach
HyperUA™ eliminates the complexity of implementing web services for industrial platforms
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HyperUATM FeaturesThe API consumed by HyperUA clients fully conforms to
the REST architectural style.
HyperUA software and services include both “plant-side” and “cloud-side” offerings that run securely at both ends
By focusing on ubiquitous and relatively simple Web standards (semantic HTML, JSON), HyperUA opens the door to a wide spectrum of connectivity, from embedded devices with a simple HTTP stack to large-scale Cloud services.
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HyperUATM FeaturesThe true power of Projexsys' HyperUA technology lies in
its ability to simply and safely extend the information-reach of OPC-based systems.
For example, enabling authorized tablets and smartphones to securely access live, streaming data from a manufacturing facility using only their built-in web browsers.
Projexsys, Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee
HyperUATM FeaturesAnd because HyperUA is engineered to complement the
standards and deliverables of the OPC Foundation, end-to-end connectivity between Web clients and OPC "classic" is entirely possible.
Hyper UA will be able to connect to virtually any legacy industrial control system in both process control and discrete manufacturing control industries, extending Web connectivity to millions of nodes.
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HyperUATM FeaturesData from connected OPC UA servers is available through
HyperUA on either a pushed ("pub/sub") or pulled ("polled every X seconds") basis, and all communication is secure by default.
HyperUA servers employ commercial-grade SSL/TLS for encrypted data transport, and client access is governed by a roles-based system which is complementary to the security model of OPC UA.
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HyperUATM Marketing ApproachProjexsys' sales and marketing focus is to enable
Industrial Software OEMs and Industrial System Builders to rapidly and easily develop flexible machine-to-person, machine-to-machine, and person-to-person collaborative applications.
Oil & Gas and Electrical Grid SCADA as well as MES Applications and Equipment OEMs are market segments that will make extensive use of Projexsys' HyperUA technology.
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Some possible partner applications examples include:
Gas Field “market price production”
QR-Code “Rounds” monitoring Process variables Standard Operations Procedures Troubleshooting and start-ups
Smart Electrical Grid monitoring (i.e. IEC 61850)
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HyperUATM Marketing Approach
HyperUATM Marketing ApproachHyperUA's API will enable Projexsys’ business partners to
quickly implement proprietary, high value applications using a simple, RESTful approach
Simple point-and-click configuration will permit easy connection of multiple plant OPC UA data sources into desktop and mobile web applications at 100,000+ plantsproduction or equipment alertsnotificationsmonitoring and reporting
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And One More Thing … 1.5 B Smartphones In Use Globally in 2013, Doubling to 3 B by 2017 Projections from the Yankee Group, a Boston-based analytics firm,
highlight the potential: the number of smartphones in use globally is projected to double from 1.5 B in 2013 to nearly 3.0 B in 2017. Most of those 1.5 B new adoptions will be in the developing world, and the vast majority will be lower-end Android phones.
In the first quarter of 2013, device makers shipped 216.2 million smartphones worldwide, a volume that accounted for 51.6 percent of total global shipments and that marked the first time smartphones have claimed more than half of all quarterly shipments, according to IDC.
In 2017 approximately 35% of smartphones, or a little over 1 billion, will be used for work according to Forrester Research.
Projexsys thinks that 100 to 150 million (10% to 15%) of these 1 billion work-related smartphones will either be associated directly with industrial applications or have some access to real-time industrial production data.
Projexsys, Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee
And One More Thing … the Ultimate Reasons for Utilizing REST and HyperUA from Projexsys It’s pretty simple really, OPC UA + HyperUA software developers can reuse the same REST API many
times, on many different devices – in browser-based and native apps. Importantly, web-standards based code (HTML5, JavaScript, CSS) for browser apps leveraging HyperUA’s
API can be cleanly reused across diverse platforms and devices. With browser apps, developers can also avoid the hassles, fees and costs of publishing through app stores owned by somebody else.
And the types of new web enabled devices is going to get very large, very quickly from basic browsers to things like:
Google Glass: web enabled glasses http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uyQZNg2vE
Smart web enabled wrist watches http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20130324145755_Chinese_Company_Readies_Smart_Wristwatch_Based_on_Android_and_FireFox_Operating_Systems.html
Wearable computers in general http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearable_computer
Text-mode browsers like Links or programmatic HTTP clients like cURL used in very simple, “embedded computer” driven devices like LED displays or panels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_(web_browser) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL
All of the above will be used in some way in the industrial environment – especially remote SCADA when geolocation data is involved
Projexsys, Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee
Projexsys, Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee