Matrikon's OPC Genie (Generic Information Exchange) enables the exchange of process data between OPC compliant applications and any device that supports serial or Ethernet communication. It is less easy possible to offer a guide price for this toolkit category, though you should certainly not pay more than for an equivalent rapid development toolkit.Toolkit SuppliersMatrikonOPCOPC Genie This approach allows the use of Visual Basic for server development. Similarly, you may pay a slight premium if support is offered for two or more OPC specifications within the same toolkit.Ī newer toolkit type extends the rapid development model by packaging the core server functionality as an ActiveX control. You should expect a substantial discount if buying two or more toolkits as a bundle. So what are our guide prices? We believe you should pay no more than these prices for OPC toolkits: That's not to say that you won't find differences in quality from different vendors. OPC toolkits are arguably now a commodity item, and prices from different vendors are broadly similar. Many customers will negotiate discounts when buying toolkits, so the quoted price is really only a maximum price in any case.
Some vendors will not release pricing information at all, while others will only do so under duress.
We no longer show individual vendors' prices for most toolkits, and instead give guide prices for different types of toolkit, irrespective of supplier. In each case, the supported specifications (Data Access, Alarms & Events, Historical Data Access) are indicated.Guide Prices for OPC Toolkits The following table gives an overview of OPC toolkit suppliers. In each case, the supported specifications (Data Access, Alarms & Events, Historical Data Access) are indicated. These are configurable toolkits that do not require programming or compiling of code. The following table gives an overview of configurable OPC toolkit suppliers. See also our Component Libraries and Tools and Techniques pages.Overview of Available Toolkits