Direct and Secure Communication for Field Devices with OPC UA FX (Field eXchange)
Initiative, B&R, ABB’s Machine Automation Division, is among the first vendors to have successfully implemented this protocol into its products, taking field communications to the next level. The ACOPOS M4 is [...] that,” said Veli-Pekka Ketonen, Product Manager Industrial Networks at B&R Industrial Automation. The newly launched ACOPOS M4 from B&R is one of the first servo drives in the world to be developed natively [...] machine automation. The OPC UA FX Technology Package from B&R extends OPC UA to the field level, thereby supporting both C2D (Controller-to-Device) and C2C scenarios*. It combines software, controllers, remote