The latest builds of the OPC UA SDK for the .NET programming environment have been released. The current version Build 222 of the SDK includes:
- Implementations of the XML Web Services and UA Native Binary stack profiles
- Server and Client development toolkits
- Sample Applications
- A wrapper for COM-DA Servers (DA 2.05a, DA3.00 and AE1.1)
- A proxy for COM-DA and COM-AE clients (DA 2.05a and AE1.1)
- Local Discovery Server
- Configuration Tool
Quite a few modifications in this round, most notably is support for wrapping classic A&E servers and support for 64-bit processers. There are also numerous bug fixes, enhancements and corrections for a backward compatibility issue. The sample source now includes the examples on how to create a custom NodeManager. There also appears to be quite a few modifications related to security and auditing. (I would suspect those are a result of the security audit.)
All the fine details can be found in the Readme file.
As the SDK continues to improve, more and more OPC UA products are emerging. Companies working on their OPC UA products will want to get upgraded to the latest SDK builds in order to be read for the next OPC UA Early Adopter Plug Fest in Nürnberg, Germany. This workshop will run from 1:00 PM on Monday, October 6th, 2008 through Noon on Friday, October 10th, 2008. The UA Plug Fest is free for qualified participants. To attend you must have a UA client and/or server developed sufficiently such that it already interoperates with the OPC Test client/server and is ready to be tested with other vendors clients and servers. The Plug Fest will run concurrently with the OPC Interoperability Workshop (IOP), but you must register for each separately and a single person can not adequately cover both the IOP and the plug fest.
Of course, don’t forget the OPC UA DevCon and Workshop the week of October 27th, in Munich. I plan to be presenting, and always look forward to meeting more blog readers.
See you there.