The OPC independent certification test lab opened the first week of February.  The first company that tested their products successfully through the lab was Cyberlogic.  Cyberlogic has been very active in the development of all the processes and test cases with respect to the lab throughout the last several years.  Their active participation in all the activities of OPC coupled with their excellent commitment to quality from design through deployment definitely paid off.  

There are a number of other companies that are currently are scheduled and are actively testing their products through the independent certification test lab.  We're currently processing the results of several of the companies and I will be reporting some additional companies that have passed in the next several days.

The backbone of the Independent Certification Test Lab is the reference hardware/software that is the basis for testing all other products. 

The following companies have provided hardware/software to the lab as part of this program: ABB, Beckhoff, Cyberlogic, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, ICONICS, Kepware, Matrikon, OSI, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Softing, Software Toolbox and Wonderware.  I wish to acknowledge all the companies that have donated hardware and software as part of the reference set for the independent certification test lab.   These really are the companies that truly are dedicated to interoperability, and essentially other vendors products will be benchmarked and tested against the reference products that are installed in the lab.

I encourage the readers of this blog to contact the vendors that are not listed in the reference set above to contact me if they are interested in having their products also be added to the reference portfolio.