Online Development Offers Universal Gateway Appliance based on Kepware Protocols

Kepware Technologies, a provider of communications for automation, has announced that Online Development is the first company to be delivering KEPServerEX with more than 100 protocols in the form of an Allen-Bradley ControlLogix communications module, “Universal Gateway (News - Alert) Appliance.”

 

Online Development is a developer of factory automation data appliances. The company’s focus is on helping companies to bridge information gaps throughout their facilities with data appliances that are easy to install and use.

 

“We offer a variety of modules which are purpose built for specific tasks,” Ron Monday, president at Online Development Corp., said.

 

The company’s Each appliance is available for specific data transaction applications and is designed to reduce installation and setup time through intuitive and easy configuration; provide reliable performance and factory floor durability, help ensure virus and hacker-free operation.

 

This is the company’s first module designed as a Universal Gateway, and the company said that it’s seeing a great deal of interest in its capabilities. Kepware has been an excellent partner in the process of developing this product.

 

“Online Development has done an excellent job in creating a communications appliance with our KEPServer protocols and LinkMaster product,” Roy Kok, vice president of sales and marketing at Kepware Technologies, said, adding that this product has been designed for high reliability and trouble free operation.

 

“You can literally take a module off the shelf, configure it with a remote PC, and have reliable Machine to Machine (M2M) communications over any combination of protocols,” Kok said.

 

Kepware is a provider of communication software for automation and claims to offer a unique experience in both OPC and embedded device communications. Since 1995, the company has focused on the development of communication drivers to automation controllers, I/O and field devices, OEM Licensable communications and Licensable OPC Interoperability solutions.

 

Earlier in August, Online Development picked Kepware Technologies as a strategic provider of communications for the development of their M2M communications gateway.