OPC基金会开设认证测试实验室

OPC Foundation opens Certification Test Lab
 
OPC基金会开设认证测试实验室

Scottsdale, AZ, February 25, 2008 -- The OPC Foundation has announced the opening of its first Independent Certification Test Lab to validate and certify OPC products. The new Test Lab is located at the premier facility of Ascolab in Erlangen, Germany.

Scottsdale2月25日消息——OPC基金会宣布设立其第一个独立的认证测试实验室，验证和证明OPC产品。新的测试实验室设在德国Erlangen市Ascolab公司的第一工厂。

OPC Foundation President and Executive Director Tom Burke said: “The Ascolab staff members have been designers and developers of OPC Certification tools since our earliest days. They are widely acknowledged as ‘the experts’ in OPC Certification and they provide a solid foundation on which to build our certification program.”

OPC基金会主席和行政总裁Tom Burke表示： " 从我们最早的时候起，Ascolab的员工成员就成为了OPC认证工具的设计者和开发者。他们被广泛认为OPC认证的‘专家’，而且他们为建立我们的认证计划提供了一个坚实的基础。“

"Companies who purchase OPC-compliant products expect secure, reliable interoperability in a highly plug-and-play fashion,” said Burke. “All products newly-certified by the Test Lab will carry a new ‘OPC Foundation Certified’ logo, thus providing end users with an assurance of excellence. The Certification program means that users can expect reduced system installation costs and products that will perform reliably in multi-vendor installations.”

Burke表示：”购买了OPC兼容产品的公司都希望能够在一个高度即插即用的方式里确保安全可靠的互操作性。所有最新获得测试实验室认证的产品将贴有一个新的‘OPC基金会认证’标志，从而为终端用户提供了卓越的保证。该认证计划意味着用户可以预期降低系统安装成本，产品也将可以可靠地运行于多供应商设备中。”

According to Craig Resnick, Research Director, ARC Advisory Group, "Compliance certification will provide manufacturers with the confidence that their suppliers products will work right out of the box with any other suppliers product that's compliance certified.”

ARC咨询集团研究主任Craig Resnick评论道：“兼容性认证将使制造商相信，他们供应商的产品将可以与其他供应商通过兼容性认证的产品开箱即用。”

By specifying the purchase of OPC Certified products, users will ensure interoperability. “Too much time has been spent by us in the past playing referee between suppliers who point fingers at each other instead of coming together to deliver solutions,” said Bruce Honda, Process Control Advisor, Weyerhaeuser. “Certifying to a common set of functions and features should assure that manufacturers like us get true compatibility between different supplier’s products."

通过购买特定的OPC认证产品，用户将可确保互操作性。Weyerhaeuser 公司过程控制顾问Bruce Honda表示："过去我们花了大量的时间作为互相职责的供应商之间的裁判，而不是共同提供解决方案。为一套共同的功能和特点认证将保证类似我们这样的制造商获得不同供应商产品之间的真正兼容性。“

John Weber, President of Software Toolbox, one of the OPC Foundation Member companies, added: “End-users want quality products, and one of the primary OPC Foundation goals must be to ensure delivery of the highest quality OPC products. End-users already expect at a minimum that products will have been through existing OPC Foundation self-certification testing. In the long term, as our Test Lab program rolls out worldwide, they will also look for the independent OPC Foundation Certification logo.” Software Toolbox is one of the first companies certifying their products through the new Test Lab.

OPC基金会成员公司之一的Software Toolbox公司总裁John Weber补充道：”终端用户需要高质量的产品，OPC基金会的其中一个最主要目标必须是确保提供最高品质的OPC产品。终端用户已经最低限度预计产品将通过现有的OPC基金会的自我认证测试。就长期而言，随着我们的测试实验室计划推向全球，他们还将需要单独的‘OPC基金会认证’标志。Software Toolbox就是首批其产品通过最新的测试实验室认证的公司之一。“

Paul Hunkar, OPC Foundation Director of Compliance & Certification and consultant engineer at ABB commented: “To successfully integrate complex systems using products from multiple vendors requires that products be completely interoperable and simple to maintain, while providing plug-and-play configuration and high reliability. The Independent Certification Test Lab system provides the infrastructure to ensure that vendors are designing and shipping high-quality, high-performance and high-functionality products.”

OPC基金会兼容及认证主任兼ABB顾问工程师Paul Hunkar评论道：”要使不同供应商的产品成功地组成复杂的系统需要产品具有完全的可互操作性，而且维护简单，同时需要即插即用配置和较高的可靠性。独立的‘认证测试实验室’系统提供了基础设施，以确保厂商正在设计和交付高品质、高性能和多功能的产品。“

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.

独立认证测试实验室的主要工具是检验所有其他产品的基础的参照硬件/软件。以下公司为实验室提供了硬件/软件作为计划的一部分：ABB、Beckhoff、Cyberlogic、 GE发那科智能平台、ICONICS、Kepware、Matrikon、OSI、罗克韦尔自动化、西门子、Softing、Software Toolbox 以及Wonderware。

All successfully-tested products and their certification details will be posted on the OPC Foundation website. End-users will use the online product catalog as a tool to make intelligent purchasing decisions.

所有成功通过测试的产品及其认证详情将公布在OPC基金会网站。终端用户将使用在线产品目录作为工具，以作出明智的购买决定。

About The OPC Foundation
关于OPC基金会

The OPC Foundation, dedicated to interoperability in automation and enterprise computing, is an independent, non-profit organization that comprises leading manufacturers and solution providers in factory and process automation as well as enterprise solutions. The OPC Foundation's charter is to develop worldwide industry-standards for data transfer offering multi-vendor interoperability and seamless connectivity of measurement and automation devices, systems, networks, and enterprise computing solutions used in the manufacturing and process industries, by leveraging open computing technologies. Development of specifications is undertaken by volunteers from 450+ members worldwide. 

OPC基金致力于自动化和企业计算机领域的互操作性，是一个独立的非赢利性组织，由来自工厂和过程自动化以及企业解决方案行业领先的制造商和解决方案供应商组成。OPC基金会的宗旨是通过利用计算机技术，为数据传输开发全球性的工业标准，提供跨厂商的互操作性以及应用于制造和流程工业的测量和自动化设备、系统以及企业计算机解决方案无缝连接性。规范的开发是由全球450多个成员的志愿者承担的。

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