Complete integration of the PN CBA OPC server in the SIMATIC NET OPC server environment
Support of distributed automated solutions with PROFINET CBA
Directly uses the variables and symbols defined by the SIMATIC iMap and STEP 7 PROFINET engineering tools
Operation in parallel with other communication protocols such as S7 communication via SOFTNET-S7 and Industrial Ethernet. This makes it possible to add PROFINET functionality to existing installations as well
C++, Visual Basic and .NET applications as well as general OPC clients (such as Microsoft Office) can share the new PROFINET concept over the standardized OPC interface