OPC / OPC UA

Originally acronym for "Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control", from 2011 renamed "Open Platform Communications". A manufacturer-independent interface in automation technology for the transmission and archiving of data and the exchange of commands and alarm messages, designed and driven by the industrial consortium "OPC Foundation" in cooperation with the Industrial Internet Consortium. The addition "UA" for "Unified Architecture" denotes a specification that combines previous partial specifications. (
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)APL, IoT, TSN, Umati. (Symbol OPC UA as pioneer of industry 4.0))