SAP CONNECTORS FOR OPC
NLINK® OPC TO SAP INTEGRATION SOLUTIONS
The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution allows manufacturers to connect PLCs, SCADAs, DCSs and any other OPC-compliant devices to SAP. Allowing them to perform plant floor analysis and reporting by combining plant control and SAP business data or perform automatic measurement recording, reporting, analysis and notifications to facilitate Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) or Operating Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). End users can use the NLINK OPC to SAP Solution in a variety of ways to solve a number of manufacturing plant floor SAP integration problems. The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution provides simple and cost-effective connectivity between OPC-enabled shop floor systems and SAP.
OPC ENABLED SAP INTEGRATION
AUTOMATE
Deploy sophisticated real-time interfaces between your DCS, SCADA and/or PLC Systems and SAP. Read OPC Tag values as they change, apply sophisticated Business Logic to the retrieved OPC Tag data and then automatically post the results to SAP. The result is an integrated, automated manufacturing plant floor process.
SIMPLIFY
No more pencil and paper. No more disjointed manufacturing process driven by a lack of technology and disconnected systems. Simplify the manufacturing process by deploying sophisticated real-time SAP interfaces that deliver the right information, to the right systems at the right time.
OPTIMIZE
Once your systems are connected in real-time and the manufacturing plant floor process is simplified, optimize the business process by adding additional systems, validation, business logic and filtering. Provide operators with mobile displays of actionable data to increase productivity.
NLINK OPC TO SAP SOLUTION
The out-of-the-box NLINK OPC to SAP Solution allows manufacturers to perform analysis and reporting by combining plant control and SAP business data or perform automatic measurement recording, reporting, analysis and notifications to facilitate Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) and Operating Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). End users can define measurement points based upon control system tags, and create automatic notifications within SAP from sets of user-filtered process control alarms and events.
NLINK OPC to SAP Solution
SAP PM MODULE – MAINTENANCE PROCESSING WITH OPC
For unexpected breakdowns or out-of-range readings as registered by the equipment monitoring devices, Maintenance Notifications or Malfunction Reports in SAP can be created automatically from the devices.
Typically, these shop floor devices are connected to an OPC server via a SCADA, PLC or DCS.
Sample applications for the NLINK OPC to SAP Solution may include:
- Stronger than normal vibration readings on pumps or compressors
- Weaker than normal electrical output from generators
- Equipment breakdown (non-functioning) for any equipment
SAP PP-PI MODULE – PRODUCTION PLANNING WITH OPC
The SAP PP-PI Module (Production Planning – Process Industries) provides a comprehensive suite of process planning tools to manage resource, recipe and process management, as well as process planning and production information management.
Typically, these shop floor devices are connected to an OPC server via a PLC.
To fully support production planning in SAP the NLINK OPC to SAP Solution can allow the Process Control System (i.e. the SCADA, DCS, or PLC) to receive planned orders from SAP and then generate real-time process data during production that is automatically fed back to SAP to allow further processing, such as:
- Materials Management
- Quality Management
- Process Costing
- Generation of Electronic Batch Records
SAP QM MODULE -INSPECTION READINGS IN ASSEMBLY AND TESTING WITH OPC
In the manufacturing of actuators and control devices where torque readings need to be tested, or in process industries where quality control data needs to be tracked, the devices that capture these readings can automatically report the readings into the SAP QM module as Inspection Results.
Typically, these shop floor devices are connected to an OPC server via a PLC.
Sample applications for the NLINK OPC to SAP Solution may include:
- Operating Output Torque Ranges / Maximum Torque output reading for an Electric Actuator
- Operating Supply Pressure Ranges for Pneumatic Actuators
SAP IM MODULE – INVENTORY RECONCILIATION ON TANK FARMS WITH OPC
Through the use of various OPC compliant devices and gauges that monitor the tank farms and provide feedback on tank information, inventory levels in a tank farm can be automatically interfaced with SAP’s Inventory Management module.
Typically, these tank level measurement devices are connected directly to an OPC server.
Sample applications for the NLINK OPC to SAP Solution may include:
- Reporting differences between inventory levels in the tank versus expected levels in SAP
- Reconciling inventory differences between planned consumption and actual consumption in SAP
- Triggering purchase requisitions based on actual tank levels.
- OPC DA Servers Version 2.00 Version 2.05a Version 3.00
- OPC HDA Servers Version 1.00 Version 1.1.0 Version 1.20
- OPC A&E Servers Version 1.00 Version 1.02 Version 1.10
The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution has been successfully tested against the following commercially available OPC DA servers:
- ABB Inc.:
- AC800M OPC Server 5.0.7.34
- Advosol Inc.:
- OPC-DA Gateway Server to XML DA 4.0
- DANSrv OPC DA .NET Server Toolkit 4.2.1
- Chemstations, Inc.:
- CHEMCAD 5.6.4
- Cogent Real-Time Systems Inc.:
- OPC DataHub 6.4
- OPC DataHub 6.3
- OPC DataHub 6.0.2
- Cyberlogic Technologies, Inc.:
- DHX OPC Server Suite 7.00
- MBX OPC Server Suite 7.00
- Validator 7.00
- Cyberlogic OPC Server 6.00
- ExperTune, Inc.:
- ExperTune PlantTriage 7.4.4
- GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms:
- Proficy HMI/SCADA – iFIX 4.5
- Proficy HMI/SCADA – CIMPLICITY 7.0 Build 9039
- Honeywell Inc.:
- Uniformance PHD OPC DA/HDA Server 210.1.1
- ICONICS, Inc.:
- DataWorX32 OPC DA Server 9.0.165.0
- DataWorX32 OPC Tunneling 9.0
- InduSoft LLC:
- Fluke DA OPC Server 4.0
- Kepware Technologies:
- KEPServerEX OPC Server V4.270.416
- KEPServerEX OPC Server V4.222.376
- KEPServerEX OPC Server V4.200.353
- MatrikonOPC:
- MatrikonOPC Universal Server 2.0.1.0
- MatrikonOPC Universal Server 1.0.0.0
- MatrikonOPC Desktop Historian™ 3.0.2.0
- MatrikonOPC (Triconex/Simulation) 4.1.1.0
- MSIndustrie Software GmbH:
- MSIOPCServerPMA 1.1.0.4
- MSIOPCServerNICE 1.1.0.4
- MSIOPCServerW 1.1.0.4
- National Instruments:
- LabVIEW 8.0
- OSIsoft Inc.:
- PI DA/HDA Server 1.2.4.0
- PI DA Server (spec 1.0, 2.0) 1.2.0.11
- PI DA Server (spec 1.0, 2.0) 1.1.0.25
- Rockwell Software Inc:
- FactoryTalk Gateway 3.5.2.1
- FactoryTalk Gateway 3.42.00
- FactoryTalk Gateway 3.01.50
- SENSYS Inc.:
- IntelliMax v3.0
- IntelliMax v3.5
- Siemens AG:
- Simatic NET OPC Servers V7.0
- Simatic WinCC WinCC V6.2
- Simatic WinCC WinCC V6.0 SP4
- Simatic WinCC Connectivity Station V 6.2
- Simatic WinCC Flexible 2008
- Software Toolbox, Inc:
- SLIK-DA OPC DA Server ActiveX/.NET Control 4.0
- OmniServer Universal Configurable OPC Server 2.5.003
- TOP Server OPC Servers 4.270.416
- TOP Server OPC Servers 4.222.376
- Takebishi Corporation:
- DeviceXPlorer OPC Server 0.3
- DeviceXPlorer MELSEC OPC Server 3.12.3
- DeviceXPlorer MODBUS OPC Server 3.1.1.5
- DeviceXPlorer FA-M3 OPC Server 3.1.1.5
- DeviceXPlorer MELSEC OPC Server 3.1.1.5
- DeviceXPlorer SYSMAC OPC Server 3.1.1.5
- DeviceXPlorer TOYOPUC OPC Server 3.1.1.5
- Triangle MicroWorks, Inc:
- SCADA Data Gateway – Client and Server 2.38
- Wonderware:
- ABTCP DAServer 1.5.100
- GESRTP DAServer 1.5.100
- MBSerial DAServer 2.5.200
- MBTCP DAServer 1.5.100
- OMFINSEthernet DAServer 1.5.000
- MTEthernet DAServer 1.5.000
- FSGateway 1.5
- ABCIP DAServer 4.0
- DASABCIP v3.0.001
- SIDIRECT DAServer 1.5.100
- DASSIDirect 1.5
- DAS SI Direct 1.1
- Yokogawa Electric Corporation:
- Exaopc OPC Interface Package R3.21
- STARDOM “FCN/FCJ OPC Server for Windows” R1.80.01
The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution has been successfully tested against the following commercially available OPC HDA servers:
- Advosol Inc.:
- HDANSrv OPC HDA .NET Server Toolkit Standard Edition 2.0
- Canary Labs, Inc.:
- Trend Historian – HDA Server & DA Client 6.1
- Honeywell Inc.:
- Uniformance PHD OPC DA/HDA Server 210.1.1
- InduSoft LLC:
- Fluke HDA OPC Server 4.0
- MatrikonOPC:
- MatrikonOPC Universal Server 2.0.1.0
- MatrikonOPC Universal Server 1.0.0.0
- Matrikon OPC Desktop Historian™ 3.3.0.0
- Matrikon OPC Desktop Historian™ 3.0.2.0
- OSIsoft Inc.:
- PI HDA Server (spec 1.2) 1.2.4.0
- PI HDA Server (spec 1.2) 1.2.0.11
- PI HDA Server (spec 1.2) 1.1.0.25
- ECHO HDA Server (spec 1.2) 1.0.0.31
- SENSYS Inc.:
- IntelliMax v3.0
- Siemens AG:
- Simatic WinCC WinCC V6.0 SP4
- Yokogawa Electric Corporation:
- Exaopc OPC Interface Package R3.21
The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution has been successfully tested against the following commercially available OPC A&E servers:
- ABB Inc.:
- AC800M OPC Server 5.0.7.34
- Cyberlogic Technologies, Inc.:
- Cyberlogic OPC Server 6.00
- DHX OPC Server Suite 7.00
- MBX OPC Server Suite 7.00
- Validator 7.00
- GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms:
- Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY 7.0.7.5
- ICONICS, Inc.:
- AlarmWorX32 OPC Alarm and Events Server 9.0.166.0
- DataWorX32 OPC Tunneling 9.0
- MatrikonOPC:
- MatrikonOPC Universal Server 2.0.1.0
- MatrikonOPC Universal Server 1.0.0.0
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation:
- MX OPC Server 6.00
- SENSYS Inc.:
- IntelliMax v3.0
- Siemens AG:
- Simatic Net OPC Servers V7.0.0.0
- Simatic WinCC V7.0
- Simatic WinCC V6.0 SP4
- Simatic WinCC Connectivity Station V7.0
- Simatic Net OPC Servers V6.4.0.1
- Yokogawa Electric Corporation:
- Exaopc OPC Interface Package R3.21
- Triangle MicroWorks, Inc:
- SCADA Data Gateway – Client and Server 2.38
SCADA SYSTEMS
The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution has been successfully tested and/or deployed in a production environment connecting the following SCADA, PLC, HMI and DCS Systems to SAP:
- Wonderware InTouch
- Allen-Bradley ControlLogix / RSLogix
- Yokogawa CENTUM CS 3000 / Exaquantum
- GE iFIX
- Emerson DeltaV
NLINK OPC TO SAP SOLUTION FUNCTIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution comes with a wide array of built-in functionality that’s simply not available with other approaches:
NO CODING
Custom coding does not belong on the Manufacturing Plant Floor! The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution is a configuration-based system with absolutely no custom coding required.
ZERO FOOTPRINT
The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution does not require anything to be installed into the SAP Landscape and no custom ABAP is required.
OUT OF THE BOX
The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution comes with a set of pre-built, out of the box transactions to support Condition Based Monitoring of Assets.
FLEXIBILITY
The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution comes with a simple User Interface that allows a variety of thresholds, triggers and other criteria to be specified per asset or groups of assets.
RAPID DEPLOYMENT
The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution can be installed and deployed in minutes. Once the first manufacturing site is operational rolling out additional sites requires moving a single file.
Enterprise Features that are built into the Product include:
STORE & FORWARD
When SAP is not available, the NLINK OPC to SAP Solution spools transactional data and stores it locally. When SAP comes back up, data is posted to SAP in a FIFO fashion, once and once only.
DATA HUB
The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution is built on a powerful integration engine. The delivered solution can easily connect to other systems using a variety of protocols to drive additional value.
SAP CERTIFIED
The NLINK Product Suite is SAP Certified for S/4HANA and has been continuously SAP Certified since 1999. Previous SAP Certifications include Powered by SAP NetWeaver and CA-ALE.
SUPPORTED
The NLINK OPC to SAP Solution has built-in E-mail Alerts, Audit Logs, Trace Files and an IT Administrator’s Management console to conveniently manage and monitor the deployed interfaces.
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