Introducing hyper ua 2013 05-01

Introducing HyperUATM

Powering the Industrial WebTM

May 2013Projexsys, Inc.

TopicsBrief Background on OPC Foundation & OPC / OPC UA

Needs & Opportunities for Easier World Wide Web Compatibility

OPC UA & HyperUA™

Working Across An Industrial Enterprise

HyperUA™ Marketing Approach

And One More Thing

Projexsys, Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee

The OPC Foundation The OPC Foundation is all about interoperability standards for industrial

automation and related domainsThe OPC Foundation focuses on open connectivity in automation and

enterprise systems that support industrial businesses Interoperability is assured through the creation and maintenance of open

standards specificationsBased on fundamental standards and technologies of the general computing

market, the OPC Foundation adapts and creates specifications that fill industry-specific needs

Original set of OPC technology specifications were based on Microsoft COM/DCOM and have been widely adopted & proven

OPC UA (Unified Architecture) unifies and extends the original functionality of OPC Classic into modern, cross-platform specifications & profiles


OPC UA OPC UA is a broad standard that facilitates reliable and secure

data exchange across heterogeneous automation and business systems with complementary concerns: PLC, DCS, Batch Automation, SCADA, MES, ERP

The OPC UA technology specifications define a data model, a binary transport protocol and WSDL/SOAP web services

OPC UA bridges to existing OPC implementations, and is on track to become the dominant industrial data exchange standard for intra-plant and intra-enterprise communication


Web and Mobile applications overwhelmingly favor the simple, stateless RESTful architectural style

There needs to be an easy way to link RESTful Web applications to stateful systems and applications that are using OPC UA

WSDL/SOAP web services are much more difficult for developers to implement, maintain, adapt & scale - compared to a RESTful Web approach



Many End Users, Systems Integrators and Equipment Builders are not proficient with web services implementations

They need faster / simpler Web tools and services that provide access to OPC UA applications and systems

Their end user customers want simple unifying systems that can show real-time plant data for multiple plants producing the same products … regardless of the hardware and software running those plants



End users, Systems Integrators and Equipment builders do not want to understand the deep technical details of how to manage and maintain interfaces to multiple OPC UA based systems and applications in order to accomplish simple connectivity for mobile and embedded devices

End users absolutely want a single, unifying presentation-data aggregation, layer across the web, no matter which control/MES vendor they use at multiple plants across the worldEach of their vendors has an approach that works only with their stuffOPC UA has a very complex web services specification (WSDL/SOAP) and

it is difficult to use – or nonexistent at this timeProjexsys, Inc., Johnson City, Tennessee


Software and services vendors need to be able to embed simple World Wide Web extensibility for OPC UA into their products in order to deliver ‘easy to use’ offeringsThese vendors want Operating Systems Independence

We believe that most solution providers would strongly benefit from being able to tell customers that they can provide them with a single, unifying mechanism for web-based connectivity, no matter what operating systems or vendor’s software runs in their plants … as long that software can interface to OPC UA or legacy OPC



Introducing HyperUATM

Projexsys, Inc. has finished Phase I development of a fully RESTful software gateway for OPC UA called HyperUA™

Projexsys is now looking for 3-4 Phase II partners from Software Developers, System Builders & Equipment OEMs who will develop specific proprietary or vertical market applications utilizing HyperUA


HyperUATM FeaturesThe technology stack for HyperUA seamlessly integrates

OPC UA, Cloud services and RESTful Web applications.

HyperUA's server-side software is built on the JVM and will run on virtually any hardware/software platform and HyperUA is a single-CD install and is easily configurable.

This software gateway can be thought of as an alternative and easier way for OPC UA servers to securely exchange data with non-OPC applications.


HyperUATM FeaturesHyperUA™ requires NO CHANGES WHATSOEVER to existing

OPC UA software or applications

Projexsys’ standalone software will simply add RESTful Web capabilities on top of OPC UA as a “best alternative” Web communications approach

HyperUA™ eliminates the complexity of implementing web services for industrial platforms


HyperUATM FeaturesThe API consumed by HyperUA clients fully conforms to

the REST architectural style.

HyperUA software and services include both “plant-side” and “cloud-side” offerings that run securely at both ends

By focusing on ubiquitous and relatively simple Web standards (semantic HTML, JSON), HyperUA opens the door to a wide spectrum of connectivity, from embedded devices with a simple HTTP stack to large-scale Cloud services.


HyperUATM FeaturesThe true power of Projexsys' HyperUA technology lies in

its ability to simply and safely extend the information-reach of OPC-based systems.

For example, enabling authorized tablets and smartphones to securely access live, streaming data from a manufacturing facility using only their built-in web browsers.


HyperUATM FeaturesAnd because HyperUA is engineered to complement the

standards and deliverables of the OPC Foundation, end-to-end connectivity between Web clients and OPC "classic" is entirely possible.

Hyper UA will be able to connect to virtually any legacy industrial control system in both process control and discrete manufacturing control industries, extending Web connectivity to millions of nodes.


HyperUATM FeaturesData from connected OPC UA servers is available through

HyperUA on either a pushed ("pub/sub") or pulled ("polled every X seconds") basis, and all communication is secure by default.

HyperUA servers employ commercial-grade SSL/TLS for encrypted data transport, and client access is governed by a roles-based system which is complementary to the security model of OPC UA.


HyperUATM Marketing ApproachProjexsys' sales and marketing focus is to enable

Industrial Software OEMs and Industrial System Builders to rapidly and easily develop flexible machine-to-person, machine-to-machine, and person-to-person collaborative applications.

Oil & Gas and Electrical Grid SCADA as well as MES Applications and Equipment OEMs are market segments that will make extensive use of Projexsys' HyperUA technology.


Some possible partner applications examples include:

Gas Field “market price production”

QR-Code “Rounds” monitoring Process variables Standard Operations Procedures Troubleshooting and start-ups

Smart Electrical Grid monitoring (i.e. IEC 61850)


HyperUATM Marketing Approach

HyperUATM Marketing ApproachHyperUA's API will enable Projexsys’ business partners to

quickly implement proprietary, high value applications using a simple, RESTful approach

Simple point-and-click configuration will permit easy connection of multiple plant OPC UA data sources into desktop and mobile web applications at 100,000+ plantsproduction or equipment alertsnotificationsmonitoring and reporting


And One More Thing … 1.5 B Smartphones In Use Globally in 2013, Doubling to 3 B by 2017 Projections from the Yankee Group, a Boston-based analytics firm,

highlight the potential: the number of smartphones in use globally is projected to double from 1.5 B in 2013 to nearly 3.0 B in 2017. Most of those 1.5 B new adoptions will be in the developing world, and the vast majority will be lower-end Android phones.

In the first quarter of 2013, device makers shipped 216.2 million smartphones worldwide, a volume that accounted for 51.6 percent of total global shipments and that marked the first time smartphones have claimed more than half of all quarterly shipments, according to IDC.

In 2017 approximately 35% of smartphones, or a little over 1 billion, will be used for work according to Forrester Research.

Projexsys thinks that 100 to 150 million (10% to 15%) of these 1 billion work-related smartphones will either be associated directly with industrial applications or have some access to real-time industrial production data.


And One More Thing … the Ultimate Reasons for Utilizing REST and HyperUA from Projexsys It’s pretty simple really, OPC UA + HyperUA software developers can reuse the same REST API many

times, on many different devices – in browser-based and native apps. Importantly, web-standards based code (HTML5, JavaScript, CSS) for browser apps leveraging HyperUA’s

API can be cleanly reused across diverse platforms and devices. With browser apps, developers can also avoid the hassles, fees and costs of publishing through app stores owned by somebody else.

And the types of new web enabled devices is going to get very large, very quickly from basic browsers to things like:

Google Glass: web enabled glasses http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uyQZNg2vE

Smart web enabled wrist watches http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20130324145755_Chinese_Company_Readies_Smart_Wristwatch_Based_on_Android_and_FireFox_Operating_Systems.html

Wearable computers in general http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearable_computer

Text-mode browsers like Links or programmatic HTTP clients like cURL used in very simple, “embedded computer” driven devices like LED displays or panels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_(web_browser) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL

All of the above will be used in some way in the industrial environment – especially remote SCADA when geolocation data is involved


http://www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uyQZNg2vE

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20130324145755_Chinese_Company_Readies_Smart_Wristwatch_Based_on_Android_and_FireFox_Operating_Systems.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearable_computer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL

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