Device and Data Connectors
The OAS Platform includes connectors to achieve direct communications to Allen Bradley and Siemens PLCs, as well as Modbus devices, MTConnect data streams, Classic OPC and OPC UA data sources, open database, and more. There is no better or flexible way to connect to your data and to provide it to unlimited endpoints or integrations.
Product Overview
The OAS Platform provides rapid communications and connectivity to a wide variety of PLCs, devices, and databases.
Direct connectivity to Allen Bradley, Siemens, and Modbus devices allow for the highest performance and reliability. When using other controllers, OAS provides connectivity through any OPC server.
Platform Components
Virtually all supported Data Sources can also be connected as a Data Destination.
Device Connectors
Allen Bradley Connector
Supports direct connections to controllers with ABLogix and ABClassic Driver Interfaces such as ControlLogix, CompactLogix, GuardLogix, and Micro800 with the ABLogix driver, and MicroLogix, SLC 500, and PLC-5 with the ABClassic driver
Siemens Connector
Connect directly to Siemens controllers with the built in Siemens Driver Interfaces which support communications over Ethernet to S7-200, S7-300, S7-400, S7-1200, and S7-1500
Modbus Connector
Connect directly to Modbus slave devices with the built in Modbus Driver Interface which supports communications over Ethernet and Serial interfaces with Modbus TCP, Modbus RTU, and Modbus ASCII protocols
MTConnect
Automated setup from MTConnect enabled devices. Receive live data from defined MTConnect data streams.
OPTO Connector
FREE driver which enables speed communications to OPTO 22 SNAP PAC controllers
OPC UA Connector
The OPC UA connector provides connectivity between OPC, .NET, JSON, REST, Web, SCADA, and database applications
OPC Client Connector
Enables unlimited local and remote OPC Clients to communicate with an OAS Service, allowing unlimited OPC Client connections while maintaining only one OPC connection to the local OPC Servers
Data Route
Allows an OAS Service to write values from any Tag Parameter to an OPC Item in an OPC Server, simplifying remote networking by installing the OAS Service at each OPC Server system.
Universal Driver Interface
Create your own communication drivers using C# or VB.NET and define custom interface and tag properties. This SDK is easy to use and deploy and free of charge to develop unlimited numbers of drivers.
Data Connectors
OAS Recipe
The OAS Recipe product provides data transfer from databases. The database providers can be SQL Server, SQL Server Express, Access, Oracle, SQL Azure, mySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB, MariaDB, SQLite, Amazon Aurora, and Amazon RDS. OAS Recipe supports static or dynamic queries from other data sources such as device or operator input from your user interface.
Excel Connector
The OAS Excel Connector product provides connectivity to Microsoft Excel Workbooks for both read and write functionality. The OAS Excel Connector can interface with Microsoft Excel 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, and 2003.