OPC Foundation Podcast
46 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago -OPC is the interoperability standard for the secure and reliable exchange of data in the industrial automation space and in other industries. It is platform independent and ensures the seamless flow of information among devices from multiple vendors. The OPC Foundation is responsible for the development and maintenance of this standard.
The podcast gives insight into the technology, applications in different industries and answers questions from the audience.
Your podcast host is Peter Seeberg. Peter has been involved in making OPC technology known to the world for the last 10 years.
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Episodes
OPC UA and Open Source at Trumpf
April 11, 2024 22:01 - 35 minutes - 28.4 MBPeter Seeberg talks to Tom Schneider from TRUMPF about the OPC UA for Machine Tools Companion Specification initiated and coordinated by the German Machine tools builders’ association, VDW and how this relates to UMATI.
OPC UA from India
February 22, 2024 23:01 - 33 minutes - 27.1 MBPeter Seeberg talks to Smitha Rao, co-founder of Utthunga, about the current landscape of OPC UA in India and around the world.
Laboratory and Analytical Device standard on OPC UA
January 30, 2024 23:01 - 34 minutes - 28 MBMatthias Arnold talks about OPC UA as the basis for the “Laboratory and Analytical Device standard.
Integrating secure elements with OPC UA security
October 26, 2023 22:01 - 13 minutes - 11.4 MBMarkus Heintel from Siemens talks about integrating secure elements with OPC UA security, specifically how ISO / IEC TS 30168 "Internet of Things - Generic Trust Anchor API for IIoT Devices" can support this challenge.
OPC UA and the 62443 cybersecurity standard
August 10, 2023 22:01 - 17 minutes - 14.2 MBPaul Hunkar talks about the 62443 cybersecurity standard for operational technology in automation and control systems and how it applies to OPC UA.
OPC UA Filetransfer
July 27, 2023 22:01 - 19 minutes - 15.6 MBSven Goldstein from Beckhoff Automation and Sebastian Friedl from Interop4X FV explain the reasons behind, the functioning of and use cases for OPC UA File Transfer. If you have a proposal for topics or are interested in appearing on the OPC Foundation podcast, maybe you want to join one the VDMA or other OPC UA Companion Specification working groups, or maybe you want to become a member of the OPC Foundation or otherwise, please mail the OPC Foundation at [email protected].
Building the Industrial Metaverse with OPC UA
June 08, 2023 22:01 - 40 minutes - 33 MBErich Barnstedt, Chief Architect, Standards, Consortia & Industrial IoT, Azure Edge & Platform at Microsoft, talks about building the Industrial Metaverse with OPC UA. If you have a proposal for topics or are interested in appearing on the OPC Foundation podcast, maybe you want to join one the VDMA or other OPC UA Companion Specification working groups, or maybe you want to become a member of the OPC Foundation or otherwise, please mail the OPC Foundation at [email protected].
The OPC UA - W3C Web of Things - ChatGPT Dream Team
May 18, 2023 22:01 - 39 minutes - 31.9 MBSebastian Käbisch is Industrial IoT Expert at Siemens. Sebastian talks about the potential of having OPC UA, W3C Web of Things and ChatGPT all work together. If you have a proposal for topics or are interested in appearing on the OPC Foundation podcast, maybe you want to join one the VDMA or other OPC UA Companion Specification working groups, or maybe you want to become a member of the OPC Foundation or otherwise, please mail the OPC Foundation at [email protected]
Mental models, deep enterprise architecture, digital transformation and OPC UA
April 20, 2023 22:01 - 26 minutes - 21.5 MBHarirajan Padmanabhan is Founder and CEO of hpad, Incorporate talks about mental models, deep enterprise architecture, and digital transformation and how these relate to OPC UA.
Interoperability technologies AutomationML, Asset Administration Shell and OPC UA and how they fit together
April 13, 2023 22:01 - 28 minutes - 22.8 MBRainer Drath is professor at the Pforzheim university, AutomationML architect and author of four AutomationML books, as well as board member of the AutomationML Association. He talks about the interoperability technologies AutomationML, Asset Administration Shell and OPC UA and how they fit together.
OPC UA implementation into the Codesys automation platform
January 26, 2023 23:01 - 20 minutes - 16.3 MBDieter Hess the co-founder and managing partner of Codesys shares amongst other things how his customers work with the OPC UA companion specs.
Energy efficiency and how OPC UA can help building a unified energy model
September 22, 2022 22:01 - 27 minutes - 22.3 MBKarl-Heinz Niemann of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover talks about energy efficiency in general, about OT-Security, data formats, energy management systems, and about a consolidated energy model to be made available via OPC UA.
Process Automation Device Information Model (PA-DIM) and the role OPC UA plays in it
August 18, 2022 22:01 - 21 minutes - 17.6 MBFrank Fengler, Head of Cybersecurity for Measurement and Analytics at ABB, explains the Process Automation Device Information Model is, how it was developed, what problem it solves, who benefits, and why they selected OPC UA as their base architecture. https://copacontrol.org/de/ If you have a proposal for topics or are interested in appearing on the OPC Foundation podcast, maybe you want to join one the VDMA or other OPC UA Companion Specification working groups, or maybe you want to becom...
OPC UA and COPA, the Coalition for Open Process Automation
August 04, 2022 22:01 - 26 minutes - 21.6 MBBob Hagenau, CEO at CPLANE.ai, explains what COPA stands for, what role he plays in it and how it fits with OPC UA.
OPC UA and the Energy Transition
February 10, 2022 23:01 - 18 minutes - 15 MBEspen Krogh, CEO of Prediktor talks the structural role OPC UA plays in the Energy Transition.
2021 review and plans for 2022
December 16, 2021 23:01 - 49 minutes - 39.6 MBStefan Hoppe / President of the OPC Foundation, talks about the vision, its members and board members, he gives a technology, certification, FLC and collaborations update, introduces the new OPC UA Cloud initiative and shares his plans for 2022.
Designing machines supporting OPC UA Companion Specificiations
November 11, 2021 23:01 - 26 minutes - 24 MBHenning Mersch from Beckhoff shares his experience dealing with OPC UA companion specifications, and proposes, how persons with different roles may interact each in their own way while working with companion specifications.
OPC UA and Artificial Intelligence
October 28, 2021 22:01 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBOur host, Peter Seeberg from asimovero.AI gives an introduction into artificial intelligence and explains how OPC UA is the perfect match for making AI come true in industry.
OPC UA and Ethernet-APL
October 14, 2021 22:01 - 28 minutes - 27.7 MBAndreas Hennecke, from Pepperl and Fuchs gives an introduction into process plants going digital, he talks about robust communication and its implications for technicians, and he explains Ethernet-APL and how it relates to OPC UA.
OPC UA Legal topics
September 30, 2021 22:01 - 28 minutes - 27.5 MBBrad Biddle, OPC Foundation Counsel, will talk about antitrust, Intellectual property rights, patent licensing, and the different roles open standards and open source code play.
OPC UA for Machine Tools Companion Specification
September 15, 2021 22:01 - 21 minutes - 21.5 MBAndreas Wohlfeld from TRUMPF and Götz Görisch from VDW talk about the OPC UA for Machine Tools Companion Specification initiated and coordinated by the German Machine tools builders’ association, VDW and how it relates to UMATI. They explain the scope, use-cases and what they achieved so far.
Machinery Companion Specifications
September 02, 2021 22:01 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBHeiko Herden explains, what VDMA is, why OPC UA for Machinery was needed, the goal of the working group, the existing and upcoming results and how you as a listener may become involved.
OPC UA Security
May 27, 2021 22:15 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBRandy Armstrong, Director IT Operations as well as Chair of the OPC UA Security Working Group, talks about OPC UA Security. Randy gives an introduction to security, talks about the Security Working Group, the process for handling security vulnerabilities and security and open source.
Equinor OPC UA use case
May 14, 2021 07:15 - 46 minutes - 44.3 MBSteffan Sørenes shares his experience, implementing and scaling OPC UA, bumps he has run intro, benefits of using OPC UA as an open standard architecture, open sourcing OPC UA as well as a roadmap going forward with regards to using OPC UA in Equinor.
OPC UA FX (Field eXchange) Specification Extensions
April 29, 2021 22:05 - 26 minutes - 22.7 MBAlyssa Mallkowsky from Siemens talks to Georg Biehler, also from Siemens, and Clark Case from Rockwell about the first FLC specification. Clark Case and Georg Biehler cover achievements, the creation process, the parties involved, the background, focus and features of the FX standard.
OPC UA FX
April 22, 2021 22:05 - 26 minutes - 22.7 MBAlyssa Mallkowsky from Siemens talks to Georg Biehler, also from Siemens, and Clark Case from Rockwell about the first FLC specification. Clark Case and Georg Biehler cover achievements, the creation process, the parties involved, the background, focus and features of the FX standard.
Open Process Automation Forum
March 05, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 24.3 MBDon Bartusiak, President of Collaborative Systems Integration, talks about, what it is, they are trying to solve, today’s lack of interconnectivity between products from different suppliers, the OPAF members, the OPAS standard, and why they have selected OPC UA for their Connectivity Framework / OCF.
The past and the future of OPC UA
November 19, 2020 23:50 - 23 minutes - 19.1 MBJim Luth, System Architect with Schneider Electric, and CTO of the OPC Foundation, talks about role as OPC Foundation CTO, about OPC UA revisions and versions, about MQTT, Big Data, and where he sees OPC UA to become adopted.
Getting OPC UA products certified
November 05, 2020 23:05 - 32 minutes - 26.5 MBAlexander Allmendinger from the OPC Foundation talks about the certification process, the preparation, how to reach compliance, the actual testing, what is being tested, how to get started, and the tools available to support you in this process, plus what happens if during testing any issues are found.
Connect for Manufacturing App
October 22, 2020 22:01 - 20 minutes - 16.2 MBMithun Katti and Joerg Wende from IBM talk about IBM Industry 4.0 solutions, their Plant Service Bus, and the role OPC-UA plays in the IBM reference architecture for manufacturing, specifically the Connect for Manufacturing App.
Certification
October 08, 2020 22:01 - 33 minutes - 27 MBPaul Hunkar from OPC Foundation explains, why certification is important, he talks about end-user and vendor demand for certification, about the cost involved, and about who can get products certified and how.
Functional Safety
September 24, 2020 22:01 - 16 minutes - 13.3 MBMax Walter from Siemens, in his role as the chairperson of the Joint Working Safety OPC & PI, gives a quick introduction into functional safety, he explains, how OPC UA deals with safety, he gives some example use cases, talks about key features, prerequisites, certification, and how OPC UA Safety will become the one and only safety protocol.
Field Level Communications
September 10, 2020 22:01 - 31 minutes - 25.4 MBPeter Lutz, Director Field Level Communications from the OPC Foundation, provides background information about the FLC initiative, he talks about goals, parties involved, committees, working groups and he shares relevant use cases, specifically extending those OPC UA has been covering so far.
Smart Factory Web
June 11, 2020 22:01 - 35 minutes - 28.4 MBThomas Usländer talks about major trends in smart manufacturing, he explains what Smart Factory Web is, how it relates to the German Industrie 4.0 and other initiatives, and why they you chose OPC UA as their underlying architecture. If you have a proposal for topics or are interested in appearing on the OPC Foundation podcast, maybe you want to join one the VDMA or other OPC UA Companion Specification working groups, or maybe you want to become a member of the OPC Foundation or otherwise, p...
OPEN Serialization Communication Standard
May 14, 2020 22:01 - 44 minutes - 35.9 MBMarcel de Grutter, Executive Director OPEN-SCS, explains, what the OPEN-SCS does, what serialization is, he talks about developments driven forward by COVID-19, and the role OPC-UA plays as the base communication architecture. If you have a proposal for topics or are interested in appearing on the OPC Foundation podcast, maybe you want to join one the VDMA or other OPC UA Companion Specification working groups, or maybe you want to become a member of the OPC Foundation or otherwise, please ...
Industrial IoT
April 23, 2020 22:01 - 50 minutes - 40.8 MBErich Barnstedt from Micorsoft explains, what Industrial IoT is, what role Microsoft plays in Industrial IoT, he talks about open source, about their involvement with the OPC Foundation, Microsoft products with OPC UA, the Azure Industrial IoT Platform, security, and the future for OPC UA within Microsoft. If you have a proposal for topics or are interested in appearing on the OPC Foundation podcast, maybe you want to join one the VDMA or other OPC UA Companion Specification working groups, ...
Commercial Kitchen Equipment Companion Specification
March 26, 2020 23:01 - 28 minutes - 23 MBFabian Anzmann from the Industrial Association of House, Heating and Kitchen Technology and Holger Burgtorf from Küppersbusch give us an introduction to commercial kitchens, they tell us, what role the Internet of Things may play in the concept of the connected kitchen, and they share all interesting things there are to know about the OPC UA Companion Standard for Commercial Kitchen Equipment.
AutoID Companion Specification
March 19, 2020 23:01 - 28 minutes - 22.7 MBOlaf Wilmsmeier from Harting and Peter Altes from AIM explain, what the AIM organization is, they talk about the role of AutoID in the context of Industrial IoT, about the motivation for AIM to consider a common interface for AutoID devices, why they chose OPC UA as their basis, its status and synergies between wireless sensor networks and AutoID.
SAP Business Software
March 12, 2020 23:01 - 28 minutes - 22.6 MBVeronika Schmid-Lutz and Rüdiger Fritz from SAP tell us, what value SAP sees in OPC UA. They talk about Business Context Driven Control Loops and the benefit of Service Oriented Architecture on the shop floor.
VDMA Companion Specifications
February 28, 2020 05:00 - 28 minutes - 22.8 MBAndreas Faath tells us, what VDMA is, what OPC UA Companion Specifications they have been working on, how that process works, he talks about the companies involved, what the resulting contents of such a specification looks like, and how you as a listener may become involved.
Companion Specifications
February 18, 2020 08:12 - 16 minutes - 13.5 MBKarl explains, what Companion Specifications are, he talks about the OPC UA basics for these specifications, he explains the different types of Companion Specifications that exist, what Joint Working Groups are and how the OPC Foundation guides the development and maintenance of Companion Specifications.
Use-Cases
January 31, 2020 02:00 - 26 minutes - 21.3 MBChristopher Anhalt from Softing answer questions about markets, adoption drivers, competing standards, horizontal and vertical integration of IT and OT, as well as green field and brown field use-cases.
Getting Started
January 16, 2020 10:51 - 21 minutes - 17 MBJouni Aro will tell us what options you as a listener have for implementing OPC UA into your offering. He’ll talk about off-the-shelf products, software development toolkits, open source, training, support, product certification… and many other things will help you get started and that have made OPC UA what it is and why is has been so successful!
Security
December 20, 2019 13:37 - 40 minutes - 32.7 MBDarek Kominek will address the IT-OT gap, talk about endpoints and protecting against common hacker / malware attacks, security in different industries, and how OPC UA protects against common hacker / malware attacks … many other features of “built-in” security that have made OPC UA what it is and why is has been so successful! Any questions or ideas? Mail to: [email protected]
Technology
November 26, 2019 09:55 - 20 minutes - 16.8 MBWelcome to the second edition of the OPC Foundation Podcast - The Home of Industrial Interoperability. In this edition Uwe Steinkrauss from Unified Automation talks about the technology behind OPC UA: the architecture, information modelling, communication concepts, protocols, scalability, re-use, several other technical aspects that together make OPC UA what it is and why is so successful. Any questions or ideas? Mail to: [email protected]
What is OPC?
October 21, 2019 08:56 - 24 minutes - 19.6 MBStefan Hoppe, the president of the OPC Foundation, sets the direction of this new podcast. He tells us what OPC is, what the OPC Foundation does, and how to become a member. He gives a quick insight into the technology and talks about collaborations with other international organizations. Many other topics, including why he decided to start broadcasting a podcast. Questions? Mail to: [email protected]