OPC UA Companion Specification (OPC 30070-1 - MTConnect Part 1: Device Model)

MTConnect-OPC UA is a set of companion specifications to ensure interoperability and consistency between MTConnect specifications and the OPC Unified Architecture (UA) specifications, as well as the machine tools, manufacturing technology equipment, devices, software or other products that implement those standards. The specifications are developed by the MTConnect Institute and OPC Foundation via a joint working group.

Version 2.00 (June 2019)

The current release is hosted by the OPC Foundation and an OPC account (free) is required to access it.

Release Candidate 2.0RC8 (February 2019)

Version 1.02 Release Candidate (November 2013)

Version 1.00 Final (November 2012)

Nodeset & Demo Server

Download the nodeset files and additional supporting files and documentation on Github at https://github.com/mtconnect/opc_ua_architecture.

TCP server for testing and demonstration is at opc.tcp://opc.mtconnect.org:4840/

Resources

OPC UA for MTConnect (Webinar 26.02.2019) by MTConnect & OPC Foundation

Other OPC collaboration overviews by OPC Foundation and partner organizations: https://opcfoundation.org/resources/multimedia/

Brochure (PDF)

Joint Working Group/Integrators

The MTConnect-OPC UA companion specifications are developed by the MTConnect Institute and OPC Foundation via a joint working group. The group members are a mix of equipment suppliers, system integrators, and end-users.

AMT
Beeond
BRL Consulting
CCAM
FAC&T
FANUC
GE
Hardinge
Kellenberger
Lockheed Martin

What is OPC UA?

The OPC Unified Architecture (UA) is a platform independent service-oriented architecture. 

The OPC UA information modeling framework is extended by the MTConnect Institute and many other organizations. MTConnect's industry standard information model fits between vendor information models and the OPC UA base (information access, transport, discovery, security, robustness)

UMATI and VDW/OPC-UA Companion Specification for Machine Tools

The MTConnect/OPC-UA Companion Specification may compete in part or in whole with the forthcoming VDW/OPC-UA Companion Specification for Machine Tools, the flagship standard of the Universal Machine Tool Interface (UMATI) brand.

As of April 2020, the VDW/OPC-UA Companion Specification for Machine Tools is a draft Release Candidate not available for public review or access. Members of the OPC Foundation may join the working group to access and contribute to the Release Candidate. When a public release is available, the MTConnect Institute will seek to harmonize and provide translation tools with the latest revisions of MTConnect (ANSI/MTCV.V-YYYY) and the MTConnect/OPC-UA Companion Specification (OPC XXXXX-X - MTConnect Part 1: Device Model) available at that time.

See www.mtconnect.org/umati or www.industryarena.com/umati for more information on UMATI.