Glossary · Industrial communication
Matrikon OPC
Also known as: MatrikonOPC
German: Matrikon OPC
In industrial communication, Matrikon OPC is a product brand (now part of Honeywell) for OPC servers, clients, tunnellers and related connectivity software that connect control systems and devices through OPC Classic and OPC UA.
- Industrial communication
- Vendor product
In one sentence
Matrikon OPC is a Honeywell product brand for OPC Classic and OPC UA servers, clients and connectivity tools.
Example
A plant uses a Matrikon OPC server to expose data from a legacy controller to its historian, and an OPC tunnelling tool to avoid DCOM across networks.
How it applies
- Engineering: Third-party OPC servers bridge proprietary controller protocols to standard OPC interfaces, so historians, SCADA and MES can access data without device-specific drivers.
- Migration: Plants with OPC Classic installations often use tunnelling or wrapper products to move away from DCOM or to expose Classic data through OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA).
- Security: Connectivity servers sit at zone boundaries and must be hardened, updated and included in the security concept.
- Documentation: The documentation team records the product and version, the configured data points, the mapping between source addresses and OPC items or nodes, and the accounts used.
Keep in mind: Product names, ownership and features change. Check the vendor's current documentation for supported protocols, versions and licensing.