Kepware KEPServerEX v6.2 industrial connectivity platform

Kepware has released its KEPServerEX version 6.2 industrial connectivity platform. Enhancements include updated functionality for the CODESYS Ethernet driver, a TIA Portal Exporter Utility, Configuration API support for the EFM Exporter and improved interoperability with the ThingWorx IoT Platform.

Building upon the connectivity provided in its initial release, the CODESYS Ethernet driver for KEPServerEX version 6.2 now provides real-time read/write data access to devices running CODESYS v2.3 and v3. Users with smart, connected operations using devices that run on CODESYS (a common PLC run time and development environment) can now easily collect industrial data from disparate devices across their plant.

Users with Siemens S7-300, S7-400, S7-1200 and S7-1500 controllers that utilise the Siemens TIA Portal can now gain immediate access to their data via the TIA Portal Exporter Utility.

Due to configuration API support for the EFM Exporter, users with third-party applications (such as SCADA, HMI, IoT applications and simple web applications) can now make programmatic changes to the EFM Exporter, enabling project standardisation and simplification.

Enhanced ThingWorx integration means that users utilising KEPServerEX with ThingWorx can now quickly and easily find and utilise industrial data in augmented reality experiences, machine learning models, mashups or other ThingWorx tools. In conjunction with ThingWorx version 8, KEPServerEX version 6.2 contains functionality that gives users easy access to all of their KEPServerEX data within ThingWorx Composer; the ability to quickly associate that data with things in the ThingModel; and the ability to view mapping and diagnostic information from the ThingWorx platform.