Product Overview
KEPServerEX provides an easy and reliable way to connect to DNP3 devices and controllers to your OPC client applications, including HMI, SCADA, Historian, MES, ERP, and more.
The DNP3 protocol was developed as a standards-based Interoperability solution between substation computers, RTUs, Intelligent Electronic Devices, and master stations and is utilized in many industries including Power & Utilities and Water & Wastewater. The DNP drivers provide the utilities professional with a comprehensive communication solution. The DNP3 Suite allows you to automatically connect, control, and manage devices locally or from remote substations.
The DNP3 Ethernet and Serial drivers include the Water Industry Telemetry Standard, which provides added security through authentication, additional data sets specific to the water industry, and the ability to manage distributed device assets and their attributes.
The drivers in this suite support any Distributed Network Protocol (DNP) 3 slave device.
Features
- Communication Serialization to limit data transmission for DNP3 Master Ethernet
- Support for 1024 DNP devices
- Ethernet Encapsulation for DNP3 Master Serial
- Advanced Time Synchronization for DNP3 Master Serial
- Individual Event Class Polling support
- Integrity Polling support
- Unsolicited Messaging with Event Class support
- Event Playback support
- Direct Operate or Select then Operate Sequence support
- WITS-DNP3 support
- WITS asset management/device information
- WITS security (authentication)
- WITS data sets
- Analog State Changes, Counter State Changes, Binary State Changes, Field Device Health Check, and Alarm Inhibit
Component Drivers
- DNP3 Master Ethernet
- DNP3 Master Serial
A suite is a collection of drivers and plug-ins for KEPServerEX. These products have been bundled into suites by vertical industry, device manufacturer, or industrial application for the convenience of our customers. Additional suites can be licensed on demand as connectivity needs evolve.