In this video, we explain what an OPC or process data tunnel is and then go hands on to create a tunnel in DataHub between a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine and a Windows Server 2019 machine that are not even in the same Windows domain, covering the first 8 minutes of the video.
Then in the last 5 minutes we look at and configure advanced options for using encryption, authentication, and unique capabilities that can be used to limit the # of open ports required to tunnel data, including building a connection with no open inbound firewall ports on one side and show you where you can learn how to do configurations with no open in-bound firewall ports on either side of the connection.
If you have 2 machines of your own and one of them has an OPC process data source, you can use this video to setup your own proof-of-concept using the free trial software you can download here. A list of possible data sources is at the bottom of this page.
Download the Cogent DataHub free trial if you need to connect to or convert any of the following data sources:
- OPC DA Servers
- OPC UA Servers
- DDE Servers
- ODBC Databases
- Modbus TCP devices
- OPC A&E Servers
- MES/ERP Systems
- Custom Applications
