Iconics Suite - OPC UA Servers and MELSOFT driver comparison

Iconics Suite - OPC UA Servers and MELSOFT driver comparison [Iconics Suite connection]

This article is to compare often used functionalities in OPC Servers UA


Function
DeviceXPlorer OPC Server 6
(Takebishi server)
KEPServerEX 6
RD81OPC96
(iQ-R module OPC Server)
MX OPC Server UA 3
(Mitsubishi software server)
MELSOFT driver
(in Iconics Suite)
Tag pointing on bit in D register (D0.0)
READ ONLY (Takebishi limitation)
YES
YES
YES
YES
Array of BOOL on D register
(READ ONLY - Iconics limitation)
YES
NO
NO
YES
NO
Array of WORD on D register
(READ ONLY - Iconics limitation)
YES
YES
YES
YES 
NO
Array of BOOL on M register
(READ ONLY - Iconics limitation)
YES
NO
YES
YES
NO
STRING
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
Tag pointing on 64bits
YES
NO
NO
YES
YES
READ/WRITE values from configurator
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
Working as Windows Service
NO for communication with Mitsubishi equipment
YES
NA
YES
YES
MELSOFT communication
NO
NO
NA
YES
YES
SLMP communication
YES
YES
NA
YES
NA
Working properly on virtual machines



NO

Tag mass editing from file
Import/Export Takebishi and Import KEPServerEX
Import/Export  .CSV
Import global labels from PLC. NO export
Import/Export  .CSV
Iconics Export/Import .EXCEL
Global labels import from PLC
NO
NO
YES
YES
YES
Tags max amount
100 000 tags
50 devices

10 000 tags
10 devices