Bluetooth and OPC (OLE for Process Control) for the Distributed Data Integration
Sergio I. Hern ́ndez R., Pedro Ochoa M., Julio C. Ramírez · 2007
At the present time, the advances in wireless communications and electronics have accelerated to develop many wireless network solutions to replace existing wired networks. A wireless network solution can support mobility and flexibility of manufacturing environments. This paper proposes a method to integrate the multi-data sources through the use the OPC and Bluetooth. It offers a case study which introduces emerging cooperating technologies and demonstrates how they can be engineered to bridge between proprietary industrially based networks and component based software technologies. Here we have used OPC as an interface layer between industrial devices and end user workstations. Moreover a database is also required to store process values for components. On the other hand, Bluetooth is generally considered as a promising short-range wireless technology because of its inexpensive cost, low power and small size.