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Which communication protocol do you use in your company OPC or Modbus? Which one do you prefer and why?‎

Communication protocol surveywhat other to prefer to use and why the prefer certain one.for me i prefer OPC because it take less time to commissioning the system ‎

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Answer added by  Hassan Idami
8 years ago

I agree with Yazan Al-Najjar. It depends on your application, not on what other people use in their companies. Actually, we use both of them in our company, but the choic ... See More

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Answer added by  Khalid Imtiaz, Design & Application Engineer, Intech Automation & Intelligence
8 years ago

We mostly ued Kepwaer OPC Server for Modbus and all other 3rd PARTY PLC communication.Irecomend you this is best well servies and large range of Communication Drivers Ava ... See More

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Answer added by  Yazan Al-Najjar, Sr.Control System Engineer (Siemens Automation Specialist), FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland, # 13264/ 16, SIS), Silvertech Middle East
8 years ago

It depends on the application requirement, 1- OPC support time while modbus is not logging time for each signal. 2- OPC provides information about signal quality while mo ... See More

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Answer added by  Sachin Bhadesia, Sr. Control Systems Engineer, Fluor Corporation
8 years ago

Well it purely depends on client's requirements. However, it would be good to have Modbus protocol when the data to be transferred is limited. Sometimes using differ ... See More