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OPC Bookshelf

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	OPC Unified Architecture Wolfgang Mahnke, Stefan-Helmut Leitner and Matthias Damm / Springer 339 pages ISBN: 3540688986 69.95 USD Buy at Amazon.com price Gives an easy to understand introduction to UA and explains the concepts of the standard and other relevant topics not directly addressed by the standard. Free extract available.
	Software for Automation: Architecture, Integration, and Security Jonas Berge / ISA 325 pages ISBN: 1556178980 99.00 USD Buy at Amazon.com price Includes coverage of OPC DA, HDA and AE, as well as sections on OPC troubleshooting, DCOM setup, the Windows XP firewall, etc.
	OPC - Fundamentals, Implementation, and Application Frank Iwanitz and Jürgen Lange / Hüthig 251 pages, 1 CD ISBN: 3778529048 58.00 EUR (or 90.00 USD inc. p&p) Buy from Amazon.de Buy from Softing Third, expanded edition of the definitive OPC handbook. New topics include extended XML-DA coverage, OPC UA, and compliance testing/certification. Highly recommended.
	OPC - Grundlagen, Implementierung und Anwendung Frank Iwanitz and Jürgen Lange / Hüthig 270 pages, 1 CD ISBN: 377852903X 46.00 EUR Buy from Amazon.de Buy from Softing German version of the above.
	Introduction to Industrial Controls and Manufacturing Edward W. Kamen / Academic Press 230 pages ISBN: 0123948509 91.95 USD Buy at Amazon.com price Contains a chapter on equipment interfacing, including an introduction to OPC, the GEM standard, fieldbuses, and Ethernet.
also...	OPC, Le Livre - Votre guide dans l'univers d'OPC Michel Condemine / 4CE Industry Includes CD 75.50 EUR Buy from 4CE Industry French OPC book. Includes coverage of the main specifications, compliance testing, using OPC with embedded platforms, case studies.

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