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PLCopen Newsletter - Issue January 2024
- PLCopen Change in Management
- New workgroup for PLCopen Training Guidelines
- Release of two new versions of PLCopen OPC UA specifications
- PLCopen sponsors 28th Annual ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, USA
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1. PLCopen Change in Management
As announced in our newsletter and on the SPS fair last November, Eelco van der Wal steps down as Managing Director after establishing and developing the association over the last three decades. On January 1st 2024, Roeland Hagesteijn took over his role.
To read our official news item, please check our website www.PLCopen.org.
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2. New work group for PLCopen Training Guidelines
As an independent non-profit organization PLCopen does not provide hands-on training courses on IEC 61131-3. However, to guide potential users to relevant IEC 61131-3 courses including the concepts and languages, PLCopen defined training guidelines. This document specifies the basic requirements for a PLCopen certified training course on IEC 61131-3.
In the beginning of this year the 4th Edition of the IEC 61131-3 standard will be released. Time to update the PLCopen training guidelines to comply with the new version of the IEC standard. We hope to finalize this update in the coming months.
For all certified training centers and all interested parties, we invite you to join our work group. Please send an email to roeland@plcopen.org if you are interested in joining, or looking for more details. You will find more information on our training guidelines on the PLCopen website.
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3. Release of two new versions of PLCopen OPC UA specifications
PLCopen OPC UA Client Function Blocks for IEC 61131-3 version 1.02 has been released and posted on our website.
Also, PLCopen OPC UA Information Model for IEC 61131-3 version 1.02 has been released.
Both specifications on the PLCopen OPC UA Server and Client architectures can be downloaded from our website.
For more information on the cooperation between PLCopen and the OPC Foundation please check our website www.PLCopen.org.
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4. PLCopen sponsors 28th Annual ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, USA
The ARC Industry Forum is the “must attend” learning event of the year for industry executives and technology solution providers.
PLCopen is sponsoring ARC’s 28th Annual Industry Forum which takes place from February 4-8, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. We will also attend the event this February. If you are interested to meet personally in Orlando, please feel free to send an email to roeland@plcopen.org.
You will find more details on the event at https://www.arcweb.com/events/arc-industry-forum-orlando
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