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Clear require­ments for inter­op­er­able Open Edge Computing solu­tions

OEC COMPLI­ANCE

What DEFINES
OEC COMPLI­ANCE

Conform to the “Archi­tec­tural Guardrails“ of the OI4 based on existing industry stan­dards:

  • able to host OI4 compat­ible appli­ca­tion container
  • OI4 compat­ible and secu­rity enabled data bus for data exchange based on the industry stan­dard MQTT.
  • Supports data exchange between appli­ca­tions based on proven industry stan­dards such as MQTT and OPC Pub/Sub
  • Compat­ible to host the OEC Registry App as central infra­struc­ture App for regis­tering and finding user apps.
  • The OI4 OEC Registry App is avail­able for free as Open Source in addi­tion with Open Source exam­ples for user apps.

OEC COMPLIANT
PROD­UCTS

 

PRODUCT NAMETypeCOMPANYAPPROVED ONLINK
netFIELD OnPremiseEdge DeviceHilscher Gesellschaft für Systemau­toma­tion mbHMarch 18th, 2025See here
netFIELD App PROFINET DeviceAppHilscher Gesellschaft für Systemau­toma­tion mbHMarch 18th, 2025See here
SIMATIC IPC Indus­trial Edge DeviceEdge DeviceSiemens AGMarch 18th, 2025See here

What’s in
for a user?

Devel­op­ment Guide­line

The OI4 OEC Devel­op­ment Guide­line enables inter­op­er­ability and open data exchange between edge appli­ca­tions

Semantic

Seman­tics is one of the keys for Industry 4.0. The OI4 OEC message format based on OPC Pub/Sub provides the basis for inter­op­er­able data exchange between appli­ca­tions.

Essen­tial Concepts

Provides essen­tial concepts for model­ling and iden­ti­fying devices and appli­ca­tions (e.g. OI4Identifier)

Stan­dard­ized Infor­ma­tion

Provides stan­dard­ized infor­ma­tion of assets based on proven industry stan­dards e.g. Vendor­Name­plate model of OPC (OEC Master Assed Model)

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