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Control Engineering’s March-April digital edition, available online includes cover stories on open controls, supporting standards and more.

While COPA projects 52% hardware and software savings from open process automation, O-PAS interoperable OPAF-aligned products are in field trials, devices are being tested, an adoption guide is underway and system integrators are preparing use of open controls, as explained at the 2024 ARC Leadership Forum.

The Coalition of Open Process Automation unveils COPA QuickStart for open process automation. Jul 21st, 2021 Since about 2015, when Don Bartusiak, the then chief engineer at ExxonMobil Research & Engineering, publicly advocated for the development of a new, standards-based, open—yet secure—process control architecture, the industry has been working to solve the problem of proprietary vendor lock-in. In 2017, The Open Group, a vendor-neutral technology consortium, launched the Open Process Automation Forum (OPAF), and began work on developing business guides and the Open Process Aut...

Coalition for Open Process Automation Launches COPA QuickStart Share Article COPA QuickStart is the first commercially available open industrial control system that provides a foundation for Industry 4.0 and advanced cybersecurity through the use of open-standards, interoperability, modern IT technologies, and ease of use. SAN MATEO, Calif. (PRWEB) July 01, 2021 Today, the Coalition for Open Process Automation (COPA) is pleased to announce the launch of COPA QuickStart to accelerate the adoption of Industrial Control Systems (IC...