OPC Server as Part of a Complex .NET Application

.NET is the choice platform for most client applications and it's also a good choice for the development of OPC servers. Server toolkits isolate the OPC specified COM interface and application independent server functionality into a generic server part. The toolkit user only has to implement the application specific server functionality. In .NET server toolkits the generic server part includes a .NET wrapper, allowing the user to implement the application specific server part in .NET, either C# or VB.NET. This white paper explains how OPC servers can be implemented with .NET and doesn't describe a specific server product.