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Travel bans and border closures aren't worrying only the general public but also production line manufacturers and suppliers of various industrial devices, let alone their customers. PLC programmers and field service technicians aren't allowed to cross borders, making it more difficult for them to service their customers' devices. With no end to the coronavirus pandemic in view, we recommend that you set up remote access to your industrial assets so that suppliers of your machines and servicing can keep doing their jobs. Contrary to what you may think, your devices won't suffer, but will be taken care of in a far more effective way. How to go about that then? Watch our Video Tutorial below.

We know you aren't going trough the best of times now. As there's a great deal of uncertainty about how companies are operating, we'd like to let you know about the situation at FOXON. What we've decided to put off, what's still the same and what we can do for you.

KEPServerEX remains security-focused. V6.7 bugs fixed. Plus improved performance. These are the key features of the latest KEPServerEX version. Read on to learn why to upgrade to V6.8 and feel free to download it straightaway.

We're going to keep working hard in 2020 as well so that your world doesn't stop turning. The team at FOXON wishes you a lot of health and determination and as few complications and unpleasant surprises as possible throughout the coming year. And what else?

Remote access to industrial devices has many undeniable advantages. In the case of a machine failure it enables you to reprogram or repair the machine much faster. The technician dealing with the problem does not have to be physically present on site – whether they are in a neighbouring plant or thousands of kilometres away they have access to the machine via their computer or tablet. This is certainly very cost-effective. Yet many still have doubts about the security of transferred data as well as the reliability of the connection.

The OPC UA communications standard has made OPC communications much easier to use. We're seeing an increasing number of devices with an integrated OPC UA server, which enable such systems as HMI SCADA, MES and ERP to collect data directly from them. Yet there are also disadvantages. Let's look at what OPC UA is all about and why you still can't do without a classic OPC server on your computer.