The End User Guided Tour

Welcome to the End Users Guided Tour where we point you in the right direction and answer your questions. Kepware develops communications software for the automation industry delivering licensable communication drivers, OPC Interoperability solutions and related technologies to all segments of the automation industry. Annual shipments of our most popular product, KEPServerEX exceed 100,000 units. Kepware products are sold through an extensive array of OEM private labels, distribution supplier sales channels, system integrators and directly to you - the end user.


End User Guided Tour
Communication Products:
  • KEPServerEX - OPC and Communications Software Server featuring over 140 of the automation industries most common protocol drivers. Check out the complete list of communication drivers and plug-ins and their unique capabilities.

  • OPC Tunnel (OPC UA) - Reduce the amount of time and frustration in setting up a remote OPC DA connection via DCOM. There is no more need to disable firewalls and expose computers to unauthorized or anonymous users as OPC UA greatly simplifies firewall configuration and completely eliminates DCOM.

  • RedundancyMaster - Increases the reliability and availability of OPC data by allowing multiple OPC Servers to be configured into redundant pairs, then seamlessly appear as a single OPC Server to any OPC Client application.

  • LinkMaster - Links data between OPC Servers acting as a universal bridge for OPC Systems. LinkMaster is also an OPC and DDE server allowing it to act as a bridge between legacy DDE systems and new OPC enabled applications.

  • ClientAce - OPC Client Development Toolkit for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.
Data Management Products
  • Advanced Tags - Delivers an array of mathematic and logical operators enabling the generation of new data, or the aggregation of existing data into information suitable for higher level archival and analysis.

  • Alarms and Events Condition Option - Create and manage Alarms and Events with the Alarm and Event Condition plug-in for KEPServerEX. OPC AE clients can access the KEPServerEX Event Log and New Alarm and Event Conditions from KEPServerEX's 140+ communication driver tags, or Math and Logic Tags from our Advanced Tag Plug-in.

  • DataLogger - The DataLogger is an easy-to-configure application that logs data from an OPC server to any ODBC-compliant database.

  • Oracle Connectivity Suite - Provides a direct interface into Oracle's MES or MOS solution. No configuration necessary other than the selection of the interface table or the selection of variables to send.
Unique Offerings
  • SNMP - for Infrastructure Monitoring
  • PING - for Device Health Monitoring
  • System Monitor - for Computer Health Monitoring
  • Vertical Suites - Bundled communication drivers common to vertical industries
Our Sales Channel

Our sales team is here to help you get the best information for your application and purchasing needs. Kepware is resold and relabeled by many in the industry. We devote much time and effort in supporting our resellers, system integrators and OEMs so they are able to better serve you. It is our pleasure to work with you directly or indirectly with our partners.

Our Support Model

Kepware's expertise and focus has been developing the best, most reliable communication products for the automation industry; however we realize no matter how much time and effort spent developing a product there will always be a need for questions to be answered. We have created a number of avenues for you to get the help you need to solve your problems (whether unique or common).

Technical Support Links
Software Licensing and Software Installation

If you are about to evaluate or implement a Kepware project it is beneficial to have a good understanding of our installation and licensing processes for our different software solutions. Kepware currently uses a few different licensing mechanisms so the license process will depend on what you are installing and using. Kepware provides free evaluations with all of our software enabling you to configure and test your application in a time limited fashion. Most of our software runs in a two-hour runtime mode with an unlimited number of uses. Please review the Product Installation Guide, License Procedure and Warranty information below.

License and Installation Links
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