umati OPC UA for Machine Tools

umati is an open communication interface initiative for machinery that uses OPC UA Companion Specifications to exchange data between machines, components and installations and to integrate them into customer- and user-specific IT ecosystems. OPC UA for Machine Tools Part 1 covers Machine Monitoring and Job Management and is published as version 1.02.0 dated 2024-11-01.

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Specification

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Transports	tcp
Architecture	client server
Encoding	binary
Standard body	OPC Foundation
Standard ref	OPC-40501-1

Study notes

umati is based on OPC UA Companion Specifications.
About 25 Companion Specifications have been published for technologies including robotics, measurement systems, plastics and rubber machinery, woodworking, and machine tools; 30 more are under development.
The central companion specification OPC UA for Machinery contains basic building blocks for identification, job management, and energy monitoring.
The namespace URI is http://opcfoundation.org/UA/MachineTool/ and the model version is 1.02.0.
The specification version is 1.02.0, published 2024-11-01.