Patent ID: 11870848
Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. An OPC UA Server, comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one memory unit, which is coupled to the processor and which provides a first address space containing first data;
a control circuit, which is coupled to the processor, which is implemented in hardware, and which comprises a second address space containing second data;
wherein the control circuit is configured for:
receiving a request for data from an OPC UA Client;
determining, whether at least one of the request or the data requires a slow data access or a fast data access as in comparison to each other;
obtaining the first data from the memory unit, if at least one of the request or the data requires the slow data access;
obtaining the second data from the second address space, if at least one of the request or the data requires the fast data access; and
sending the obtained first or second data to the OPC UA Client.