# OPC for IT

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-for-it/10907>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [December 11, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-for-it/10907 "2015-12-11T20:50:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![datacontrol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@datacontrol](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/datacontrol)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-for-it/10907/1 "2015-12-11T20:50:17Z")

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HI,

Does anybody know or has had any experience of the usage of OPC protocol for IT applications other than BMS ?

Thanks…

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**Author:** ![cmisztur2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cmisztur2/32/4243_2.png) [@cmisztur2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cmisztur2)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-for-it/10907/2 "2015-12-13T21:02:45Z")

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What’s BMS?

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-for-it/10907/3 "2015-12-14T11:32:39Z")

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> [@cmisztur2](#):
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> What's BMS?

Building Management System.

> [@datacontrol](#):
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> Does anybody know or has had any experience of the usage of OPC protocol for IT applications other than BMS ?

Switches, UPS, media devices, any other SNMP-enabled devices...

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**Author:** ![datacontrol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@datacontrol](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/datacontrol)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opc-for-it/10907/4 "2016-01-15T14:29:25Z")

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Thanks for clarifying that Jordan. 😃