OPC UA Device Connector

Easily connect and integrate with industrial OPC-UA systems using IOTech’s feature-rich OPC-UA device connector

Protocol Description

OPC-UA (OPC Unified Architecture) is an open communication protocol for exchanging information in industrial automation systems. OPC-UA provides a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and a detailed information model that allows OPC-UA Clients and Servers to communicate in great detail.

The OPC-UA specification (IEC 62541) has multiple parts that cover subjects such as the Address Space model, the Information model, Mapping, Data Access and Security.

OPC-UA is cross platform and supported in many environments, leading to it becoming one of the dominant and most widely used protocols in the Industrial IoT.

OPC UA Connector Specification

IOTech’s OPC-UA device connector securely communicates with any OPC-UA standard based Servers and provides a number of advanced options for data connectivity.

The OPC-UA device connector implements the following key features:

• Reading data from a node present on an OPC-UA Server

• Writing data to a node present on an OPC-UA Server

• Support for UA_Boolean, UA_SByte, UA_Byte, UA_Int16, UA_UInt16, UA_Int32, UA_UInt32, UA_Int64, UA_UInt64, UA_Float, UA_Double, UA_String and UA_DateTime data types

• Secure connectivity with options for specifying usernames & passwords, encryption levels, and private keys & certificates (from the OPC-UA SecureChannel Service Specification)

• Automatic and configurable monitoring of OPC-UA node values and events (from the OPC-UA Subscription and MonitoredItem Service Specifications)

• Support for the discovery and automatic connectivity of OPC-UA Servers when ran with an OPC-UA Local Discovery Service (from the OPC-UA Discovery Service Specification)

• Support for browsing an OPC-UA Server address space and automatic data flow to located OPC-UA nodes (from the OPC-UA View Service Specification)

How to Buy

OPC UA Device Connector is available to buy from our store. To connect your IoT endpoint (device/sensor/thing) to an OPC UA enabled device, follow the steps below; 

1. Go to our marketplace or click the "Buy Now" button below.  

2. Choose the edge software platform you would like to run this on (Edge Xpert, Edge XRT, EdgeX) and start building the specifications based on your requirements.

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