Easily connect, integrate, and stream data to and from industrial systems using IOTech’s feature-rich OPC UA device connector
What is OPC UA?
- 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
IOTech's OPC UA device connector securely communicates with any standard-conformant OPC UA Server and provides numerous advanced options for optimized data flow and performance
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)
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