About OPC UA and OPC UA Information Panel

OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture) is usually the most standard communication protocol for virtual commissioning purposes. OPC UA is an IEC standard (IEC 62541). This communication protocol is used to exchange information between industrial equipment in automation field (real machine, PLC, emulator, HMI, ...). Systems Experience Validation plays the role about interoperability between industrial systems (supervision, manufacturing execution systems, ...) and virtual line models. Systems Experience Validation is able to act as server or client.

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The OPC UA Information Panel lets you manage the connections depending on the modes.

View Mode

In view mode, you can visualize the list of defined servers, if some are specified.

Edit Mode

In edit mode, you can define which servers you can connect to as client.

Execution Mode

Depending on the role acted by Systems Experience Validation, when an execution is started, you can:

  • Launch an OPC UA server.
  • Connect to one or more OPC UA servers.

 

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