Deskval Workbench has 3 Opc UA Clients


Deskval Workbench offers 3 Opc UA Clients. Each Client can be configured to communicate with a target Opc UA Server.



Deskval Workbench Opc UA Client System


Deskval Workbench Opc UA Client Tags

All Opc UA Clients of Deskval Workbench, shares a common Tag pool, so called Opc UA Client Tags, and is symbolized with . Each Opc UA Client Tag needs to be separately configured, to link to a target Opc UA Server item.


Deskval Workbench Opc UA Client Tags

Description

Input


Type

Quantity

Boolean

128

Num

64

Text

32


Output


Type

Quantity

Boolean

128

Num

64

Text

32




Opc UA Client Tags

Opc UA Clients Tags are shared across the Clients, thus each Opc UA Client Tag needs to be separately configured, to link to a target Opc UA Server item.


Setting up a Deskval Workbench Opc UA Client Tag Linkage

Check our YouTube channel for explanatory videos  https://www.youtube.com/@Deskval


Assume, we want to link Opc UA Client Tag Out Num 1 to an Opc Server who has a Double typed tag with RW permission.



Example scheme - Link an Opc UA Client Tag Out Num 1




  • Configure the Client to connect to a Target Server


Go to Settings > Opc UA Client

Select and Configure your Opc UA Client ( in this example Client1 ) to connect to a Opc UA Server 

Note that the configuration will be active after application restart.


  • Configure the Client Tag to Server Target item


Go to IO Communication > Opc UA Client

Select your Opc UA Client Tag ( in this example Num1 )

Open the Edit dialog and Configure your Opc UA Client Tag ( in this example Num1 )

Note that , you should refer the target Opc UA Server to learn the NodeId of that target item.