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Introduction

OPC UA (OPC Unified Architecture) is an industrial communication protocol for secure and reliable transfer of real-time data and events between devices and applications in industrial automation and the Internet of Things (IoT).

This article will contain an example on how you can configure a Teltonika-Networks device as an OPC UA Client, that will gather and forward data from an UPC UA Server.

Note: OPC UA is additional software that can be installed from the Services → Package Manager page.

Configuration overview and prerequisites

For this example we will need:

RUT or TRB series device (RUTX11 will be used in this example)
OPC UA server

Note: If you're having trouble finding any page or some of the parameters described here on your device's WebUI, you should turn on "Advanced WebUI" mode. You can do that by clicking the "Basic" button under "Mode," which is located at the top-right corner of the WebUI.

A visual GIF on how to change from Basic to Advanced:

Configuration

Note: In this example, we will use a OPC UA C++ demo server, which has some predefined values simulated for us to request.

Required configurations are done inside Services → OPC UA

Defining Server and Nodes

In the OPC UA Servers block, insert the name of the server
Click Add to create new instance
Toggle Enable option to on
Insert the URL of the OPC UA Server
Enter the ID Namespace of the node
Select ID type as String
Enter ID of the node
Save & Apply settings
Optionally, add another node analogously

Defining Value Groups and Values

Insert the name of the Value Group
Press Add to add new value group
Enable the group and leave the rest of the settings as default
Inside the OPC UA Group Values, add new instance with your preferred name
Enable the instance
Assign a server node from which the data will be retrieved
Save and apply settings
Optionally configure the second value

Testing Data Retrieval

Once we have our configuration finished, we can run some integrated tests in order to make sure we are able to retrieve the data from OPC UA server. In order to do so, we can press the "Test" button under OPC UA Value Groups:

The output should show requested data like so:

Sending Data to a Server

Once we made sure we are able to read the values correctly using the test we did before, let us use "Data to server" to send this data to an HTTP server. For testing purposes, we will listen on defined port locally using Hercules software.

In order to do so navigate to Services → Data to Server and create a new data sender:

Enable the instance
Select Data source: OPC UA
Select Protocol: HTTP(S)
Adjust the JSON format to include the data
Define HTTP server IP

After saving these settings, we can start listening on "555" port using Hercules and see the data flow:

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 ==Configuration==
-'''Note:''' In this example, we will use a OPC UA C++ demo server, which has some predefined values simulated for us to request.
+'''Note:''' In this example, we will use a '''OPC UA C++ demo server''', which has some predefined values simulated for us to request.
-Required configurations are done inside Services → OPC UA
+Required configurations are done inside '''Services → OPC UA'''
+===Defining Server and Nodes===
+--------------
 # In the OPC UA Servers block, insert the name of the server
-# Click Add
+# Click Add to create new instance
-# Toggle Enable option to on
+#Toggle Enable option to on
-# Insert the URL of the OPC UA Server
+#Insert the URL of the OPC UA Server
+#Enter the ID Namespace of the node
+#Select ID type as String
+#Enter ID of the node
+#Save & Apply settings
+#Optionally, add another node analogously
+===Defining Value Groups and Values===
+--------------
+#Insert the name of the Value Group
+#Press Add to add new value group
+#Enable the group and leave the rest of the settings as default
+#Inside the OPC UA Group Values, add new instance with your preferred name
+#Enable the instance
+#Assign a server node from which the data will be retrieved
+#Save and apply settings
+#Optionally configure the second value
+===Testing Data Retrieval===
+------------
+Once we have our configuration finished, we can run some integrated tests in order to make sure we are able to retrieve the data from OPC UA server.
+In order to do so, we can press the "Test" button under OPC UA Value Groups:
+The output should show requested data like so:
+===Sending Data to a Server===
+----------
+Once we made sure we are able to read the values correctly using the test we did before, let us use "Data to server" to send this data to an HTTP server.
+For testing purposes, we will listen on defined port locally using Hercules software.
+In order to do so navigate to Services → Data to Server and create a new data sender:
+#Enable the instance
+#Select Data source: OPC UA
+#Select Protocol: HTTP(S)
+#Adjust the JSON format to include the data
+#Define HTTP server IP
+After saving these settings, we can start listening on "555" port using Hercules and see the data flow:
+==See Also==
+#[https://wiki.teltonika-networks.com/view/RUT956_OPC_UA OPC UA Manual]
+#[https://www.unified-automation.com/downloads/opc-ua-servers OPC UA C++ Demo Server]
+#[https://www.hw-group.com/software/hercules-setup-utility Hercules]