OPC UA Server
Labodia Farreny, Albert (2023)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023063024405
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023063024405
Tiivistelmä
The emerging fourth industrial revolution has created the need to adapt existing technologies and devices towards absolute connectivity. This thesis aims to lay the foundations in Novia UAS for the OPC UA environment, an architecture that allows the connection between devices from different manufacturers.T
he thesis framework consisted of one Phoenix Contact PLC acting as the server, programmed using Codesys software, and one Bachmann Electronics display, configured by the Atvise software. The PLC project was designed to efficiently test the different data types and alarms that can be handled by the OPC UA protocol. The UaExpert client was used to test all the server outcomes.
The connection between the server and the Bachmann display as a client was set up using the Atvise connection configurator. Although the connection was established, the method for synchronizing the server data variables with the client was not found. This was due to a lack of information and knowledge about both the device and the software. Consequently, the aim of the thesis was not fully achieved and the connection between the display and the server could not be established as desired.
Future research could be carried out to synchronize the server data with the display. Also, further development of the server certificates would improve the security of the overall environment. Additionally, the thesis could be a guide for projects that require OPC UA.
he thesis framework consisted of one Phoenix Contact PLC acting as the server, programmed using Codesys software, and one Bachmann Electronics display, configured by the Atvise software. The PLC project was designed to efficiently test the different data types and alarms that can be handled by the OPC UA protocol. The UaExpert client was used to test all the server outcomes.
The connection between the server and the Bachmann display as a client was set up using the Atvise connection configurator. Although the connection was established, the method for synchronizing the server data variables with the client was not found. This was due to a lack of information and knowledge about both the device and the software. Consequently, the aim of the thesis was not fully achieved and the connection between the display and the server could not be established as desired.
Future research could be carried out to synchronize the server data with the display. Also, further development of the server certificates would improve the security of the overall environment. Additionally, the thesis could be a guide for projects that require OPC UA.