How to convert OPC DA to OPC UA
Summary
- Download and install Cogent DataHub software.
- Start the DataHub.
- Connect to your OPC DA server.
- Connect your OPC UA client.
For more details and options, see the documentation.
Transcript
- How to convert OPC DA to OPC UA.
- First, download and install Cogent DataHub software.
- We will start by connecting to the DA server.
- Start the DataHub, and from the Properties window, select the OPC DA option and click the Add button.
- Choose an OPC server.
- Enter the Data Domain Name “OPC DA server.”
- Set a maximum update of 100 milliseconds for now.
- Leave the other options at the default settings.
- Manually select the points you want to connect to.
- Or choose Load All Items on Server.
- Click OK and Apply.
- Click View Data to see your data in the Data Browser.
- Now you are connected to the OPC DA server.
- Next we will connect the OPC UA client.
- In the DataHub Properties window, select the OPC UA option.
- Make sure the box for Act as an OPC UA Server is checked, and the protocols you need are also checked. Then click Apply.
- In your OPC UA client, add the Cogent DataHub server. Then select your nodes.
- Now your OPC DA server is connected to your OPC UA client.
Background
OPC Classic Data Access (OPC DA) is a legacy protocol with a wide user base. OPC UA is the latest protocol from the OPC Foundation. Learning how to convert OPC DA to OPC UA with Cogent DataHub software is a good way to integrate these two protocols, and make them available to all of the other supported protocols, like OPC A&E, A&C, MQTT, Modbus, ODBC, and more.
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