Add an OPC UA Server Connection with UA Expert Client

you can connect a new client to the opc ua server important if you are using the docker version of manufacturing connect edge and have issues connecting to an opc ua server, do the following when adding the opc ua server from the client, use advanced mode instead of discovery manually enter the endpoint url with the respective port of the docker in manufacturing connect edge, navigate to opc > management , click configure, and configure the ip address to 0 0 0 0 in the following guide, the simulator is used as the selected device and uaexpert on windows 10 is used as the client to add an opc ua server connection, you will need to do the following step 1 add the simulator device step 2 add a tag for the simulator device step 3 add nodes to the opc ua hierarchy step 4 connect a client with ua expert to jump to a specific section, refer to the table of contents on the right side and click the corresponding step before you begin before completing the steps below, make sure you do the following add nodes to the opc ua hierarchy see add a node docid\ xqmh3osfx76kodo4dcexg or import nodes docid 0ittrf7uduzjohfve5dah for more information start the opc ua server see manage the opc ua server docid 0expfrgp1z1ayxz4ddlxy for more information run your server on port 4840 see manage the opc ua server docid 0expfrgp1z1ayxz4ddlxy for more information step 1 add the simulator device to add the simulator device navigate to devicehub the devices pane appears select the add box the connect device dialog box appears click the connect device drop down list, and select simulator from the list click the driver name drop down list, and select simulator from the list the connect device form drops down beneath your selections enter plc1 in the name field (optional) enter a short description of the device in the description field click add device step 2 add a tag for the simulator device note you should add multiple tags to the simulator (for example, plc1 tag1, plc1 tag2, plc1 tag3, plc1 tag4) to add a tag for the simulator device navigate to devicehub > tags from the tags pane, click add tag , and then select add one click the select a device field, and then select simulator from the drop down list from the add tag form , enter the following details value type select int name select int integer tag name enter plc1 tag1 polling interval enter 1 address enter 0 min value enter 1 max value enter 100 description (optional) enter a description for the tag click add tag step 3 add nodes to the opc ua hierarchy you can add nodes to the opc ua hierarchy in the following ways add a node docid\ xqmh3osfx76kodo4dcexg import nodes docid 0ittrf7uduzjohfve5dah step 4 connect a client with uaexpert to connect a client with uaexpert download uaexpert from unified automation https //www unified automation com/downloads/opc ua clients html open uaexpert click the add server button at the top from custom discovery , double click to add a server from the enter url dialog box, enter the manufacturing connect edge ip address with the ocp\ tcp\ // protocol on port 4840 for example ocp tcp\ //192 168 1 130 4840 click ok the manufacturing connect edge opc ua server should automatically discover your new client once connected successfully, verify that you can see the root > manufacturing connect edge > plc1 > tags hierarchy in the address space panel select a tag to view the the tag's current value