The OPC UA connection assistant function (#56-61 / #3-02-1*)

Application

For quick and easy setup of an OPC UA client application, you can use the OPC UA NC Server connection assistant window. This assistant guides you through the steps that are required to connect an OPC UA client application to the control.

Description of function

Use the OPC UA menu item to open the OPC UA NC Server connection assistant window.

The OPC UA (#56-61 / #3-02-1*) menu item

The assistant provides the following steps:

  1. Export OPC UA NC Server certificates
  2. Import the certificates of the OPC UA client application
  3. Assign each of the available OPC UA NC Server software options to a OPC UA client application
  4. Select the type of user logon: certificate or password
  5. If you select the user logon with a password, the control will skip the following steps up to the firewall.

  6. Import the user certificates
  7. Assign the user certificates to users
  8. Configure the firewall
  9. Connect the client application to the control

If at least one software option is active for the OPC UA NC Server, the control will generate the server certificate as a part of a self-generated certificate chain during the first start-up. The client application or the manufacturer of the application creates the client certificate. The user certificate is linked to the user account. The user name and the password are defined in the user administration. Please contact your IT department.

Note

The OPC UA NC Server connection assistant also helps you create test or sample certificates for users and the OPC UA client application. Do not use the user and client application certificates created at the control for other purposes than development at the programming station.