Collector settings

The collector settings are used by the collector to successfully connect to the OPC-UA server.

Collector settings

Basic settings

UAEndpoint

Description: The location of the OPCUA server.

Required: yes

Example: opc.tcp://localhost:1234

This configures the ip address and the port on which the OPC-UA server is listening.

UASecurityMode

Description: Security Mode for the UA server.

Required: no

Default value: None

Options: None | Sign | SignAndEncrypt

None can only be selected if the UASecurityPolicy is None as well.

More information

UASecurityPolicy

More information

UAUserName

Description: The username for basicauth.

Required: no

UAPassword

Description: The password for basicauth.

Required: no

Advanced settings

ReadTimeout

Description: The OPC-UA read request timeout in milliseconds.

Required: no

Default value: None

Options: None | Sign | SignAndEncrypt

HeartBeatTimeout

Description: The OPC-UA heartbeat timeout in milliseconds, minimum 5s.

Required: no

Default value: None

Options: None | Sign | SignAndEncrypt

EventBufferInterval

Description: The interval(ms) at which the event buffer records.

Required: no

Default value: None

Options: None | Sign | SignAndEncrypt

MaxNodesPerMonitor

Description: Maximum amount of nodes that can be sent in one monitor request.

Required: no

Default value: None

Options: None | Sign | SignAndEncrypt

MaxNodesPerRead

Description: Maximum nodes that can be read in one request.

Required: no

Default value: None

Options: None | Sign | SignAndEncrypt

MaxNodesPerRegister

Description: Maximum nodes that can be registered in one request, set to 0 to skip node registration.

Required: no

Default value: None

Options: None | Sign | SignAndEncrypt

MaxReadRequest

Description: Maximum amount of running OPC-UA read requests.

Required: no

Default value: None

Options: None | Sign | SignAndEncrypt

OPC-UA certificates

When the security mode is set to Sign or SignAndEncrypt, the collector will require a certificate to communicate with the OPC-UA server.

Certificate files

The certificate files cert.pem and key.pem are saved under the collector certificates folder in the configured working directory. Note that if these files do not exist yet, the collector will automatically generate them.

Linux
/var/opt/factry/[collector_uuid]/certificates

Windows
C:\\ProgramData\\factry\\[collector_uuid]\\certificates