North OPC UA Client¶
The flir-north-opcuaclient is a python based OPC UA Client plugin for FLIR Bridge that sends data north to an OPC UA Server.
The plugin may be used within a north task or service. Both of these are created via the North menu item in the FLIR Bridge user interface.
Select North from the left hand menu bar
Click on the + icon in the top left
Choose opcuaclient from the plugin selection list
Name your task or service
Select if you wish to create a service otherwise by default task
Click on Next
Configure the plugin
OPC UA Server URL: The url of the OPC UA Server to which data will be sent. The URL should be of the form opc.tcp://…
Map: A map for asset datapoints/attributes to OPC UA node objects. A map JSON structure in which the outer names are Asset names and the inner names are Datapoint names.
For example:
{ "sensor": { "temperature": { "node": "ns=1;i=1013", "type": "Float" } } }
sensor is an asset name
temperature is a datapoint name
Source: The source of the data to be sent, this may be the readings or statistics data.
Click Next
Enable your task or service and click Done