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OPC UA communication
9.4 Using the S7-1500 CPU as an OPC UA client
Communication
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Opening the connection parameter assignment
To configure the connection to an OPC UA server, follow these steps:
1.
In the "OPC UA communication" area, double-click the client interface whose parameters
you want to assign in the project tree.
For the example configuration: Double-click the "ProductionLine" client interface.
The section "Create client interface (Page 322)" describes how to create a client interface.
2. Click the "Properties" tab (Inspector window) if the tab is not already displayed.
STEP 7 now displays the connection parameter assignment for the instructions of the OPC
UA client.
The "General" tab is open.
3. Click on the "Configuration" tab and set the connection to the OPC UA server.
Setting the connection parameters
1. Select a descriptive name for the session. For the example, select the name "OPC UA
Connection to ProductionLine".
2. In the "Address" field, enter the IP address of the OPC UA server to which your user program
(that operates as an OPC UA client) is to establish a connection. In the example
configuration, the CPU that controls the production line has the IP address "192.168.1.1". A
connection to the OPC UA server of this CPU is to be established. For this reason, you enter
this IP address in the "Address" field. In this case, the OPC UA server uses the default port
4840.
Alternatively, you can enter a valid DNS name in the "Address" field. The length of the DNS
name is limited to 242 characters.
If the address is not valid, the error message is shown: "Enter a valid address".
If the string of the "Address", "Port" and "Path" fields contains more than 254 characters, an
error message is also displayed.