Endpoints

Adds a

OPC

UA server endpoint to the list.

Removes the selected

OPC

UA server endpoint from the list.

Shows the name for the

OPC

UA server endpoint. The name must be unique. The server name displays in the

OPC

UA namespace and is included in the full tag path for all nodes provided by the server.

Shows the network path to the

OPC

UA Server.

Displays whether security is required or optional for connections between

OPC

UA clients and the

FactoryTalk Linx Gateway

OPC

UA server.

Displays the security method required for connections between

OPC

UA clients and the

FactoryTalk Linx Gateway

OPC

UA server.

Sets the name for the

OPC

UA server endpoint. The name must be unique. The server name displays in the

OPC

UA namespace and is included in the full tag path for all nodes provided by the server.

Selects the hostname or IP address of the computer.

Sets the port number for the

OPC

UA server endpoint. The port must be unique. The default port is 4990 and increments by 1 for each additional endpoint.

The firewall on the

FactoryTalk Linx Gateway

OPC

UA server must allow incoming connections to the selected port for the connection to succeed.

Gets the network path to the

OPC

UA Server.

This URL must be provided to

OPC

UA client applications in order to connect to the

FactoryTalk Linx Gateway

UA service.

Turns off the endpoint.

Enables a server to initiate the connection to an OPC UA client.

Sets the URL to identify the OPC UA client the server will communicate with using the reverse connect.

The URL must be in the format

opc.tcp://hostname_or_ip:port/Endpoint

where

hostname_or_ip

and

port

are replaced with the hostname or IP address and port number of the OPC UA client.

Endpoint

is optional. Do not use the port that is already occupied by other clients.

The maximum number of Client URLs supported is 20 for each endpoint. It is available when configuring reverse connect.

Sets the maximum number of clients connected to the current UA server endpoint. These clients should be on the same computer with the same client URL.

The valid range of Max Connection is from 1 through 20. It is available when configuring reverse connect.

Grants the

Anonymous

account with access to

FactoryTalk Linx Gateway

.

Sets

Anonymous

account with only read access.

Permits an OPC UA client connected to

FactoryTalk Linx Gateway

with Anonymous login and read access permissions to retrieve information from a device using a

FactoryTalk Linx

shortcut configured with: CIP Object - Class/Instance/Attribute Message

Permits an OPC

UA client connected to

FactoryTalk Linx Gateway

with Anonymous login and write access permissions to send information to a device using a

FactoryTalk Linx

shortcut configured with: CIP Object - Class/Instance/Attribute Message

Sets FactoryTalk Security user with read and write access. The user is created in

FactoryTalk Administration Console

> System > Users and Groups. Username and password are needed.

Displays whether security is required or optional for connections between

OPC

UA clients and the

FactoryTalk Linx Gateway

OPC

UA server.

There are four security algorithm suites:

Displays the security method required for connections between

OPC

UA clients and the

FactoryTalk Linx Gateway

OPC

UA server.

When enabled,

FactoryTalk Linx Gateway

will create a diagnostic or audit message every time a tag is written by an external

OPC

UA client. The default setting is disabled.

When enabled,

FactoryTalk Linx Gateway

will create an audit message in the FactoryTalk Audit log with time-and date-stamped information to track changes that occurred during the operation of the system.

When enabled,

FactoryTalk Linx Gateway

will create a diagnostic message in the FactoryTalk Diagnostics log with time-and date-stamped information to help diagnose anomalies.