Browse tags - Manual - OPC UA Connector - Industrial Edge - Industrial Edge App

Description

If you have an online connection to the PLC, you can also browse and directly import the data points.

Loading the data points may take some time depending on the size of the project.

Prerequisite

• Online connection to the PLC

Procedure

To import data points online, follow these steps:

1. Open the Tags tab.
2. Click icon to the right of the desired data source.
   Browse tag window opens.
   

3. Click Start Browse.
   Browsing started.
   

   NOTE

   • Browsing is supported with streaming, and you can browse up to 100k tags.
   • You can stop the browsing by clicking Stop Browse any time.

   A new window opens with all available tags as shown below:
   
   

   NOTE

   Tags with errors appear with icon and can not be selected.

4. Select the desired tags.
   Also, choose the following parameters:
   

   • Acquisition cycle
   • Access mode
   • Acquisition mode Click Apply.

5. Click Add to Data Source.
   All selected tags are added to the data source.

Result

The selected OPC UA data points are displayed under corresponding data source.

Then, deploy the changes to the connector runtime. For more information, refer Deploying OPC UA data points.