06/02/2025
Bosch Rexroth | App | Communication

ctrlX OS - OPC UA Client

With the OPC UA Client App the ctrlX CORE can access each connected OPC UA server and retrieve the provided data. Together with the OPC UA Server app, a standardized machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is possible. The data which the OPC UA Client reads are made available in the ctrlX Data layer. Thus, these data are available to all apps on the ctrlX OS devices, like ctrlX CORE.

Supported OPC UA profiles

  • Protocol UA TCP

  • UA secure conversation including encryption and certificate handling

  • UA binary encoding


Supported OPC UA services

  • Browse

  • Read

  • Write

With the OPC UA Client App the ctrlX OS devices can access various connected OPC UA Server

Latest features in version 2.6

  • Auto reconnect function available - an automatic reconnect can be configured for a client session

  • OPC UA methods with arguments of the OPC UA BuildIn types "NodeId", "LocalizedText", "UtcTime" and "DateTime" are supported

  • OPC UA variables of the OPC UA BuildIn types "NodeId", "LocalizedText", "UtcTime" and "DateTime" are supported

  • Support of OPC UA nodes in the address space, with GUID identifier and opaque identifier

  • Support of arrays for structures

  • Support of additional OPC UA built-in data types "StatusCode" and "QualifiedName" in the Data Layer address space

Latest features in version 1.20

  • Supports multi-dimensional arrays (matrices) as data type

  • Supports complex data types (Enumerations, Structures, Unions) also for methods arguments

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