A Practical Introduction to OPC UA

Learn the theoretical and practical aspects of installing, configuring and troubleshooting OPC UA software applications.

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What Do You Get?

2 hours of video instruction
21 lessons
2 downloadable resources
Unlimited access
Certificate of Completion
30 day money back guarantee

How Will This Course Benefit You?
Have you ever started to do online research on OPC UA and just gotten lost with the complexity of it?

Or maybe you went straight to the source, the OPC Foundation's website, and downloaded the specification only to realize that, when printed, it was over 1000 pages long?!!!

Well I have good news for you .. you actually don't have to know most of the details of OPC UA to install and configure OPC UA Client and Server software, which is what you need to do to get the factory up and running right?

That's what this course is about. Practical OPC UA!

This course is targeted at YOU!, the Automation guy or gal that needs to learn OPC UA from a practical perspective so that you can install, configure and troubleshoot OPC UA Client and Server software to get your SCADA and other Automation systems to run as trouble free and efficiently as possible.

In this course, you will learn the theory that you can directly apply to the real world of working with OPC UA Client and Server software. You will then be guided on how to download, install, configure and troubleshoot FREE OPC UA Client and Server software applications. That's right, in this course you are actually going to get "hands-on" training in the various aspects of OPC UA software applications.

This course is just over two hours, and at the end of it, you are not only going to know the theory behind the main aspects of OPC UA, but you will be able to immediately hit the ground running to be able to use any OPC UA software application in the field.

Are There Any Requirements?
A basic knowledge of Classic OPC would be an asset, but it's not mandatory for the course.

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Course curriculum

1. Accessing Attached Resources
2. Course Execution Plan
3. Contacting Your Instructor
1. Terminology
2. From Classic OPC to OPC UA
3. OPC UA vs. Industrial Automation Protocols
1. Building our Theoretical Foundation
2. Application Development
3. Two Possible Configurations
1. Client/Server Communication Methods
2. Classic OPC Addressing
3. Internet Addressing
4. OPC UA Addressing - Endpoints
1. Looking at a Certificate from Amazon
2. How Certificates Work
3. Digital Signatures and Encryption - Part 1
4. Digital Signatures and Encryption - Part 2
5. OPC Connection Terminology
1. What You Need to Know
2. Understanding Data Structures and Models
3. The OPC UA Model
1. Getting the Most Out of this Section
2. Prosys OPC UA Simulator Server - Download Details
3. UaExpert OPC UA Client - Download Details
4. Downloading the Installation Files
5. Overview - Prosys OPC UA Simulation Server
6. Overview - UaExpert OPC UA Client
7. Connecting the OPC UA Client to the OPC UA Server
8. Application & User Level Security
9. Exploring Security Options for OPC UA Client - Server Connections
1. What We Are Going To Do
2. Downloading and Installing the KEPServerEx and Modsim32
3. Connecting UaExpert to KEPServerEX with Minimum Security
4. Connecting UaExpert to KEPServerEx with Production Grade Security
5. Connecting KEPServerEx to a Modsim32 Modbus TCP Server Simulator
1. What We Are Going To Do
2. Downloading and Installing Ignition SCADA
3. Connecting Ignition as an OPC UA Client to KEPServerEx
4. Connecting Ignition's OPC UA Server to Modsim32
1. What We Are Going To Do
2. Installing Node-RED and A Quick Overview
3. Understanding Item Identification in OPC UA
4. Building the OPC UA Client Flow
5. Running the OPCA UA Client Flow
6. Visualizing the Data with a Dashboard

About this course

$10.00
45 lessons
3.5 hours of video content