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Running and Testing the SECS/GEM OPC UA Server
The SECS/GEM OPC UA Server is generated from a TransSECS Servers project using the OPCUA deployment option. After the build is complete you will see an OPCUA directory in your project folder. Use the run.bat on Windows to start the server, or run.sh on Linux. Once the OPC UA Server is started, you can connect an OPC UA Client to browse tags.
Testing with UaExpert
UaExpert is a free and full-featured OPC UA Client and is recommended for testing this OPC UA Server. Go to https://www.unified-automation.com/products/development-tools/uaexpert.html and use the Free Download button near the top right of this page to download the software for either Windows or Linux.
When you start UaExpert you will need to add (+) a connection. Configure the client connection to the SECS/GEM OPC UA Server as shown in the figure below:
In this example we have selected the Basic256Sha256 security policy using the Sign & Encrypt model. This means we will be using certificates to ensure a secure connection. For testing you can also select None/None but for production you should use certificates.
The Authentication is set to Anonymous. For the SECS/GEM OPC UA server running on a local (not cloud-based) system this is appropriate.
The session URN at the bottom will be based on your system.