eta_nexus.connections.opcua_connection module

The OPC UA module provides utilities for the flexible creation of OPC UA connections.

class eta_nexus.connections.opcua_connection.OpcuaConnection(url: str, usr: str | None = None, pwd: str | None = None, *, nodes: Nodes[OpcuaNode] | None = None, key_cert: KeyCertPair | None = None, **kwargs: Any)[source]

Bases: Connection[OpcuaNode], StatusReadable[OpcuaNode], StatusWritable[OpcuaNode], StatusSubscribable[OpcuaNode]

The OPC UA Connection class allows reading and writing from and to OPC UA servers. Additionally, it implements a subscription method, which reads continuously in a specified interval.

Parameters:
  • url – URL of the OPC UA Server.

  • usr – Username in OPC UA for login.

  • pwd – Password in OPC UA for login.

  • nodes – List of nodes to use for all operations.

logger: Logger = <Logger eta_nexus.connections.opcua_connection (WARNING)>
classmethod from_ids(ids: Sequence[str], url: str, usr: str | None = None, pwd: str | None = None) OpcuaConnection[source]

Initialize the connection object from an OPC UA protocol through the node IDs.

Parameters:
  • ids – Identification of the Node.

  • url – URL for connection.

  • usr – Username in OPC UA for login.

  • pwd – Password in OPC UA for login.

Returns:

OpcuaConnection object.

read(nodes: OpcuaNode | Nodes[OpcuaNode] | None = None) pd.DataFrame[source]

Read some manually selected values from OPC UA capable controller.

Parameters:

nodes – Single node or list/set of nodes to read from.

Returns:

pandas.DataFrame containing current values of the OPC UA-variables.

Raises:

ConnectionError – When an error occurs during reading.

write(values: Mapping[OpcuaNode, Primitive]) None[source]

Writes some manually selected values on OPC UA capable controller.

Parameters:

values – Dictionary of nodes and data to write {node: value}.

Raises:

ConnectionError – When an error occurs during reading.

subscribe(handler: SubscriptionHandler, nodes: OpcuaNode | Nodes[OpcuaNode] | None = None, interval: TimeStep = 1) None[source]

Subscribe to nodes and call handler when new data is available. Basic architecture of the subscription is the client- server communication via subscription notify. This function works asynchronously. Subscriptions must always be closed using the close_sub function (use try, finally!).

Parameters:
  • nodes – Single node or list/set of nodes to subscribe to.

  • handler – SubscriptionHandler object with a push method that accepts node, value pairs.

  • interval – Interval for receiving new data. It is interpreted as seconds when given as an integer.

close_sub() None[source]

Close an open subscription.