Joseph Doherty
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The issue reports a missing feature. The cause is a stale projection, and the
consequence was worse than the gap described.
`ScriptTagCatalog` still emitted `Tag.TagConfig.FullName` — the pre-v3 driver wire
address. Since v3 the mux key is the **RawPath**: `AddressSpaceComposer` harvests the
`ctx.GetTag("…")` literals into `DependencyRefs`, those become `VirtualTagActor`
dependency refs registered with `DependencyMuxActor`, whose `_byRef` is keyed Ordinal
by `AttributeValuePublished.FullReference` — and a driver's wire ref IS the RawPath
(`DriverHostActor._nodeIdByDriverRef` is keyed `(DriverInstanceId, RawPath)`). The
`{{equip}}/<RefName>` form already substitutes to RawPaths at both compose seams.
So the catalog was wrong in BOTH directions, not merely incomplete: completion
offered paths that could never resolve at runtime, while a CORRECT absolute RawPath
got no completion and hovered as "not a known configured tag path". The file's own
comment admitted the raw/UNS catalog was left for "Batch 2/3" and it never came.
Now projected through the shared `RawPathResolver` — the same byte-parity authority
`DraftValidator` and `AddressSpaceComposer` use — so a suggested path is identical to
the one the deploy gate and the runtime compute. A tag with a broken ancestry chain
resolves to null and is omitted: the runtime could not route it either, so offering
it would be a lie. Hover additionally gains the owning `DriverInstanceId`, which the
topology now makes available (it was always null before).
Editor-accepts <=> publish-accepts is preserved: no diagnostic keys off this catalog
(`OTSCRIPT_EQUIPREF` only marks `{{equip}}` paths), so this changes completion and
hover only — it cannot newly reject a script.
The existing tests pinned the v2 contract and were re-authored: a RawPath only exists
if the RawFolder -> DriverInstance -> Device -> TagGroup -> Tag chain does, so the
seed now builds one. Added coverage for group-nested paths, a driver at the cluster
root (no folder segment), a broken chain being omitted rather than guessed, and the
pre-v3 FullName no longer resolving.
Live-gated on docker-dev (rig rebuilt, both central nodes):
- completion, empty literal -> every RawPath incl. group-nested
`opcua1/plc/OpcPlc/Telemetry/Basic/AlternatingBoolean`
- completion, prefix `pymod` -> `pymodbus/plc/HR200X`, `pymodbus/plc/ImportedTag`
- hover `pymodbus/plc/HR200X` -> "Tag · Type UInt16 · Driver MAIN-modbus"
- hover an unknown path -> "Not a known configured tag path"
AdminUI 742/742; script-analysis 55/55; solution builds 0 errors.
OtOpcUa
OPC UA server (.NET 10 AnyCPU) that exposes a fleet of industrial drivers as a single OPC UA address space. Drivers ship in-process for AVEVA System Platform Galaxy (via the sibling mxaccessgw repo), Modbus TCP, Siemens S7, Allen-Bradley CIP (ControlLogix / CompactLogix), Allen-Bradley Legacy (SLC 500 / MicroLogix), Beckhoff TwinCAT (ADS), FANUC FOCAS, and OPC UA Client (gateway).
A cross-platform client stack (.NET 10) — shared library, CLI, and Avalonia desktop app — connects to any OPC UA server.
Architecture
OPC UA Clients (CLI, Desktop UI, 3rd-party)
|
v
+-------------------------------------+
| OtOpcUa.Server (.NET 10 AnyCPU) |
| address space + capability fan-out|
+-------------------------------------+
| | | | | | | |
Galaxy Modbus S7 AbCip AbLeg TwinCAT FOCAS OpcUaClient
|
v
mxaccessgw (sibling repo, gRPC)
|
v
MXAccess COM (x86 worker, on AVEVA box)
Galaxy is the only driver with an external runtime: it speaks gRPC to a separately installed mxaccessgw server (sibling repo at c:\Users\dohertj2\Desktop\mxaccessgw\) which owns the MXAccess COM apartment and the x86/STA bitness constraint server-side. Everything in this repo is platform-agnostic .NET 10.
Prerequisites
- .NET 10 SDK (server, drivers, clients all target .NET 10)
- SQL Server reachable for the central config DB
- For Galaxy specifically: a running
mxaccessgwdeployment — see docs/v2/Galaxy.ParityRig.md - For historian read-back / alarm history / continuous historization: a running
ZB.MOM.WW.HistorianGatewaydeployment (the sole historian backend; consumed as theZB.MOM.WW.HistorianGateway.ClientgRPC package). It must runRuntimeDb:Enabled=true+RuntimeDb:EventReadsEnabled=true, and the API key must carryhistorian:read+historian:write+historian:tags:writescopes.
Quick Start
dotnet restore ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.slnx
dotnet build ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.slnx
dotnet test ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.slnx
# Run the server in dev (foreground)
dotnet run --project src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host
The server starts on opc.tcp://localhost:4840 with the None security profile. Configure Security.Profiles in src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Host/appsettings.json to enable Basic256Sha256-Sign or Basic256Sha256-SignAndEncrypt. See docs/security.md.
Install as Windows Services
Production deployment is driven by scripts/install/Install-Services.ps1, which registers the OtOpcUa server service under a chosen service account. Historian support requires a separately deployed ZB.MOM.WW.HistorianGateway and Galaxy support a separately installed mxaccessgw — neither this repo nor the install script provisions them.
.\scripts\install\Install-Services.ps1 `
-InstallRoot 'C:\Program Files\OtOpcUa' `
-ServiceAccount 'DOMAIN\svc-otopcua'
The historian backend is the external ZB.MOM.WW.HistorianGateway (not installed by this script). See the script header and docs/ServiceHosting.md for full options.
Client CLI
dotnet run --project src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI -- connect -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840
dotnet run --project src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI -- browse -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840 -r -d 3
dotnet run --project src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI -- read -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840 -n "ns=2;s=SomeNode"
dotnet run --project src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI -- write -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840 -n "ns=2;s=SomeNode" -v 42
dotnet run --project src/Client/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI -- subscribe -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840 -n "ns=2;s=SomeNode" -i 500
See docs/Client.CLI.md and docs/Client.UI.md.
Documentation
Architecture deep-dives
| Topic | Doc |
|---|---|
| OPC UA server composition, namespace fan-out, Polly invoker | docs/OpcUaServer.md |
| Address space layout | docs/AddressSpace.md |
| Read / Write dispatch (driver vs virtual vs scripted-alarm) | docs/ReadWriteOperations.md |
| Incremental sync (driver-backend rediscovery + config publishes) | docs/IncrementalSync.md |
| Service hosting (Server + Admin; external HistorianGateway backend) | docs/ServiceHosting.md |
| Security (transport, LDAP, certificates) | docs/security.md |
| Redundancy | docs/Redundancy.md |
| Status dashboard | docs/StatusDashboard.md |
Drivers
| Topic | Doc |
|---|---|
| Driver specs (per-driver capability surface, config, addressing) | docs/v2/driver-specs.md |
| Galaxy driver | docs/drivers/Galaxy.md |
| Modbus / S7 / AbCip / AbLegacy / TwinCAT / FOCAS / OpcUaClient | docs/drivers/ |
| Galaxy parity rig (mxaccessgw setup) | docs/v2/Galaxy.ParityRig.md |
| Galaxy performance + tracing | docs/v2/Galaxy.Performance.md |
Clients
| Topic | Doc |
|---|---|
| Client CLI | docs/Client.CLI.md |
| Client UI (Avalonia desktop) | docs/Client.UI.md |
v1 archive
The original v1 in-process MXAccess docs (Galaxy.Host topology, Configuration env vars, AlarmTracking, DataTypeMapping, HistoricalDataAccess, Subscriptions, etc.) are preserved under docs/v1/ — historical reference only. PR 7.2 retired the v1 architecture on 2026-04-30; current state is documented in the sections above.
License
Internal use only.