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Joseph Doherty 99016c3137 docs: README — reinstate verified v2 links + flag v1 archive
Two follow-ups from the post-PR-7.2 audit:

1. Reinstate verified-current architecture deep-dive links that the
   doc-cleanup pass dropped pending verification:
   - docs/OpcUaServer.md (server composition, namespace fan-out,
     Polly invoker)
   - docs/IncrementalSync.md (driver-backend rediscovery + config
     publishes)
   - docs/ReadWriteOperations.md (driver vs virtual vs scripted-alarm
     dispatch)
   All three reference live Phase 6.2 / Phase 7 features and the
   current GenericDriverNodeManager / CapabilityInvoker / OTOPCUA0001
   analyzer codepaths.

2. Restructured the README link table into three logical sections —
   "Architecture deep-dives" / "Drivers" / "Clients" — and added a
   "v1 archive" section pointing at docs/v1/ for the retired in-process
   MXAccess docs.

3. Removed the dead docs/Configuration.md link (the file moved to
   docs/v1/Configuration.md in the v1 archive sweep). All 16 link
   targets in the new README now resolve.

Plus: physically removed the 9 leftover Driver.Galaxy.* directories
from src/ and tests/ that PR 7.2's git rm cleared from tracking but
left as orphan bin/obj scaffolding on disk. No tracked-content
change for that part.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-30 09:04:57 -04:00

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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 mxaccessgw deployment — see docs/v2/Galaxy.ParityRig.md
  • For Wonderware Historian read-back: optional OtOpcUaWonderwareHistorian sidecar — see docs/ServiceHosting.md

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/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server

The server starts on opc.tcp://localhost:4840 with the None security profile. Configure Security.Profiles in src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Server/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 (and optionally the OtOpcUaWonderwareHistorian sidecar) under a chosen service account. Galaxy support requires a separately installed mxaccessgw — neither this repo nor the install script provisions it.

.\scripts\install\Install-Services.ps1 `
    -InstallRoot 'C:\Program Files\OtOpcUa' `
    -ServiceAccount 'DOMAIN\svc-otopcua'

Add -InstallWonderwareHistorian for the historian sidecar. See the script header and docs/ServiceHosting.md for full options.

Client CLI

dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI -- connect -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI -- browse  -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840 -r -d 3
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI -- read    -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840 -n "ns=2;s=SomeNode"
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Client.CLI -- write   -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840 -n "ns=2;s=SomeNode" -v 42
dotnet run --project src/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 + optional historian sidecar) 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.