71339307fa
Restructure the driver-facing docs to match the OtOpcUa v2 multi-driver
reality (Galaxy, Modbus, S7, AB CIP, AB Legacy, TwinCAT, FOCAS, OPC UA Client
— 8 drivers total; Galaxy ships as three projects) and the capability-interface
architecture where every driver opts into IDriver + whichever of IReadable /
IWritable / ITagDiscovery / ISubscribable / IHostConnectivityProbe /
IPerCallHostResolver / IAlarmSource / IHistoryProvider / IRediscoverable it
supports. Doc scope follows the code: one-driver-specific docs scoped to that
driver, cross-driver concerns live once at the top level, per-driver specs
cross-link to docs/v2/driver-specs.md rather than duplicate.
What changed per file:
- docs/MxAccessBridge.md -> docs/drivers/Galaxy.md (git mv + rewrite): retitled
"Galaxy Driver", reframed as one of seven drivers. Added Project Split table
(Shared .NET Standard 2.0 / Host .NET 4.8 x86 / Proxy .NET 10) and Why
Out-of-Process section citing both the MXAccess bitness constraint and Tier C
stability isolation per docs/v2/plan.md section 4. Added IPC Transport
section covering pipe naming, MessagePack framing, DACL that denies Admins,
shared-secret handshake, heartbeat, and CallAsync<TReq,TResp> dispatch.
Moved file paths from src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Host/MxAccess/* to
src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/MxAccess/* and added the
Shared + Proxy key-file tables. Added CapabilityInvoker + OTOPCUA0001
analyzer callout. Cross-linked to drivers/README.md, Galaxy-Repository.md,
HistoricalDataAccess.md.
- docs/GalaxyRepository.md -> docs/drivers/Galaxy-Repository.md (git mv +
rewrite): retitled "Galaxy Repository — Tag Discovery for the Galaxy
Driver", opened with a comparison table showing how every driver's
ITagDiscovery source is different (AB CIP @tags walker, TwinCAT
SymbolLoaderFactory, FOCAS CNC queries, OPC UA Client Session.Browse, etc).
Repositioned GalaxyRepositoryService as the Galaxy driver's
ITagDiscovery.DiscoverAsync implementation. Updated paths to
Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/GalaxyRepository/*. Added IRediscoverable section
covering the on-change-redeploy IPC path.
- docs/drivers/README.md (new): index with ground-truth driver table —
project path, stability tier, wire library, capability-interface list, and
one notable quirk per driver. Verified against the driver csproj files and
class declarations on focas-pr3-remaining-capabilities (the most recent
branch containing every driver). Galaxy gets its own dedicated docs; the
other seven drivers cross-link to docs/v2/driver-specs.md. Lists the full
Core.Abstractions capability surface, DriverTypeRegistry, CapabilityInvoker,
and OTOPCUA0001 analyzer.
- docs/HistoricalDataAccess.md (rewrite): reframed around IHistoryProvider as
a per-driver optional capability interface. Replaced v1 HistorianPluginLoader
/ AvevaHistorianPluginEntry plugin architecture with the v2 story —
Historian.Aveva was merged into Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/Historian/ and
IPC-forwarded through GalaxyProxyDriver. Documented all four IHistoryProvider
methods (ReadRawAsync / ReadProcessedAsync / ReadAtTimeAsync /
ReadEventsAsync), CapabilityInvoker wrapping with DriverCapability.HistoryRead,
and the per-driver coverage matrix (Galaxy + OPC UA Client implement; the
six protocol drivers don't and return BadHistoryOperationUnsupported). Kept
the cluster-failover + health-counter + quality-mapping detail for the
Galaxy Historian implementation. Flagged one gap: Proxy forwards all four
history message kinds but the Host-side HistoryAggregateType -> AnalogSummary
column mapping may surface GalaxyIpcException{Code="not-implemented"} on a
given branch until the Phase 2 Galaxy out-of-process gate lands.
Driver list built against ground truth (src on focas-pr3-remaining-capabilities):
Driver.Galaxy.{Shared,Host,Proxy}, Driver.Modbus, Driver.S7, Driver.AbCip,
Driver.AbLegacy, Driver.TwinCAT, Driver.FOCAS, Driver.OpcUaClient.
Capability interface lists verified against each *Driver.cs class declaration.
Aveva Historian ported to Driver.Galaxy.Host/Backend/Historian/; no separate
Historian.Aveva assembly on v2 branches.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
LmxOpcUa
OPC UA server and cross-platform client tools for AVEVA System Platform (Wonderware) Galaxy. The server exposes Galaxy tags via MXAccess as an OPC UA address space. The client stack provides a shared library, CLI tool, and Avalonia desktop application for browsing, reading/writing, subscriptions, alarms, and historical data.
Architecture
OPC UA Clients
(CLI, Desktop UI, 3rd-party)
|
v
+-----------------+ +------------------+ +-----------------+
| Galaxy Repo DB |---->| OPC UA Server |<--->| MXAccess Client |
| (SQL Server) | | (address space) | | (STA + COM) |
+-----------------+ +------------------+ +-----------------+
| |
+-------+--------+ +---------+---------+
| Status Dashboard| | Historian Runtime |
| (HTTP/JSON) | | (SQL Server) |
+----------------+ +-------------------+
Contained Name vs Tag Name
| Browse Path (contained names) | Runtime Reference (tag name) |
|---|---|
TestMachine_001/DelmiaReceiver/DownloadPath |
DelmiaReceiver_001.DownloadPath |
TestMachine_001/MESReceiver/MoveInBatchID |
MESReceiver_001.MoveInBatchID |
Server
The OPC UA server runs on .NET Framework 4.8 (x86) and bridges the Galaxy runtime to OPC UA clients.
Server Prerequisites
- .NET Framework 4.8 SDK
- AVEVA System Platform with ArchestrA Framework installed
- Galaxy repository database (SQL Server, Windows Auth)
- MXAccess COM registered (
LMXProxy.LMXProxyServer) - Wonderware Historian (optional, for historical data access)
- Windows (required for COM interop and MXAccess)
Build and Run Server
dotnet restore ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.slnx
dotnet build src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Host
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Host
The server starts on opc.tcp://localhost:4840/LmxOpcUa with the None security profile by default. Configure Security.Profiles in appsettings.json to enable Basic256Sha256-Sign or Basic256Sha256-SignAndEncrypt for transport security. See Security Guide.
Install as Windows Service
cd src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Host/bin/Debug/net48
ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Host.exe install
ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Host.exe start
Service logon requirement: The service must run under a Windows account that has access to the AVEVA Galaxy and Historian. The default LocalSystem account can connect to MXAccess and SQL Server but cannot authenticate with the Historian SDK (HCAP). Configure the service to "Log on as" a domain or local user that is a recognized ArchestrA platform user. This can be set in services.msc or during install with ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Host.exe install -username DOMAIN\user -password ***.
Run Server Tests
dotnet test tests/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Tests
dotnet test tests/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.IntegrationTests
Client Stack
The client stack is cross-platform (.NET 10) and consists of three projects sharing a common IOpcUaClientService abstraction. No AVEVA software or COM is required — the clients connect to any OPC UA server.
Client Prerequisites
- .NET 10 SDK
- No platform-specific dependencies (runs on Windows, macOS, Linux)
Build All Clients
dotnet build src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.Shared
dotnet build src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.CLI
dotnet build src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.UI
Run Client Tests
dotnet test tests/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.Shared.Tests
dotnet test tests/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.CLI.Tests
dotnet test tests/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.UI.Tests
Client CLI
# Connect
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.CLI -- connect -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840/LmxOpcUa
# Browse Galaxy hierarchy
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.CLI -- browse -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840/LmxOpcUa -n "ns=3;s=ZB" -r -d 5
# Read a tag
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.CLI -- read -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840/LmxOpcUa -n "ns=3;s=TestMachine_001.MachineID"
# Write a tag
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.CLI -- write -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840/LmxOpcUa -n "ns=3;s=TestChildObject.TestString" -v "Hello"
# Subscribe to changes
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.CLI -- subscribe -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840/LmxOpcUa -n "ns=3;s=TestChildObject.TestInt" -i 500
# Read historical data
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.CLI -- historyread -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840/LmxOpcUa -n "ns=3;s=TestMachine_001.TestHistoryValue" --start "2026-03-25" --end "2026-03-30"
# Subscribe to alarm events
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.CLI -- alarms -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840/LmxOpcUa -n "ns=3;s=TestMachine_001" --refresh
# Query redundancy state
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.CLI -- redundancy -u opc.tcp://localhost:4840/LmxOpcUa
Client UI
dotnet run --project src/ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.UI
The desktop application provides browse tree, subscriptions, alarm monitoring, history reads, and write dialogs. See Client UI Documentation for details.
Project Structure
src/
ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Host/ OPC UA server (.NET Framework 4.8, x86)
Configuration/ Config binding and validation
Domain/ Interfaces, DTOs, enums, mappers
Historian/ Wonderware Historian data source
Metrics/ Performance tracking (rolling P95)
MxAccess/ STA thread, COM interop, subscriptions
GalaxyRepository/ SQL queries, change detection
OpcUa/ Server, node manager, address space, alarms, diff
Status/ HTTP dashboard, health checks
ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.Shared/ Shared OPC UA client library (.NET 10)
ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.CLI/ Command-line client (.NET 10)
ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.UI/ Avalonia desktop client (.NET 10)
tests/
ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Tests/ Server unit + integration tests
ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.IntegrationTests/ Server integration tests (live DB)
ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.Shared.Tests/ Shared library tests
ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.CLI.Tests/ CLI command tests
ZB.MOM.WW.LmxOpcUa.Client.UI.Tests/ UI ViewModel + headless tests
gr/ Galaxy repository docs, SQL queries, schema
Documentation
Server
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| OPC UA Server | Endpoint, sessions, security policy, server lifecycle |
| Address Space | Hierarchy nodes, variable nodes, primitive grouping, NodeId scheme |
| Galaxy Repository | SQL queries, deployed package chain, change detection |
| MXAccess Bridge | STA thread, COM interop, subscriptions, reconnection |
| Data Type Mapping | Galaxy to OPC UA types, arrays, security classification |
| Read/Write Operations | Value reads, writes, access level enforcement, array element writes |
| Subscriptions | Ref-counted MXAccess subscriptions, data change dispatch |
| Alarm Tracking | AlarmConditionState nodes, InAlarm monitoring, event reporting |
| Historical Data Access | Historian data source, HistoryReadRaw, HistoryReadProcessed |
| Incremental Sync | Diff computation, subtree teardown/rebuild, subscription preservation |
| Configuration | appsettings.json binding, feature flags, validation |
| Status Dashboard | HTTP server, health checks, metrics reporting |
| Service Hosting | TopShelf, startup/shutdown sequence, error handling |
| Security | Transport security profiles, certificate trust, production hardening |
| Redundancy | Non-transparent warm/hot redundancy, ServiceLevel, paired deployment |
Client
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Client CLI | Connect, browse, read, write, subscribe, historyread, alarms, redundancy commands |
| Client UI | Avalonia desktop client: browse, subscribe, alarms, history, write values |
Reference
- Galaxy Repository Queries — SQL queries for hierarchy, attributes, and change detection
- Data Type Mapping — Galaxy to OPC UA type mapping with security classification
License
Internal use only.