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LiveStackConfig resolves the pipe name + per-install shared secret from two sources in order: OTOPCUA_GALAXY_PIPE + OTOPCUA_GALAXY_SECRET env vars first (for CI / benchwork overrides), then the service's per-process Environment registry values under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\OtOpcUaGalaxyHost (what Install-Services.ps1 writes at install time). Registry read requires the test host to run elevated on most boxes — the skip message says so explicitly so operators see the right remediation. Hard-coded secrets are deliberately avoided: the installer generates 32 fresh random bytes per install, a committed secret would diverge from production the moment the service is re-installed. LiveStackFixture is an IAsyncLifetime that (1) runs AvevaPrerequisites.CheckAllAsync with CheckGalaxyHostPipe=true + CheckHistorian=false — produces a structured PrerequisiteReport whose SkipReason is the exact operator-facing 'here's what you need to fix' text, (2) resolves LiveStackConfig and surfaces a clear skip when the secret isn't discoverable, (3) instantiates GalaxyProxyDriver + calls InitializeAsync (the IPC handshake), capturing a skip with the exception detail + common-cause hints (secret mismatch, SID not in pipe ACL, Host's backend couldn't connect to ZB) rather than letting a NullRef cascade through every subsequent test. SkipIfUnavailable() translates the captured SkipReason into Assert.Skip at the top of every fact so tests read as cleanly-skipped with a visible reason, not silently-passed or crashed. LiveStackSmokeTests (5 facts, Collection=LiveStack, Category=LiveGalaxy): Fixture_initialized_successfully (cheapest possible end-to-end assertion — if this passes, the IPC handshake worked); Driver_reports_Healthy_after_IPC_handshake (DriverHealth.State post-connect); DiscoverAsync_returns_at_least_one_variable_from_live_galaxy (captures every Variable() call from DiscoverAsync via CapturingAddressSpaceBuilder and asserts > 0 — zero here usually means the Host couldn't read ZB, the skip message names OTOPCUA_GALAXY_ZB_CONN to check); GetHostStatuses_reports_at_least_one_platform (IHostConnectivityProbe surface — zero means the probe loop hasn't fired or no Platform is deployed locally); Can_read_a_discovered_variable_from_live_galaxy (reads the first discovered attribute's full reference, asserts status != BadInternalError — Galaxy's Uncertain-quality-until-first-Engine-scan is intentionally NOT treated as failure since it depends on runtime state that varies across test runs). Read-only by design; writes need an agreed scratch tag to avoid mutating a process-critical attribute — deferred to a follow-up PR that reuses this fixture. CapturingAddressSpaceBuilder is a minimal IAddressSpaceBuilder that flattens every Variable() call into a list so tests can inspect what discovery produced without booting the full OPC UA node-manager stack; alarm annotation + property calls are no-ops. Scoped private to the test class. Galaxy.Proxy.Tests csproj gains a ProjectReference to Driver.Galaxy.TestSupport (PR 36) for AvevaPrerequisites. The NU1702 warning about the Host project being net48-referenced-by-net10 is pre-existing from the HostSubprocessParityTests — Proxy.Tests only needs the Host EXE path for that parity scenario, not type surface. Test run on THIS machine (OtOpcUaGalaxyHost not yet installed): Skipped! Failed 0, Passed 0, Skipped 5 — each skip message includes the full prerequisites report pointing at the missing service. Once the service is installed + started (scripts\install\Install-Services.ps1), the 5 facts will execute against live Galaxy. Proxy.Tests Unit: 17 pass / 0 fail (unchanged — new tests are Category=LiveGalaxy, separate suite). Full Proxy build clean. Memory already captures the 'live tests run via already-running service, don't spawn' convention (project_galaxy_host_service.md). lmx-followups.md #5 updated: status is 'IN PROGRESS' across PRs 36 + 37 with the explicit remaining work (install + start services, subscribe-and-receive, write round-trip). 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.