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

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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

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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.

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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.