Ships the Part 9 alarm fidelity layer Phase 7 committed to in plan decision #5. Every scripted alarm gets a full OPC UA AlarmConditionType state machine — EnabledState, ActiveState, AckedState, ConfirmedState, ShelvingState — with persistent operator-supplied state across server restarts per Phase 7 plan decision #14. Runtime shape matches the Galaxy-native + AB CIP ALMD alarm sources: scripted alarms fan out through the existing IAlarmSource surface so Phase 6.1 AlarmTracker composition consumes them without per-source branching. Part9StateMachine is a pure-functions module — no instance state, no I/O, no mutation. Every transition (ApplyPredicate, ApplyAcknowledge, ApplyConfirm, ApplyOneShotShelve, ApplyTimedShelve, ApplyUnshelve, ApplyEnable, ApplyDisable, ApplyAddComment, ApplyShelvingCheck) takes the current AlarmConditionState record plus the event and returns a fresh state + EmissionKind hint. Two structural invariants enforced: disabled alarms never transition ActiveState / AckedState / ConfirmedState; shelved alarms still advance state (so startup recovery reflects reality) but emit a Suppressed hint so subscribers do not see the transition. OneShot shelving expires on clear; Timed shelving expires via ApplyShelvingCheck against the UnshelveAtUtc timestamp. Comments are append-only — every acknowledge, confirm, shelve, unshelve, enable, disable, explicit add-comment, and auto-unshelve appends an AlarmComment record with user identity + timestamp + kind + text for the GxP / 21 CFR Part 11 audit surface. AlarmConditionState is the persistent record the store saves. Fields: AlarmId, Enabled, Active, Acked, Confirmed, Shelving (kind + UnshelveAtUtc), LastTransitionUtc, LastActiveUtc, LastClearedUtc, LastAckUtc + LastAckUser + LastAckComment, LastConfirmUtc + LastConfirmUser + LastConfirmComment, Comments. Fresh factory initializes everything to the no-event position. IAlarmStateStore is the persistence abstraction — LoadAsync, LoadAllAsync, SaveAsync, RemoveAsync. Stream E wires this to a SQL-backed store with IAuditLogger hooks; tests use InMemoryAlarmStateStore. Startup recovery per Phase 7 plan decision #14: LoadAsync runs every configured alarm predicate against current tag values to rederive ActiveState, but EnabledState / AckedState / ConfirmedState / ShelvingState + audit history are loaded verbatim from the store so operators do not re-ack after an outage and shelved alarms stay shelved through maintenance windows. MessageTemplate implements Phase 7 plan decision #13 — static-with-substitution. {TagPath} tokens resolved at event emission time from the engine value cache. Missing paths, non-Good quality, or null values all resolve to {?} so the event still fires but the operator sees where the reference broke. ExtractTokenPaths enumerates tokens at publish time so the engine knows to subscribe to every template-referenced tag in addition to predicate-referenced tags. AlarmPredicateContext is the ScriptContext subclass alarm scripts see. GetTag reads from the engine shared cache; SetVirtualTag is explicitly rejected at runtime with a pointed error message — alarm predicates must be pure so their output does not couple to virtual-tag state in ways that become impossible to reason about. If cross-tag side effects are needed, the operator authors a virtual tag and the alarm predicate reads it. ScriptedAlarmEngine orchestrates. LoadAsync compiles every predicate through Stream A ScriptSandbox + ForbiddenTypeAnalyzer, runs DependencyExtractor to find the read set, adds template token paths to the input set, reports every compile failure as one aggregated InvalidOperationException (not one-at-a-time), subscribes to each unique referenced upstream path, seeds the value cache, loads persisted state for each alarm (falling back to Fresh for first-load), re-evaluates the predicate, and saves the recovered state. ChangeTrigger — when an upstream tag changes, look up every alarm referencing that path in a per-path inverse index, enqueue all of them for re-evaluation via a SemaphoreSlim-gated path. Unlike the virtual-tag engine, scripted alarms are leaves in the evaluation DAG (no alarm drives another alarm), so no topological sort is needed. Operator actions (AcknowledgeAsync, ConfirmAsync, OneShotShelveAsync, TimedShelveAsync, UnshelveAsync, EnableAsync, DisableAsync, AddCommentAsync) route through the state machine, persist, and emit if there is an emission. A 5-second shelving-check timer auto-expires Timed shelving and emits Unshelved events at the right moment. Predicate evaluation errors (script throws, timeout, compile-time reads bad tag) leave the state unchanged — the engine does NOT invent a clear transition on predicate failure. Logged as scripts-*.log Error; companion WARN in main log. ScriptedAlarmSource implements IAlarmSource. SubscribeAlarmsAsync filter is a set of equipment-path prefixes; empty means all. AcknowledgeAsync from the base interface routes to the engine with user identity "opcua-client" — Stream G will replace this with the authenticated principal from the OPC UA dispatch layer. The adapter implements only the base IAlarmSource methods; richer Part 9 methods (Confirm, Shelve, Unshelve, AddComment) remain on the engine and will bind to OPC UA method nodes in Stream G. 47 unit tests across 5 files. Part9StateMachineTests (16) — every transition + noop edge cases: predicate true/false, same-state noop, disabled ignores predicate, acknowledge records user/comment/adds audit, idempotent acknowledge, reject no-user ack, full activate-ack-clear-confirm walk, one-shot shelve suppresses next activation, one-shot expires on clear, timed shelve requires future unshelve time, timed shelve expires via shelving-check, explicit unshelve emits, add-comment appends to audit, comments append-only through multiple operations, full lifecycle walk emits every expected EmissionKind. MessageTemplateTests (11) — no-token passthrough, single+multiple token substitution, bad quality becomes {?}, unknown path becomes {?}, null value becomes {?}, tokens with slashes+dots, empty + null template, ExtractTokenPaths returns every distinct path, whitespace inside tokens trimmed. ScriptedAlarmEngineTests (13) — load compiles+subscribes, compile failures aggregated, upstream change emits Activated, clearing emits Cleared, message template resolves at emission, ack persists to store, startup recovery preserves ack but rederives active, shelved activation state-advances but suppresses emission, runtime exception isolates to owning alarm, disable prevents activation until re-enable, AddComment appends audit without state change, SetVirtualTag from predicate rejected (state unchanged), Dispose releases upstream subscriptions. ScriptedAlarmSourceTests (5) — empty filter matches all, equipment-prefix filter, Unsubscribe stops events, AcknowledgeAsync routes with default user, null arguments rejected. FakeUpstream fixture gives tests an in-memory driver mock with subscription count tracking. Full Phase 7 test count after Stream C: 146 green (63 Scripting + 36 VirtualTags + 47 ScriptedAlarms). Stream D (historian alarm sink with SQLite store-and-forward + Galaxy.Host IPC) consumes ScriptedAlarmEvent + similar Galaxy / AB CIP emissions to produce the unified alarm timeline. Stream G wires the OPC UA method calls and AlarmSource into DriverNodeManager dispatch. 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.