# otopcua-uns-loader A **reloadable** populate-and-verify tool for the OtOpcUa galaxy Unified Namespace. Recreates a UNS load grounded in the real AVEVA Galaxy **DEV** hierarchy (the 40 `TestMachine` instances) and verifies it streams **live values** on OPC UA — so you can rebuild the OtOpcUa docker-dev instance and get the namespace back with one populate + one deploy click. ## What it loads One **SystemPlatform** `Tag` per `(machine, signal)` bound to the existing `GalaxyMxGateway` driver (`MAIN-galaxy-mxgw`). Each tag's `FolderPath` is the Galaxy object and its `Name` the attribute, so the materialised OPC UA variable `OtOpcUa//` has a NodeId equal to the MXAccess reference the driver subscribes to — which is what makes the value go live. Signals mirrored per machine (only those the instance actually has): the `$TestMachine` process UDAs — `TestChangingInt`, `TestHistoryValue`, `TestDouble/Float/Duration/DateTime`, `ProtectedValue(1)`, `TestAlarm001..003`, `InAlarm` → **396 tags across 40 machines**. Every row carries the `nw-mirror-` `TagId` prefix, so `clean` removes exactly what the tool created (adopting any pre-existing seed row for the same ref). ## Why a deploy click is in the middle OtOpcUa applies config only from **sealed Deployment snapshots**, and the only way to seal one is the AdminUI **"Deploy current configuration"** button (`http://localhost:9200/deployments`) — there is no SQL/REST/CLI trigger (it's an in-cluster Akka operation). So the flow is: ``` populate ──SQL──▶ live config tables │ (you click Deploy at :9200, sign in multi-role/password) ▼ driver applies ▶ materialises variables ▶ SubscribeBulk ▶ live values │ verify ──OPC UA──▶ browse + read Good values on :4840 ``` `populate` and `clean` print the reminder; `verify --wait` polls until the deploy lands. > Live values depend on the driver **SubscribeBulk** pass > (OtOpcUa `master` ≥ commit `c1ce583`). On older builds variables materialise > but stay `BadWaitingForInitialData`. ## Setup ```bash cd otopcua-uns-loader python3 -m venv .venv ./.venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt ``` ## Use ```bash ./.venv/bin/python otopcua_uns.py generate # build load-plan.json from galaxy-hierarchy.json ./.venv/bin/python otopcua_uns.py populate # upsert the 396 mirror Tag rows (idempotent) # → open http://localhost:9200/deployments, sign in, click "Deploy current configuration" ./.venv/bin/python otopcua_uns.py verify --wait # poll until live values are Good on :4840 ./.venv/bin/python otopcua_uns.py status # config-DB + address-space snapshot ./.venv/bin/python otopcua_uns.py clean # remove all nw-mirror-* tags (then Deploy again) ``` ### Rebuild recovery (the point of the tool) After the docker-dev instance is rebuilt (DB wiped): 1. Ensure the schema + clusters + the `MAIN-galaxy-mxgw` driver exist (`dotnet ef database update` + the docker-dev `cluster-seed`; see the OtOpcUa `docker-dev/README.md`). 2. `populate` → **Deploy** at the AdminUI → `verify --wait`. ## Troubleshooting **`verify` stays INCOMPLETE / deployment "Sealed" but drivers never applied it.** If you recreate the **admin/coordinator** node (`admin-a`) around the same time you click Deploy, the dispatch broadcast can be lost — the deployment seals but `NodeDeploymentState` shows no row for the driver nodes, and the address space keeps the old content. Recover by: restart the driver nodes (`docker restart otopcua-dev-driver-a-1 otopcua-dev-driver-b-1`) so they cleanly re-subscribe, then Deploy again. If a no-op "NoChanges" blocks the re-deploy, delete the orphan sealed `Deployment` row that no node applied (it has no `NodeDeploymentState` children) so Deploy sees drift again. **A rebuilt/restarted node serves an empty address space until the next Deploy.** On bootstrap a node recovers to its last-*applied* revision and does **not** re-materialise until a new deployment is dispatched — so after any node restart, click Deploy once (a config change bumps the revision) to repopulate + re-subscribe. ## Configuration Defaults target docker-dev; override via flags or env: | Flag | Env | Default | |---|---|---| | `--sql-host/-port/-user/-password/-db` | `OTOPCUA_SQL_*` | `localhost:14330` sa / `OtOpcUa!Dev123` / `OtOpcUa` | | `--opcua-endpoint` | `OTOPCUA_OPCUA_ENDPOINT` | `opc.tcp://localhost:4840` | | `--driver` | `OTOPCUA_GALAXY_DRIVER` | `MAIN-galaxy-mxgw` | | `--galaxy-json` | `OTOPCUA_GALAXY_JSON` | `../galaxy-hierarchy.json` | | `--deploy-url` | — | `http://localhost:9200/deployments` | ## Files - `otopcua_uns.py` — the CLI (generate / populate / verify / status / clean) - `load-plan.json` — generated load plan (machine → signal → MXAccess ref) - `../galaxy-hierarchy.json` — the source of truth, pulled live from the gateway - `requirements.txt`, `.venv/` ## Company-shape overlay (`populate-equipment`) Besides the galaxy-native mirror, the tool can load the **Northwind company shape** (`filling / line-1 / rinser-01 / speed-rpm`) as a second, **Equipment**-kind namespace (`nw-uns`, in cluster `MAIN`) from `../company-uns.json`. Each company signal is a **VirtualTag** (+ a `Script`) whose script simply mirrors the live galaxy-mirror tag for that signal: ```csharp return ctx.GetTag("TestMachine_001.TestDouble").Value; ``` so the company shape carries live **VALUES** driven off the same Galaxy source — no driver, no `BadWaitingForInitialData` once the galaxy mirror is up. The `ctx.GetTag` literal is the signal's `source.fullTagReference`; the engine's `DependencyExtractor` harvests it and subscribes the VirtualTag to that galaxy-mirror tag. This needs OtOpcUa `master` ≥ the Equipment-namespace VirtualTag materialisation milestone (WS-3), which materialises `VirtualTag`/`Script` rows on deploy and added the **headless deploy** endpoint. ```bash ./.venv/bin/python otopcua_uns.py populate-equipment # 3 areas / 8 lines / 40 equipment / 1036 VirtualTags curl -s -X POST http://localhost:9200/api/deployments -H 'X-Api-Key: docker-dev-deploy-key' # headless deploy ./.venv/bin/python otopcua_uns.py verify-equipment --expect 1036 --require-good 396 --wait --wait-seconds 300 # structure + live values ``` > **Verified live 2026-06-07** (OtOpcUa `feat/equipment-namespace-live-values`): galaxy mirror > **396/396 Good**, company overlay **396 Good** on `opc.tcp://localhost:4840`, `VERIFY-EQUIPMENT: PASS`. > Why 396 of 1036? The shipped `company-uns.json` invents **1036 distinct** `ctx.GetTag` refs, but only > **396** of them match a real galaxy-mirror tag — so 396 signals are backed by a live source (and all 396 > go Good); the other 640 cite synthetic refs with no galaxy tag (`BadNodeIdUnknown`). That ratio is a > property of the company model, not the streaming path — **every signal with a resolvable live source > streams Good.** So `--require-good 396` is the meaningful gate for the current model. Survives a node > restart with no re-deploy (the bootstrap-restore path re-materialises + re-applies the VirtualTags). UNS folders carry the friendly **DisplayName** (`filling`); the BrowseName/NodeId stay the stable logical Id (`nw-area-filling`) — standard OPC UA. **No driver:** the company signals are VirtualTags (which link to Equipment + a Script, not a driver); a placeholder `nw-uns-modbus` driver is kept only because an Equipment namespace is expected to have one, but no `Tag` binds to it. `verify-equipment --require-good N` reads each leaf's value and asserts at least N are Good (default `0` = structure-only, back-compat); `--wait` polls until the deploy + change-triggered evaluations land. Tracked in `OtOpcUa/docs/plans/2026-06-06-equipment-namespace-materialization-scope.md` (WS-3). `clean` removes both the mirror tags and the company overlay (the `VirtualTag` + `Script` rows, in FK-safe order, plus the namespace/driver/equipment/areas/lines).