OPCUA Windows Service

.Net 7 Windows Service to setup OPCUA client with sending data to MySQL database.

Problem to solve:

On existing OPCUA server that is used for monitoring automation installations set up a service that monitors changes in existing values. Those changes has to be send to database. That information is need to be used to setup further projects as a mobile app, website or desktop app.

How this problem is solved

1. Research how OPC UA works and how nodes work.
2. Setup a client and connector to simplify connection and data download from an OPCUA server
3. Newly get data send to database using Entity Framework.
4. Setup a simple unit tests.
5. Setup Error Logging to file via Serilog.

Used technologies:

• .Net 7
• OPCFoundation Opc Ua
• Xunit for simple unit tests
• Entity Framework for mySQL
• Serilog logging