Configuration and operation
4.8 Configuration of the CP in STEP 7 Professional
CP 443-1 OPC UA
68 Operating Instructions, 01/2017, C79000-G8976-C427-02
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Enable this option to enable the function of an OPC UA server on the CP.
The following parameters are displayed:
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URL with the following parts: <Protocol part>://<IP address>:<Port number>
If obtaining the IP address via DHCP was enabled for the interface of the CP, the IP
address displayed in the URL is replaced by <
dynamic
>.
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Server URI of the CP with the following parts: <Protocol part>:<Application name of
the server>:<Globally Unique Identifier (GUID)>
Here, you specify the PLC tags (symbols) of the CPU that the server application may
access.
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If you select this option, all CPU tags are available to the server application.
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If you enable this option, only the configured CPU tags are available to the server
application.
You configure the PLC tags under the CPU: STEP 7 project navigation > Station > PLC tags
For the PLC tags enable the options "Accessible from HMI/OPC" and "Writable from
HMI/OPC" to be able to use them for the OPC applications.
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Here, you can change the port number of the application. As default port number 4840 is
used, the standard TCP port for the OPC UA binary protocol.
Permitted port numbers are as follows:
– 2000 .. 4499
– 4501 .. 34963
– 34965 .. 49151