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2. Namespace Discovery

When the server is successfully connected, click the Discover button below the target to start reading the namespace.

OPC-UA Discovery

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This process can take some time depending on the size of the namespace and the quality of the connection to the server. Up to 15 minutes is common for a large namespace.

As soon as the readout is finished the green indicator will appear above and the button Namespace can be pressed to see a list of all available signals. This list will be stored automatically on the hopit Edge device and can also be saved manually by clicking Download JSON in the namespace view.

OPC-UA Namespace

The entries of the above list are structured as follows:

<Data Type> <Node ID> = <Value> // <Path>
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To store and visualize the data on the Edge device or send the data to other targets, see the following sections: Edge Dashboard, Azure Target.