Configuring BatchWrite Service

Before you begin

Prerequisites:

Before you configure adapter services, ensure that you complete the steps mentioned in Preparing to Configure and Manage Adapter Services.

BatchWrite service retrieves node values from the OPC UA server. You can configure Adapter for OPC services using Designer.

About this task

To configure a BatchWrite service:

Procedure

  1. In Designer, right click the package in which the service is contained and select File > New > Adapter Service.
  2. Select the service from the list, provide the Element name. Click Next.
  3. Select IBM webMethods Adapter for OPC as the adapter type. Click Next.
  4. Select the appropriate Adapter Connection Name. Click Next.
  5. Select the template for the unique service name. Click Finish.

    In the adapter service editor, select the Adapter Settings tab to confirm adapter service properties such as Adapter Name, Adapter Connection Name, and Adapter Service Template, as necessary

  6. In the Nodes tab, click Select node for node selection. You can select multiple nodes at a time from Node Selector. The following fields perform the operation:
    Field Description
    Search Node Searches the node.
    Select All Selects all check boxes for the variable nodes.
    Clear All Deselects all check boxes for the variable nodes.
    After selecting the nodes from Node Selector, the selected nodes appear in the Extended Node Id tab. The nodes available in the Nodes tab appear as disabled Disabled node in the Node Selector. The following fields perform the operation:
    Field Description/Action
    Extended Node Id Displays the extended node id of the selected node. The node id is represented in the following format: nsu=<namespace uri>; Id type=Id value
    Node Id Displays the node id of the selected node.
    Node Name Displays name of the selected node id from the OPC UA server.
    The following table gets auto-filled.
    Menu Option Description
    Parameter Displays the sequence number.
    Node Id Displays the selected node id.
    Native Type Displays the native data types.

    Displays the built-in type of the value attribute that the OPC UA server supports.

    Output Type The data type of the output field.

    You can change this type if needed.

    Output Field The output field name. You can change this name if needed.