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sample	Industrial IoT - OPC Publisher node configuration.	csharp	azure azure-iot-hub	azure-iot-opc-publisher-node-configuration

OPC Publisher node configuration

This .NET Core application allows to configure OPC Publisher using IoTHub direct method calls.

Features

The application is/can:

• Read the current node configuration from the OPC Publisher device/module specified by id/iothubdevicename and im/iothubmodule name.
• Save the current node configuration in a backup file.
• Purge the current node configuration of OPC Publisher.
• Send the specified new node configuration to OPC Publisher.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

The application required .NET Core and OPC Publisher deployed either standalone or as IoT Edge module. The node configuration functionality only works with OPC Publisher versions higher or equal than 2.2.0.

Installation

You need to compile the solution with Visual Studio and then run it.

Quickstart

The application supports several command line options to control its functionality.

Here is the usage output:

OPC Publisher node configuration
Current directory is: <current directory>
Log file is: <hstname>-publishernodeconfig.log
Log level is: info

Usage: dotnet publishernodeconfig.dll [<options>]

OPC Publisher configuration tool.

Options:
  -h, --help                 show this message and exit
      --ic, --iotHubConnectionString=VALUE
                             IoTHub owner or service connectionstring
      --id, --iothubdevicename=VALUE
                             IoTHub device name of the OPC Publisher
      --im, --iothubmodulename=VALUE
                             IoT Edge module name of the OPC Publisher which
                               runs in the IoT Edge device specified by id/
                               iothubdevicename
      --pc, --purgeconfig    remove all configured nodes before pushing new ones
      --bf, --backupfile=VALUE
                             the filename to store the existing configuration
                               of OPC Publisher
                               Default: './<hostname>-publishernodeconfig.bak'
      --nc, --nodeconfigfile=VALUE
                             the filename of the node configuration to be set
      --lf, --logfile=VALUE  the filename of the logfile to use
                               Default: './johanngnb-publishernodeconfig.log'
      --ll, --loglevel=VALUE the loglevel to use (allowed: fatal, error, warn,
                               info, debug, verbose).
                               Default: info