Free software/tools

Industrial Data Explorer is a two-in-one web application for exploring industrial data published on MQTT brokers and exposed via OPC UA servers.

Runs in Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/ogamma/ide.

Love demo is available at https://ide.opcfy.io Feel free to register and try to connect to publicly accessible OPC UA servers and MQTT brokers listed below.

Hint: after login, to add connections click on the gear icon at the top right corner.

For details and to report feedback / issues please visit product page on GitHub.

Recently, one of our customers asked: What OPC UA Servers are available to test OPC UA client applications, such as ogamma Visual Logger for OPC (now re-branded as Idako: Industrial Data Collector) ? In other words, they needed to simulate a data stream that an OPC UA Client could ingest using the OPC UA Server interface.

There are many demo/simulation OPC UA servers available that you can either download and run on your PCs, and also there are some already running instances with public endpoints available to connect over the Internet.  Here is the list:

Product name	Vendor	Platform	Link
OPC UA Simulation Server	Prosys OPC	Windows, Linux, MacOS	https://prosysopc.com/products/opc-ua-simulation-server/
OPC UA C++ Demo Server	Unified Automation	Windows	https://www.unified-automation.com/downloads/opc-ua-servers.html Requires registration (free) to download Public endpoint, hosted by One-Way Automation: opc.tcp://opcuaserver.com:48010
Eclipse Milo OPC UA Demo Server	Open-source, the main contributor is Kevin Herron (Inductive Automation).	Written in Java, runs on Windows, Linux, Docker.	https://github.com/digitalpetri/opc-ua-demo-server Public OPC UA endpoint URL: opc.tcp://milo.digitalpetri.com:62541/milo
OPC PLC Server	Microsoft	Cross-platform .NET application. Runs on Windows, Linux, Docker	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/samples/azure-samples/iot-edge-opc-plc/azure-iot-sample-opc-ua-server/ Docker image: mcr.microsoft.com/iotedge/opc-plc Public endpoint hosted by One-Way Automation: opc.tcp://opcplc.opcfy.io:50000 Note: only secured connections are allowed. Client certificates will be accepted automatically.
Node OPC UA Server	Sterfive	Cross-platform	Public endpoint: opc.tcp://opcuademo.sterfive.com:26543

 

When we created recently Industrial Data Explorer, we needed to have also publicly available MQTT brokers. Below is a list of some MQTT brokers we used for tests:

Product name	Vendor	Host name
MonsterMQ	Andreas Vogler https://monstermq.com/	test.monstermq.com
Mosquitto	https://mosquitto.org/	test.mosquitto.org
EMQX	https://www.emqx.com/en	broker.emqx.io
HiveMQ	https://www.hivemq.com/	broker.hivemq.com