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Pull External OPC UA nested data structure into TC3 project

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[#1418]

Wondering if anyone knows of a way to pull an existing external nested data structure into a TC3 project via OPC UA? For reference, UDT was set up in Rockwell's Studio 5000 and migrated to FactoryTalk Optix (which is heavily OPC UA based).

I have the object model for the UDT in FT Optix, and we pivoted to a Beckhoff platform for everything but the HMI (given it's a rather complex HMI project that wouldn't be realistic to redo given our project timeline for runoff). Given the size and scope of the existing UDT structure, I would love to avoid having to redo it from scratch. Every other PLC brand exports these in standard PLCOpen formats, except Rockwell. Was told from a Beckhoff AE that it might be possible to pull the structure in via OPC UA and generate the analogous Struct in TC3.

Anyone out there done this? If so, any pointers or instructions you've found that kind of spell this out?


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