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system.opc.browseServer

Description

Returns a list of PyOPCTag objects for the given server. The PyOPCTag has the following methods to retrieve information:

•getDisplayName() - returns the display name of the object
•getElementType() - returns the element type. Element types are server, device, view, folder, object, datavariable, property and method.
•getServerNodeId() - returns a string representing the server node ID

Syntax

system.opc.browseServer(opcServer, nodeId)

Parameters

String opcServer - The name of the OPC server connection.

String nodeId - The node ID to browse.

Returns

List - A list of PyOPCTag objects.

Scope

All

Examples

# Print the name of all devices on Ignition OPC-UA

opcServer="Ignition OPC-UA Server"

nodeId = "Devices"

devices = system.opc.browseServer(opcServer, nodeId)

for device in devices:

 print device.getDisplayName()