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UaExpert
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The menu bar contains the following entries:
The document window can display different view modes. By default, the Data Access View is selected.
UaExpert ships with several plugins. To open a different view in the document window, choose Document → Add… from the menu and choose the document type from the drop-down list.
All currently open views are shown in the Project Window under Documents and can be saved in a project file.
The project window displays all server connections and views (see screenshot).
All server connections are listed under Servers. The plug icon in front of each entry indicates whether UaExpert is connected to the server or not or whether an error occurred (the type of error is shown in the Log Window).
From the context menu you can
All open views are listed under documents. Double-click on a previously closed view to open it in the document window. Choose Remove from the context menu to remove an entry from the list.
The address space window shows the address space of the server which is currently selected in the Project Window.
This window can be used to browse the server’s address space. When clicking on the triangle in front of a node, all child elements are shown.
The symbols in front of each node indicate the node class (e.g. Object, Variable, Method …).
It is possible to drag items from here to the document window, e.g. dragging a Variable node to the Data Access View creates a subscription containing a monitored item.
Click on the orange arrow symbol at in front of the drop-down menu to rebrowse.
The drop-down menu at the top of the Address Space Window can be used to highlight the content of a certain namespace: When clicking on the drop-down menu, all namespaces in the server’s namespace table are shown. When a namespace is selected, all nodes belonging this namespace are displayed in a bold font.
The attributes window shows the attributes of the node which is currently selected in the Address Space Window.
This window contains three buttons:
The references window shows the references of the node which is currently selected in the Address Space Window.
There are four buttons and a drop-down menu:
The log window is used to display status and error messages.
The red cross button can be used to clear the log window. Click on the floppy disc symbol to save the current log to a text file.
Choose Settings → Configure UaExpert... from the Menu Bar to change various settings of UaExpert.
All available settings are displayed in a list. You can use the Filter field to restrict the list to settings containig the typed string. Click at a table cell to change the current value. Clicking on the red arrow resets the parameter to the default value (see screenshot).
The Certificate Manager is a handy tool to manage certificates known to UaExpert. Choose Settings → Manage Certificates... from the menu, and a new dialog window will open.
The dialog displays a list of the certificates an certificate revocation lists in UaExpert’s certificate store. There are separate tabs for issuers and TLS issuers.
Different icons indicate the certificates’ statuses:
A right-click on a certificate displays a context menu providing various actions, depending on the status of the certificate (see screenshot): You may trust untrusted certificates, reject already trusted certificates, delete a certificate, or open the certificate in your operating system’s default certificate manager.
When clicking on the orange arrow symbol in the bottom left corner (see screenshot), the contents of the certificate store are reread.
Furthermore, it is possible to create a new application instance certificate (see Initial Start-Up of UaExpert). When clicking on the button Open Certificate Location, the folder containing trusted certificates is opened in your operating system’s file manager.
