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In this Exercise you will learn how to add a device to the Device library.

Before you begin:
This Exercise requires that you have:

  1. completed the pre-requisites required for all labs
  2. completed the previous exercises

Since PLC's are very customizable you will need to add a new device to the Device library instead of using a pre-configured device in the Device library, like a Variable frequency Drive communicating over Modbus.

Navigate to the Device library setup page:
Navigate to Device library

For OPC UA devices it is possible to either upload a device configuration or to use the built-in data tag autodetection functionality which is a lot easier.
Select Add device to library and the menu item Scan for devices:
Scan for devices

Select the OPC-UA protocol:
Scan for devices

Enter the device details and scroll down:
Scan for devices

Copy the Device scan command and don't click Done just yet:
Scan for devices

Open a terminal window (Mac/Linux) or Command window (Windows) and run the Device scan command:
Scan for devices execution

Wait until it has finalized and returned to the command prompt.
The new device has now been added to the Device library.
Scan for devices execution

Go back to the browser, click Doneand then Leave page:
Scan for devices end

Search for your new device in the Device library:
Scan for devices result

Click on your new device to see the metrics (data tags) that was added to this device:
Scan for devices result
Click on Cancel once you are done looking at these beautiful data tags 🤗.

Congratulations you have successfully added a device to the Device library.