{"id":207,"date":"2018-05-24T10:32:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T10:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opcconnect.integrationobjects.com\/?p=207"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:15:58","slug":"simulate-data-using-opc-ua-server-simulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integrationobjects.com\/blog\/simulate-data-using-opc-ua-server-simulator\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulate real-time and historical data using OPC UA Server Simulator!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>While upgrading to OPC UA standard, system integrators, developers or end-users need to test and analyze the effectiveness of <a href=\"https:\/\/integrationobjects.com\/sioth-opc\/sioth-opc-unified-architecture\/opc-ua-client\/\">OPC UA client<\/a> applications with their own configurations. Things might become complicated when <strong>OPC UA Server<\/strong> is not a free tool to use.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As part of solving this problem, Integration Objects recently released a free to use and distribute <a href=\"https:\/\/integrationobjects.com\/sioth-opc\/sioth-opc-unified-architecture\/opc-ua-server-simulator\/\">OPC UA Server Simulator<\/a>. It simulates real-time data for a configurable set of tags and data measurements. The simulated data is then stored into a CSV file enabling the simulator to respond to historical data read requests from OPC UA client applications.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This free <a href=\"https:\/\/integrationobjects.com\/sioth-opc\/sioth-opc-unified-architecture\/opc-ua-server-toolkit\/\">UA Server<\/a> is useful to:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Test OPC UA based systems and data flows<\/li>\r\n<li>Simulate real-time and historical data<\/li>\r\n<li>Manipulate data simulation using CSV files<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>It also provides a graphical user interface for easy monitoring and configuration.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/integrationobjects.com\/opc-products\/opc-unified-architecture\/opc-ua-server-simulator\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> to download the UA simulator and try it now. You can also download a free OPC UA Client tool from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/integrationobjects.com\/opc-products\/opc-free-tools\/opc-ua-client\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While upgrading to OPC UA standard, system integrators, developers or end-users need to test and analyze the effectiveness of OPC UA client applications with their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[171],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opc-ua","tag-opc-ua-server-simulator"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Simulate real-time and historical data using OPC UA Server Simulator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Integration Objects has recently released a free to use and distribute OPC UA Server Simulator. 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