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Tutorial Requirements and Installation

This tutorial has been tested and verified on Ubuntu 20.04, but should run fine on any version of Linux that supports Docker.

System Requirements

  • Linux with sudo permissions
  • Docker and Docker-Compose
  • The Modbus and OPC-UA simulators require Java
  • The Modbus simulator also requires librxtx-java which can be installed on Ubuntu/Debian as follows:

    • Install Java

      sudo apt install default-jre
      

    • Install librxtx-java

      sudo apt-get install librxtx-java
      

Download the Tutorial Project

The Chemical Tank tutorial project can be downloaded from here. Unzip the project to extract the files:

unzip Chemical_Tank_Demo.zip

The project contains all of the necessary files required to run the tutorial, except for the OPC-UA simulator which requires a separate download. See the instructions below.

Software Installation Steps

  1. Install Edge Xpert

  2. Install the Edge Xpert license file

    • Follow the Edge Xpert Licensing instructions which includes information on how to access your commercial or evaluation license file
  3. Install the Prosys OPC-UA Simulation Server

    • Download the Prosys OPC-UA Simulation Server
    • Depending on the exact version, the command to install Prosys is similar to:

      sh prosys-opc-ua-simulation-server-linux-5.0.4-284.sh