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Nordex OPC UA Onboarding

Introduction

Integrating a Nordex turbine into Farsight is a straightforward process, provided you have the necessary information and files ready.

Farsight’s goal is to reduce the onboarding time from weeks and months to under 10 minutes, allowing for a seamless and efficient setup.

Requirements

  • Farsight® Admin account

  • Pre-Shared Key, Remote IP, and Remote Subnet

  • Certificate File and Private Key File

Adding a Connection, Sites, and Assets in Farsight®

Go to: Asset Manager > Asset Manager

  1. Open the Asset Manager module and go to the Asset Manager page

  2. Click on + Add Connection

3. Select Wind

4. Click on the Next button

5. Select Nordex UA

Log in and Connect

  1. Select OpenVPN 2.3

  2. Drag and drop your OpenVPN Configuration File then click Next

3. Wait for the VPN validation to pass and click Next

Add Power Plant

  1. Input your new Site Name

  2. Add the OPC Server ip address

  3. Add your Username and

  4. Drag and drop your Certificate file and Private Key File

  5. Select how much historical data you want to import

  6. Click on Test Connection and wait. Once it is green you may click Next

Add Assets

  1. Click on your newly added Site

Sites Page

2. Add the Database Server ip address

3. Add the Username and Password

4. Select how much historical data you want to import

5. Click on Test Connection and wait. Once it is green you may click Connect

6. Click on the Site so you can then add Assets

Add Assets to a Connection

  1. Select how many Assets you want to add to your new site

  2. From the dropdown, select the exact Model for each individual asset

  3. Once you have selected every model, you may click Finish

Once you are done, you will be able to see your assets inside the Asset Manager Assets page

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