# Can a 3rd party OPC Client talk to Ignition OPC-UA server?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-a-3rd-party-opc-client-talk-to-ignition-opc-ua-server/11449>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 1, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-a-3rd-party-opc-client-talk-to-ignition-opc-ua-server/11449 "2016-04-01T17:46:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![pratul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@pratul](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pratul)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-a-3rd-party-opc-client-talk-to-ignition-opc-ua-server/11449/1 "2016-04-01T17:46:27Z")

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Hello,

I am pretty new to this but is it possible to have a client developed in C++ or some other language talk to the Ignition’s OPC-UA Server?

If so does Ignition have any sample code that I can look at or some other vendor’s which make such clients talking to Ignition’s server? It would be of great help to get an example code which implements this.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-a-3rd-party-opc-client-talk-to-ignition-opc-ua-server/11449/2 "2016-04-01T17:52:45Z")

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Yes, that’s pretty much the point of an open standard like OPC-UA.

No, we don’t have any examples for you though. When you find an OPC-UA toolkit/SDK in the language you want to use it will almost certainly include examples on how to use it.

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**Author:** ![diat150](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-a-3rd-party-opc-client-talk-to-ignition-opc-ua-server/11449/3 "2016-04-01T18:07:09Z")

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I have only used these guys regular opc client for testing but they claim to have c++ libraries

[unified-automation.com/prod … t-sdk.html](https://www.unified-automation.com/products/client-sdk/c-ua-client-sdk.html)

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**Author:** ![pratul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@pratul](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pratul)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-a-3rd-party-opc-client-talk-to-ignition-opc-ua-server/11449/4 "2016-04-01T18:07:33Z")

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Thanks Kevin!  
Let me try doing that.