# Connection to 3rd party software with Ignition OPC UA Server

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**Created:** [July 17, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connection-to-3rd-party-software-with-ignition-opc-ua-server/36818 "2020-07-17T11:04:41Z")\
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Yes.

If your client is running on a different machine you’ll also have to configure Ignition’s OPC UA server to bind to 0.0.0.0 instead of localhost. You can do this under Config \> OPC UA \> Server Settings and then change the Bind Address setting. You’ll have to restart for the change to take affect.

The endpoint URL will be `opc.tcp://<ip>:62541/discovery`.

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