The UserType ObjectType describes information of the registered user groups within the control system.

It is formally defined in Table 49.

Figure 24 – Overview UserType

Table 49 – UserType Definition

Attribute	Value
BrowseName	UserType
IsAbstract	False
References	Node Class	BrowseName	DataType	TypeDefinition	Modelling Rule
Subtype of the BaseObjectType defined in OPC Unified Architecture
HasProperty	Variable	Level	String	PropertyType	Mandatory
HasProperty	Variable	Name	String	PropertyType	Optional

The Level property provides information about the access rights and determines what can be viewed, updated or deleted by a user. Depending on the user level different functionalities are available. The robot vendors might use different descriptions and access levels for the users and might require authentification.

The Name property provides the name for the current user within the control system.