I had a similar issue with "node-red-contrib-opcua-iiot" and "node-red-contrib-opcua" nodes. There were 2 which worked seemingly fine and I could chose between them. I also had them both installed. Then "node-red-contrib-opcua-iiot" went out of support and it could no longer be updated or installed. I did not uninstall it. The other, "node-red-contrib-opcua" node group was updated but it stopped working. I tried installing older versions and went around and around a simple issue of connectivity. As it turned out the other "node-red-contrib-opcua-iiot" node group was conflicting by just being there. I had to remove it completely and SUPRISE! the other node-red-contrib-opcua nodes worked flawlessly.