QuickOPC User's Guide and Reference
UADiscoveryElement Class
Members  Example 



OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA Assembly > OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery Namespace : UADiscoveryElement Class
Contains information gathered about an OPC application (typically, an OPC-UA server) or an endpoint.
Object Model
UADiscoveryElement ClassStringCollection ClassUAEndpointSelectionPolicy ClassStringCollection ClassStringSet ClassIPkiCertificate Interface
Syntax
'Declaration
 
<CLSCompliantAttribute(True)>
<ComDefaultInterfaceAttribute(OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.ComTypes._UADiscoveryElement)>
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)>
<FacetAttribute("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Forms.Implementation.UADiscoveryElementContent, OpcLabs.EasyOpcForms, Version=5.72.465.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6faddca41dacb409", 
   OpcLabs.BaseLib.Media.IContent, 
   "{A1DB0591-3E22-43A2-A072-2B76C04BE0C0}")>
<GuidAttribute("0CE96037-6560-4EF7-9879-66FE2F65A7C8")>
<TypeConverterAttribute(System.ComponentModel.ExpandableObjectConverter)>
<ValueControlAttribute("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Forms.Implementation.UAApplicationElementControl, OpcLabs.EasyOpcForms, Version=5.72.465.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6faddca41dacb409", CanChangeReadWrite=True)>
<SerializableAttribute()>
Public NotInheritable Class UADiscoveryElement 
   Inherits UAApplicationElement
   Implements LINQPad.ICustomMemberProvider, OpcLabs.BaseLib.ComTypes._Info, OpcLabs.BaseLib.ComTypes._Object2, OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.ComTypes._UAApplicationElement, OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.ComTypes._UADiscoveryElement, IUAReadOnlyApplicationElement, IUAReadOnlyDiscoveryElement, System.ICloneable, System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable, System.Xml.Serialization.IXmlSerializable 
'Usage
 
Dim instance As UADiscoveryElement
[CLSCompliant(true)]
[ComDefaultInterface(OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.ComTypes._UADiscoveryElement)]
[ComVisible(true)]
[Facet("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Forms.Implementation.UADiscoveryElementContent, OpcLabs.EasyOpcForms, Version=5.72.465.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6faddca41dacb409", 
   OpcLabs.BaseLib.Media.IContent, 
   "{A1DB0591-3E22-43A2-A072-2B76C04BE0C0}")]
[Guid("0CE96037-6560-4EF7-9879-66FE2F65A7C8")]
[TypeConverter(System.ComponentModel.ExpandableObjectConverter)]
[ValueControl("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Forms.Implementation.UAApplicationElementControl, OpcLabs.EasyOpcForms, Version=5.72.465.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6faddca41dacb409", CanChangeReadWrite=true)]
[Serializable()]
public sealed class UADiscoveryElement : UAApplicationElement, LINQPad.ICustomMemberProvider, OpcLabs.BaseLib.ComTypes._Info, OpcLabs.BaseLib.ComTypes._Object2, OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.ComTypes._UAApplicationElement, OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.ComTypes._UADiscoveryElement, IUAReadOnlyApplicationElement, IUAReadOnlyDiscoveryElement, System.ICloneable, System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable, System.Xml.Serialization.IXmlSerializable  
[CLSCompliant(true)]
[ComDefaultInterface(OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.ComTypes._UADiscoveryElement)]
[ComVisible(true)]
[Facet("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Forms.Implementation.UADiscoveryElementContent, OpcLabs.EasyOpcForms, Version=5.72.465.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6faddca41dacb409", 
   OpcLabs.BaseLib.Media.IContent, 
   "{A1DB0591-3E22-43A2-A072-2B76C04BE0C0}")]
[Guid("0CE96037-6560-4EF7-9879-66FE2F65A7C8")]
[TypeConverter(System.ComponentModel.ExpandableObjectConverter)]
[ValueControl("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Forms.Implementation.UAApplicationElementControl, OpcLabs.EasyOpcForms, Version=5.72.465.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6faddca41dacb409", CanChangeReadWrite=true)]
[Serializable()]
public ref class UADiscoveryElement sealed : public UAApplicationElement, LINQPad.ICustomMemberProvider, OpcLabs.BaseLib.ComTypes._Info, OpcLabs.BaseLib.ComTypes._Object2, OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.ComTypes._UAApplicationElement, OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.ComTypes._UADiscoveryElement, IUAReadOnlyApplicationElement, IUAReadOnlyDiscoveryElement, System.ICloneable, System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable, System.Xml.Serialization.IXmlSerializable  
Remarks
This object is filled in and returned e.g. when you discover the OPC servers.

 

OPC UA Discovery allows QuickOPC to find available OPC UA servers, and determine how to make connections to them. There are several approaches to discovery, and they can be combined together to achieve the desired functionality. Clients and servers can be on the same host, on different hosts in the same subnet, or even on completely different locations in an administrative domain.

QuickOPC provides following kinds of discovery:

It is also possible to access the discovery functionality in a common way, using Generalized OPC UA Discovery.

Flattened and unflattened results

By default, the results (the application element collection) of many of the methods described in this chapter are returned flattened. This means that a single OPC UA application may appear multiple times in the resulting collection, and each time it will have precisely one DiscoveryUriString associated with it.

Alternatively, you can use method overloads with the additional 'flat' argument, and set it true, in order to receive unflattened result. In this case, each OPC UA application will be contained just once in the resulting collection, but it may have one or more discovery URL in its DiscoveryUriStrings property. In this case, do not use the DiscoveryUriString property, because it will contain an empty string if the application has more than one discovery URL.

 

Example

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.NET

// This example shows how to obtain application URLs of all OPC Unified Architecture servers on a given machine.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._EasyUAClient
{
    class DiscoverLocalServers
    {
        public static void Overload1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyUAClient();

            // Obtain collection of server elements.
            UADiscoveryElementCollection discoveryElementCollection;
            try
            {
                discoveryElementCollection = client.DiscoverLocalServers("opcua.demo-this.com");
            }
            catch (UAException uaException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"*** Failure: {uaException.GetBaseException().Message}");
                return;
            }

            // Display results.
            foreach (UADiscoveryElement discoveryElement in discoveryElementCollection)
                Console.WriteLine($"discoveryElementCollection[\"{discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString}\"].ApplicationUriString: {discoveryElement.ApplicationUriString}");

            
            // Example output:
            //
            //discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn: DEMO - 5:UA Sample Server
            //discoveryElementCollection["http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn: DEMO - 5:UA Sample Server
            //discoveryElementCollection["https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"].ApplicationUriString: urn: DEMO - 5:UA Sample Server
            //discoveryElementCollection["http://opcua.demo-this.com:62543/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn: opcua.demo - this.com:Quickstart Alarm Condition Server
            //discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:62544/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn: opcua.demo - this.com:Quickstart Alarm Condition Server
        }
    }
}
# This example shows how to obtain application URLs of all OPC Unified Architecture servers on a given machine.

#requires -Version 5.1
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

# The path below assumes that the current directory is [ProductDir]/Examples-NET/PowerShell/Windows .
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA.dll"
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcUAComponents.dll"

# Instantiate the client object.
$client = New-Object EasyUAClient

# Obtain collection of server elements.
try {
    $discoveryElementCollection = [IEasyUAClientExtension]::DiscoverLocalServers($client, "opcua.demo-this.com")
}
catch [UAException] {
    Write-Host "*** Failure: $($PSItem.Exception.GetBaseException().Message)"
    return
}

# Display results.
foreach ($discoveryElement in $discoveryElementCollection) {
    Write-Host "discoveryElementCollection[`"$($discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString)`"].ApplicationUriString: $($discoveryElement.ApplicationUriString)"
}


# Example output:
#
#discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:DEMO-5:UA Sample Server
#discoveryElementCollection["http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:DEMO-5:UA Sample Server
#discoveryElementCollection["https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"].ApplicationUriString: urn:DEMO-5:UA Sample Server
#discoveryElementCollection["http://opcua.demo-this.com:62543/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:Quickstart Alarm Condition Server
#discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:62544/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:Quickstart Alarm Condition Server
# This example shows how to obtain application URLs of all OPC Unified Architecture servers on the specified host.

# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc

# Import .NET namespaces.
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel import *


# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyUAClient()

# Obtain collection of server elements.
try:
    discoveryElementCollection = IEasyUAClientExtension.DiscoverLocalServers(client, 'opcua.demo-this.com')
except UAException as uaException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + uaException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

# Display results.
for discoveryElement in discoveryElementCollection:
    print('DiscoveryElementCollection["', discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString, '"].ApplicationUriString: ', 
          discoveryElement.ApplicationUriString, sep='')
' This example shows how to obtain application URLs of all OPC Unified Architecture servers on a given machine.

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

Namespace _EasyUAClient
    Friend Class DiscoverLocalServers
        Public Shared Sub Overload1()
            ' Instantiate the client object
            Dim client = New EasyUAClient()

            ' Obtain collection of server elements
            Dim discoveryElementCollection As UADiscoveryElementCollection
            Try
                discoveryElementCollection = client.DiscoverLocalServers("opcua.demo-this.com")
            Catch uaException As UAException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException.Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            ' Display results
            For Each discoveryElement As UADiscoveryElement In discoveryElementCollection
                Console.WriteLine("discoveryElementCollection[""{0}""].ApplicationUriString: {1}", _
                                  discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString, discoveryElement.ApplicationUriString)
            Next discoveryElement

            ' Example output:
            'discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:Test-PC:UA Sample Server
            'discoveryElementCollection["http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:Test-PC:UA Sample Server
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace
// This example shows how to obtain application URLs of all OPC Unified Architecture servers, using specified discovery URI
// strings.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._EasyUAClient
{
    class FindLocalApplications
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {

            string[] discoveryUriStrings =
            {
                "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:4840/UADiscovery",
                "http://opcua.demo-this.com/UADiscovery/Default.svc",
                "http://opcua.demo-this.com:52601/UADiscovery"
            };

            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyUAClient();

            // Obtain collection of application elements.
            UADiscoveryElementCollection discoveryElementCollection;
            try
            {
                discoveryElementCollection = client.FindLocalApplications(discoveryUriStrings, UAApplicationTypes.Server);
            }
            catch (UAException uaException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"*** Failure: {uaException.GetBaseException().Message}");
                return;
            }

            // Display results.
            foreach (UADiscoveryElement discoveryElement in discoveryElementCollection)
                Console.WriteLine($"discoveryElementCollection[\"{discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString}\"].ApplicationUriString: {discoveryElement.ApplicationUriString}");


            // Example output:
            //discoveryElementCollection["http://opcua.demo-this.com:62543/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:Quickstart Alarm Condition Server
            //discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:62544/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:Quickstart Alarm Condition Server
            //discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:UA Sample Server
            //discoveryElementCollection["http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:UA Sample Server
            //discoveryElementCollection["https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:UA Sample Server
            //discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:Test-PC:UA Sample Server
        }
    }
}
# This example shows how to obtain application URLs of all OPC Unified Architecture servers, using specified discovery URI
# strings.

#requires -Version 5.1
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

# The path below assumes that the current directory is [ProductDir]/Examples-NET/PowerShell/Windows .
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA.dll"
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcUAComponents.dll"

$discoveryUriStrings = @(
    "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:4840/UADiscovery",
    "http://opcua.demo-this.com/UADiscovery/Default.svc",
    "http://opcua.demo-this.com:52601/UADiscovery")

# Instantiate the client object.
$client = New-Object EasyUAClient

# Obtain collection of application elements.
try {
    $discoveryElementCollection = [IEasyUAClientExtension]::FindLocalApplications($client, 
        $discoveryUriStrings, [UAApplicationTypes]::Server)
}
catch [UAException] {
    Write-Host "*** Failure: $($PSItem.Exception.GetBaseException().Message)"
    return
}

# Display results.
foreach ($discoveryElement in $discoveryElementCollection) {
    Write-Host "discoveryElementCollection[`"$($discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString)`"].ApplicationUriString: $($discoveryElement.ApplicationUriString)"
}


# Example output:
#
#discoveryElementCollection["http://opcua.demo-this.com:62543/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:Quickstart Alarm Condition Server
#discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:62544/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:Quickstart Alarm Condition Server
#discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:UA Sample Server
#discoveryElementCollection["http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:UA Sample Server
#discoveryElementCollection["https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:UA Sample Server
#discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:Test-PC:UA Sample Server
# This example shows how to obtain application URLs of all OPC Unified Architecture servers, using specified discovery
# URI strings.

# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc

# Import .NET namespaces.
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel import *


discoveryUriStrings = [
    'opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:4840/UADiscovery',
    'http://opcua.demo-this.com/UADiscovery/Default.svc',
    'http://opcua.demo-this.com:52601/UADiscovery'
]

# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyUAClient()

# Obtain collection of application elements.
try:
    discoveryElementCollection = IEasyUAClientExtension.FindLocalApplications(client,
        discoveryUriStrings, UAApplicationTypes.Server)
except UAException as uaException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + uaException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

# Display results.
for discoveryElement in discoveryElementCollection:
    print('DiscoveryElementCollection["', discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString, '"].ApplicationUriString: ',
          discoveryElement.ApplicationUriString, sep='')
' This example shows how to obtain application URLs of all OPC Unified Architecture servers, using specified discovery URI strings.

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

Namespace _EasyUAClient
    Friend Class FindLocalApplications
        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            Dim discoveryUriStrings() As String =
            { _
                "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:4840/UADiscovery", _
                "http://opcua.demo-this.com/UADiscovery/Default.svc", _
                "http://opcua.demo-this.com:52601/UADiscovery" _
            }

            ' Instantiate the client object
            Dim client = New EasyUAClient()

            ' Obtain collection of application elements
            Dim discoveryElementCollection As UADiscoveryElementCollection
            Try
                discoveryElementCollection = client.FindLocalApplications(discoveryUriStrings, UAApplicationTypes.Server)
            Catch uaException As UAException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException.Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            ' Display results
            For Each discoveryElement As UADiscoveryElement In discoveryElementCollection
                Console.WriteLine("discoveryElementCollection[""{0}""].ApplicationUriString: {1}", _
                    discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString, discoveryElement.ApplicationUriString)
            Next discoveryElement

            ' Example output:
            'discoveryElementCollection["http://opcua.demo-this.com:62543/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:Quickstart Alarm Condition Server
            'discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:62544/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:Quickstart Alarm Condition Server
            'discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:UA Sample Server
            'discoveryElementCollection["http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:UA Sample Server
            'discoveryElementCollection["https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"].ApplicationUriString: urn:opcua.demo-this.com:UA Sample Server
            'discoveryElementCollection["opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"].ApplicationUriString: urn:Test-PC:UA Sample Server
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace
// This example shows how to obtain application URLs of all OPC Unified Architecture servers, using specified discovery URI strings.

class procedure FindLocalApplications.Main;
const
  UAApplicationTypes_Server = 1;
var
  Client: OpcLabs_EasyOpcUA_TLB._EasyUAClient;
  Count: Cardinal;
  Element: OleVariant;
  DiscoveryElement: _UADiscoveryElement;
  DiscoveryElementEnumerator: IEnumVariant;
  DiscoveryElements: _UADiscoveryElementCollection;
  DiscoveryUriStrings: OleVariant;
begin
  DiscoveryUriStrings := VarArrayCreate([0, 2], varVariant);
  DiscoveryUriStrings[0] := 'opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:4840/UADiscovery';
  DiscoveryUriStrings[1] := 'http://opcua.demo-this.com/UADiscovery/Default.svc';
  DiscoveryUriStrings[2] := 'http://opcua.demo-this.com:52601/UADiscovery';

  // Instantiate the client object
  Client := CoEasyUAClient.Create;

  // Obtain collection of application elements
  try
    DiscoveryElements := Client.FindLocalApplications(DiscoveryUriStrings, UAApplicationTypes_Server);
  except
    on E: EOleException do
    begin
      WriteLn(Format('*** Failure: %s', [E.GetBaseException.Message]));
      Exit;
    end;
  end;

  // Display results
  DiscoveryElementEnumerator := DiscoveryElements.GetEnumerator;
  while (DiscoveryElementEnumerator.Next(1, Element, Count) = S_OK) do
  begin
    DiscoveryElement := IUnknown(Element) as _UADiscoveryElement;
    WriteLn(
      'DiscoveryElements["',
      DiscoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString,
      '".ApplicationUriString: ',
      DiscoveryElement.ApplicationUriString);
  end;

  VarClear(DiscoveryUriStrings);
end;
Rem This example shows how to obtain application URLs of all OPC Unified Architecture servers, using specified discovery URI strings.

Public Sub FindLocalApplications_Main_Command_Click()
    OutputText = ""
    
    Dim DiscoveryUriStrings(2)
    DiscoveryUriStrings(0) = "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:4840/UADiscovery"
    DiscoveryUriStrings(1) = "http://opcua.demo-this.com/UADiscovery/Default.svc"
    DiscoveryUriStrings(2) = "http://opcua.demo-this.com:52601/UADiscovery"

    ' Instantiate the client object
    Dim Client As New EasyUAClient

    ' Obtain collection of application elements
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim DiscoveryElementCollection As UADiscoveryElementCollection
    Set DiscoveryElementCollection = Client.FindLocalApplications(DiscoveryUriStrings, UAApplicationTypes_Server)
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
        OutputText = OutputText & "*** Failure: " & Err.Source & ": " & Err.Description & vbCrLf
        Exit Sub
    End If
    On Error GoTo 0
    
    ' Display results
    Dim DiscoveryElement As UADiscoveryElement: For Each DiscoveryElement In DiscoveryElementCollection
        OutputText = OutputText & "DiscoveryElementCollection[""" & DiscoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString & """].ApplicationUriString: " & _
            DiscoveryElement.applicationUriString & vbCrLf
    Next
End Sub
// This example shows how to obtain information about OPC UA servers available on the network.
// The result is flat, i.e. each discovery URL is returned in separate element, with possible repetition of the servers.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._EasyUAClient
{
    partial class DiscoverNetworkServers
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyUAClient();

            // Obtain collection of application elements.
            UADiscoveryElementCollection discoveryElementCollection;
            try
            {
                discoveryElementCollection = client.DiscoverNetworkServers("opcua.demo-this.com");
            }
            catch (UAException uaException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"*** Failure: {uaException.GetBaseException().Message}");
                return;
            }

            // Display results.
            foreach (UADiscoveryElement discoveryElement in discoveryElementCollection)
            {
                Console.WriteLine();
                Console.WriteLine($"Server name: {discoveryElement.ServerName}");
                Console.WriteLine($"Discovery URI string: {discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString}");
                Console.WriteLine($"Server capabilities: {discoveryElement.ServerCapabilities}");
                Console.WriteLine($"Application URI string: {discoveryElement.ApplicationUriString}");
                Console.WriteLine($"Product URI string: {discoveryElement.ProductUriString}");
            }
        }
    }
}
# This example shows how to obtain information about OPC UA servers available on the network.
# The result is flat, i.e. each discovery URL is returned in separate element, with possible repetition of the servers.

#requires -Version 5.1
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

# The path below assumes that the current directory is [ProductDir]/Examples-NET/PowerShell/Windows .
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA.dll"
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcUAComponents.dll"

# Instantiate the client object.
$client = New-Object EasyUAClient

# Obtain collection of application elements.
try {
    $discoveryElementCollection = [IEasyUAClientExtension]::DiscoverNetworkServers($client, "opcua.demo-this.com")
}
catch [UAException] {
    Write-Host "*** Failure: $($PSItem.Exception.GetBaseException().Message)"
    return
}

# Display results.
foreach ($discoveryElement in $discoveryElementCollection) {
    Write-Host
    Write-Host "Server name: $($discoveryElement.ServerName)"
    Write-Host "Discovery URI string: $($discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString)"
    Write-Host "Server capabilities: $($discoveryElement.ServerCapabilities)"
    Write-Host "Application URI string: $($discoveryElement.ApplicationUriString)"
    Write-Host "Product URI string: $($discoveryElement.ProductUriString)"
}
# This example shows how to obtain information about OPC UA servers available on the network.
# The result is flat, i.e. each discovery URL is returned in separate element, with possible repetition of the servers.

# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc

# Import .NET namespaces.
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel import *


# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyUAClient()

# Obtain collection of application elements.
try:
    discoveryElementCollection = IEasyUAClientExtension.DiscoverNetworkServers(client, 'opcua.demo-this.com')
except UAException as uaException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + uaException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

# Display results.
for discoveryElement in discoveryElementCollection:
    print()
    print('Server name: ', discoveryElement.ServerName, sep='')
    print('Discovery URI string: ', discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString, sep='')
    print('Server capabilities: ', discoveryElement.ServerCapabilities, sep='')
    print('Application URI string: ', discoveryElement.ApplicationUriString, sep='')
    print('Product URI string: ', discoveryElement.ProductUriString, sep='')

print()
print('Finished.')
' This example shows how to obtain information about OPC UA servers available on the network.
' The result is flat, i.e. each discovery URL is returned in separate element, with possible repetition of the servers.

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

Namespace _EasyUAClient
    Partial Friend Class DiscoverNetworkServers
        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            ' Instantiate the client object
            Dim client = New EasyUAClient()

            ' Obtain collection of application elements
            Dim discoveryElementCollection As UADiscoveryElementCollection
            Try
                discoveryElementCollection = client.DiscoverNetworkServers("opcua.demo-this.com")
            Catch uaException As UAException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException.Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            ' Display results
            For Each discoveryElement As UADiscoveryElement In discoveryElementCollection
                Console.WriteLine()
                Console.WriteLine("Server name: {0}", discoveryElement.ServerName)
                Console.WriteLine("Discovery URI string: {0}", discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString)
                Console.WriteLine("Server capabilities: {0}", discoveryElement.ServerCapabilities)
                Console.WriteLine("Application URI string: {0}", discoveryElement.ApplicationUriString)
                Console.WriteLine("Product URI string: {0}", discoveryElement.ProductUriString)
            Next discoveryElement
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace
// This example shows how to obtain information about OPC UA servers available on the network.

class procedure DiscoverNetworkServers.Main;
var
  Client: OpcLabs_EasyOpcUA_TLB._EasyUAClient;
  Count: Cardinal;
  Element: OleVariant;
  DiscoveryElement: _UADiscoveryElement;
  DiscoveryElementEnumerator: IEnumVariant;
  DiscoveryElements: _UADiscoveryElementCollection;
begin
  // Instantiate the client object
  Client := CoEasyUAClient.Create;

  // Obtain collection of application elements
  try
    DiscoveryElements := Client.DiscoverNetworkServers(Unassigned, 'opcua.demo-this.com');
  except
    on E: EOleException do
    begin
      WriteLn(Format('*** Failure: %s', [E.GetBaseException.Message]));
      Exit;
    end;
  end;

  // Display results
  DiscoveryElementEnumerator := DiscoveryElements.GetEnumerator;
  while (DiscoveryElementEnumerator.Next(1, Element, Count) = S_OK) do
  begin
    DiscoveryElement := IUnknown(Element) as _UADiscoveryElement;
    WriteLn;
    WriteLn('Server name: ', DiscoveryElement.ServerName);
    WriteLn('Discovery URI string: ', DiscoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString);
    WriteLn('Server capabilities: ', DiscoveryElement.ServerCapabilities.ToString);
  end;
end;
Rem This example shows how to obtain information about OPC UA servers available on the network.

Public Sub DiscoverNetworkServers_Main_Command_Click()
    OutputText = ""

    ' Instantiate the client object
    Dim Client As New EasyUAClient

    ' Obtain collection of application elements
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim DiscoveryElementCollection As UADiscoveryElementCollection
    Set DiscoveryElementCollection = Client.DiscoverNetworkServers(Nothing, "opcua.demo-this.com")
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
        OutputText = OutputText & "*** Failure: " & Err.Source & ": " & Err.Description & vbCrLf
        Exit Sub
    End If
    On Error GoTo 0
    
    ' Display results
    Dim DiscoveryElement As UADiscoveryElement: For Each DiscoveryElement In DiscoveryElementCollection
        OutputText = OutputText & vbCrLf
        OutputText = OutputText & "Server name: " & DiscoveryElement.ServerName & vbCrLf
        OutputText = OutputText & "Discovery URI string: " & DiscoveryElement.DiscoveryUriString & vbCrLf
        OutputText = OutputText & "Server capabilities: " & DiscoveryElement.serverCapabilities.ToString & vbCrLf
    Next
End Sub
// This example shows how to obtain information about OPC UA servers available on the network.
// The result is hierarchical, i.e. each server is returned in one element, and the element contains all its discovery URLs.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._EasyUAClient
{
    partial class DiscoverNetworkServers
    {
        public static void Hierarchical()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object
            var client = new EasyUAClient();

            // Obtain collection of application elements
            UADiscoveryElementCollection discoveryElementCollection;
            try
            {
                discoveryElementCollection = client.DiscoverNetworkServers("opcua.demo-this.com", flat:false);
            }
            catch (UAException uaException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            // Display results
            foreach (UADiscoveryElement discoveryElement in discoveryElementCollection)
            {
                Console.WriteLine();
                Console.WriteLine("Server name: {0}", discoveryElement.ServerName);
                Console.WriteLine("Discovery URI strings:");
                foreach (string discoveryUriString in discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriStrings)
                    Console.WriteLine("  {0}", discoveryUriString);
                Console.WriteLine("Server capabilities: {0}", discoveryElement.ServerCapabilities);
            }
        }
    }
}
# This example shows how to obtain information about OPC UA servers available on the network.
# The result is hierarchical, i.e. each server is returned in one element, and the element contains all its discovery
# URLs.

# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc

# Import .NET namespaces.
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel import *


# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyUAClient()

# Obtain collection of application elements.
try:
    discoveryElementCollection = IEasyUAClientExtension.DiscoverNetworkServers(client,
        'opcua.demo-this.com',
        False) # flat=False
except UAException as uaException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + uaException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

# Display results.
for discoveryElement in discoveryElementCollection:
    print()
    print('Server name: ', discoveryElement.ServerName, sep='')
    print('Discovery URI strings:')
    for discoveryUriString in discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriStrings:
        print('  ', discoveryUriString, sep='')
    print('Server capabilities: ', discoveryElement.ServerCapabilities, sep='')

print()
print('Finished.')
' This example shows how to obtain information about OPC UA servers available on the network.
' The result is hierarchical, i.e. each server is returned in one element, and the element contains all its discovery URLs.

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

Namespace _EasyUAClient
    Partial Friend Class DiscoverNetworkServers
        Public Shared Sub Hierarchical()
            ' Instantiate the client object
            Dim client = New EasyUAClient()

            ' Obtain collection of application elements
            Dim discoveryElementCollection As UADiscoveryElementCollection
            Try
                discoveryElementCollection = client.DiscoverNetworkServers("opcua.demo-this.com", flat:=False)
            Catch uaException As UAException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", uaException.GetBaseException.Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            ' Display results
            For Each discoveryElement As UADiscoveryElement In discoveryElementCollection
                Console.WriteLine()
                Console.WriteLine("Server name: {0}", discoveryElement.ServerName)
                Console.WriteLine("Discovery URI strings:")
                For Each discoveryUriString As String In discoveryElement.DiscoveryUriStrings
                    Console.WriteLine("  {0}", discoveryUriString)
                Next discoveryUriString
                Console.WriteLine("Server capabilities: {0}", discoveryElement.ServerCapabilities)
            Next discoveryElement
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace
Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   OpcLabs.BaseLib.Object2
      OpcLabs.BaseLib.Info
         OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.UAApplicationElement
            OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.UADiscoveryElement

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

See Also