'Declaration
 
Public ReadOnly Property IsAlive As Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SparkplugDevice
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.IsAlive

public bool IsAlive {get;}

public:
property bool IsAlive {
   bool get();
}

Property Value

The default value of this property is False.

The device is considered alive if and only if:

• the producer (edge node) is online (ProducerOnline), and
• the data source is connected (per DataSourceCondition), and
• it is not frozen (IsFrozen).

When this property changes, the IsAliveChanged event is raised.

When this property changes to true, a device birth message is published. When this property changes to false, a device death message is published.

This method or property does not throw any exceptions, aside from execution exceptions such as System.Threading.ThreadAbortException or System.OutOfMemoryException.

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