Examples - OPC XML-DA - Subscribe to single item with percent deadband

// This example shows how subscribe to changes of a single item with percent deadband.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading;
using OpcLabs.BaseLib.ComInterop;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess;

namespace DocExamples.DataAccess.Xml
{
    partial class SubscribeItem
    {
        public static void PercentDeadbandXml()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyDAClient();

            const float percentDeadband = 5.0f;
            Console.WriteLine($"Subscribing with {percentDeadband}% deadband...");
            // The callback is a lambda expression the displays the value
            client.SubscribeItem("http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx", new DAItemDescriptor("Dynamic/Analog Types/Double", 
                VarTypes.Empty), new DAGroupParameters(requestedUpdateRate:100, percentDeadband:percentDeadband), 
                (sender, eventArgs) =>
                {
                    Debug.Assert(!(eventArgs is null));

                    if (eventArgs.Succeeded)
                    {
                        Debug.Assert(!(eventArgs.Vtq is null));
                        Console.WriteLine(eventArgs.Vtq.ToString());
                    }
                    else
                        Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief);
                },
                state:null);

            Console.WriteLine("Processing item changed events for 10 seconds...");
            Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000);

            Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...");
            client.UnsubscribeAllItems();

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 2 seconds...");
            Thread.Sleep(2 * 1000);
        }
    }
}

# This example shows how subscribe to changes of a single item with percent deadband.
#
# Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
# OPC client and subscriber examples in Python on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-Python .
# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc
import time

# Import .NET namespaces.
from OpcLabs.BaseLib.ComInterop import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.OperationModel import *


# Item changed callback
def itemChanged(sender, e):
    assert e is not None
    if e.Succeeded:
        assert e.Vtq is not None
        print(e.Vtq)
    else:
        print('*** Failure: ', e.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')


PERCENT_DEADBAND = 5.0

# Instantiate the client object
client = EasyDAClient()

print('Subscribing with ', PERCENT_DEADBAND, '% deadband...', sep='')
# The callback is a regular method that displays the value.
IEasyDAClientExtension.SubscribeItem(client,
    ServerDescriptor('http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx'),
    DAItemDescriptor('Dynamic/Analog Types/Double', VarType(VarTypes.Empty)),
    DAGroupParameters(100, PERCENT_DEADBAND),
    EasyDAItemChangedEventHandler(itemChanged),
    None)

print('Processing item changed events for 10 seconds...')
time.sleep(10)

print('Unsubscribing all items...')
client.UnsubscribeAllItems()

print('Waiting for 2 seconds...')
time.sleep(2)

' This example shows how subscribe to changes of a single item with percent deadband.
'
' Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .

Imports OpcLabs.BaseLib.ComInterop
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess

Namespace DataAccess.Xml
    Partial Friend Class SubscribeItem
        Shared Sub PercentDeadbandXml()
            ' Instantiate the client object
            Dim client = New EasyDAClient()

            Const percentDeadband As Single = 5.0F
            Console.WriteLine($"Subscribing with {percentDeadband}% deadband...")
            ' The callback is a lambda expression the displays the value
            client.SubscribeItem("http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx", New DAItemDescriptor("Dynamic/Analog Types/Double",
                VarTypes.Empty), New DAGroupParameters(requestedUpdateRate:=100, percentDeadband:=percentDeadband),
                    Sub(sender, eventArgs)
                        Debug.Assert(eventArgs IsNot Nothing)
                        If eventArgs.Succeeded Then
                            Debug.Assert(eventArgs.Vtq IsNot Nothing)
                            Console.WriteLine(eventArgs.Vtq.ToString())
                        Else
                            Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief)
                        End If
                    End Sub,
                    state:=Nothing)

            Console.WriteLine("Processing item changed events for 10 seconds...")
            Threading.Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000)

            Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...")
            client.UnsubscribeAllItems()

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 2 seconds...")
            Threading.Thread.Sleep(2 * 1000)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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