GetConditionState(IEasyAEClient,ServerDescriptor,AENodeDescriptor,String) Method

Returns the current state information for the condition instance corresponding to the source and condition name. Returns the current state information for the condition instance corresponding to the source and condition name, passing in a server descriptor. No event attributes are returned.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
<NotNullAttribute()>
Public Overloads Shared Function GetConditionState( _
   ByVal client As IEasyAEClient, _
   ByVal serverDescriptor As ServerDescriptor, _
   ByVal sourceDescriptor As AENodeDescriptor, _
   ByVal conditionName As String _
) As AEConditionState

'Usage
 
Dim client As IEasyAEClient
Dim serverDescriptor As ServerDescriptor
Dim sourceDescriptor As AENodeDescriptor
Dim conditionName As String
Dim value As AEConditionState
 
value = IEasyAEClientExtension.GetConditionState(client, serverDescriptor, sourceDescriptor, conditionName)

[Extension()]
[NotNull()]
public static AEConditionState GetConditionState( 
   IEasyAEClient client,
   ServerDescriptor serverDescriptor,
   AENodeDescriptor sourceDescriptor,
   string conditionName
)

[Extension()]
[NotNull()]
public:
static AEConditionState^ GetConditionState( 
   IEasyAEClient^ client,
   ServerDescriptor^ serverDescriptor,
   AENodeDescriptor^ sourceDescriptor,
   String^ conditionName
)

Parameters

client: The client object that will perform the operation.
serverDescriptor: The OPC server involved in the operation.
sourceDescriptor: Contains fully qualified source name, as returned by browsing. The state of the condition instance associated with this source is returned.
conditionName: A condition name, as returned by querying. The state of this condition is returned.

Return Value

If successful, the function returns a AEConditionState object. The object contains information about the state of the condition.

Exceptions

Exception Description

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	A `null` reference (`Nothing` in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument. This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.
OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel.OpcException	The OPC "Classic" (or OPC XML-DA) operation has failed. This operation exception in uniformly used to allow common handling of various kinds of errors. The System.Exception.InnerException always contains information about the actual error cause. This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

System.ArgumentNullException

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel.OpcException

The OPC "Classic" (or OPC XML-DA) operation has failed. This operation exception in uniformly used to allow common handling of various kinds of errors. The System.Exception.InnerException always contains information about the actual error cause.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

Remarks

The server can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM. Optionally, an access path can be specified or a specific data type can be requested.

Some servers may not maintain sufficient condition state information to fully implement this method.

Example

// This example shows how to obtain current state information for the condition instance corresponding to a Source and 
// certain ConditionName.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.AlarmsAndEvents._EasyAEClient
{
    class GetConditionState 
    { 
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyAEClient();

            AEConditionState conditionState;
            try
            {
                conditionState = client.GetConditionState("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2",
                    "Simulation.ConditionState1", "Simulated");
            }
            catch (OpcException opcException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            Console.WriteLine("ConditionState:");
            Console.WriteLine("    .ActiveSubcondition: {0}", conditionState.ActiveSubcondition);
            Console.WriteLine("    .Enabled: {0}", conditionState.Enabled);
            Console.WriteLine("    .Active: {0}", conditionState.Active);
            Console.WriteLine("    .Acknowledged: {0}", conditionState.Acknowledged);
            Console.WriteLine("    .Quality: {0}", conditionState.Quality);
            // Remark: IAEConditionState has many more properties
        }
    } 
}

# This example shows how to obtain current state information for the condition instance corresponding to a Source and 
# certain ConditionName.
#
# 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 .NET namespaces.
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel import *


# Instantiate the client object
client = EasyAEClient()

print('Getting condition state...')
try:
    conditionState = IEasyAEClientExtension.GetConditionState(client,
        '', 'OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2', 'Simulation.ConditionState1', 'Simulated')
except OpcException as opcException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

print('ConditionState:')
print('    .ActiveSubcondition: ', conditionState.ActiveSubcondition)
print('    .Enabled: ', conditionState.Enabled)
print('    .Active: ', conditionState.Active)
print('    .Acknowledged: ', conditionState.Acknowledged)
print('    .Quality: ', conditionState.Quality)
# Note that IAEConditionState has many more properties

print()
print('Finished.')

' This example shows how to obtain current state information for the condition instance corresponding to a Source and 
' certain ConditionName.
'
' Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel

Namespace AlarmsAndEvents._EasyAEClient

    Friend Class GetConditionState
        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            Dim client = New EasyAEClient()

            Dim conditionState As AEConditionState
            Try
                conditionState = client.GetConditionState("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2", "Simulation.ConditionState1", "Simulated")
            Catch opcException As OpcException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            Console.WriteLine("ConditionState:")
            Console.WriteLine("    .ActiveSubcondition: {0}", conditionState.ActiveSubcondition)
            Console.WriteLine("    .Enabled: {0}", conditionState.Enabled)
            Console.WriteLine("    .Active: {0}", conditionState.Active)
            Console.WriteLine("    .Acknowledged: {0}", conditionState.Acknowledged)
            Console.WriteLine("    .Quality: {0}", conditionState.Quality)
            ' Remark: IAEConditionState has many more properties
        End Sub
    End Class

End Namespace

CSharp
Python
VB.NET

// This example shows how to obtain current state information for the condition instance corresponding to a Source and 
// certain ConditionName.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.AlarmsAndEvents._EasyAEClient
{
    class GetConditionState 
    { 
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyAEClient();

            AEConditionState conditionState;
            try
            {
                conditionState = client.GetConditionState("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2",
                    "Simulation.ConditionState1", "Simulated");
            }
            catch (OpcException opcException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            Console.WriteLine("ConditionState:");
            Console.WriteLine("    .ActiveSubcondition: {0}", conditionState.ActiveSubcondition);
            Console.WriteLine("    .Enabled: {0}", conditionState.Enabled);
            Console.WriteLine("    .Active: {0}", conditionState.Active);
            Console.WriteLine("    .Acknowledged: {0}", conditionState.Acknowledged);
            Console.WriteLine("    .Quality: {0}", conditionState.Quality);
            // Remark: IAEConditionState has many more properties
        }
    } 
}

# This example shows how to obtain current state information for the condition instance corresponding to a Source and 
# certain ConditionName.
#
# 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 .NET namespaces.
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel import *


# Instantiate the client object
client = EasyAEClient()

print('Getting condition state...')
try:
    conditionState = IEasyAEClientExtension.GetConditionState(client,
        '', 'OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2', 'Simulation.ConditionState1', 'Simulated')
except OpcException as opcException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

print('ConditionState:')
print('    .ActiveSubcondition: ', conditionState.ActiveSubcondition)
print('    .Enabled: ', conditionState.Enabled)
print('    .Active: ', conditionState.Active)
print('    .Acknowledged: ', conditionState.Acknowledged)
print('    .Quality: ', conditionState.Quality)
# Note that IAEConditionState has many more properties

print()
print('Finished.')

' This example shows how to obtain current state information for the condition instance corresponding to a Source and 
' certain ConditionName.
'
' Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel

Namespace AlarmsAndEvents._EasyAEClient

    Friend Class GetConditionState
        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            Dim client = New EasyAEClient()

            Dim conditionState As AEConditionState
            Try
                conditionState = client.GetConditionState("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2", "Simulation.ConditionState1", "Simulated")
            Catch opcException As OpcException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            Console.WriteLine("ConditionState:")
            Console.WriteLine("    .ActiveSubcondition: {0}", conditionState.ActiveSubcondition)
            Console.WriteLine("    .Enabled: {0}", conditionState.Enabled)
            Console.WriteLine("    .Active: {0}", conditionState.Active)
            Console.WriteLine("    .Acknowledged: {0}", conditionState.Acknowledged)
            Console.WriteLine("    .Quality: {0}", conditionState.Quality)
            ' Remark: IAEConditionState has many more properties
        End Sub
    End Class

End Namespace

Requirements

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

Reference

IEasyAEClientExtension Class
IEasyAEClientExtension Members
Overload List

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