OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC Alarms&Events - Information about an event condition

.NET

// This example shows information available about OPC event condition.
//
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using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.AddressSpace;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.AlarmsAndEvents._AEConditionElement 
{ 
    class Properties 
    {
        static void DumpSubconditionNames(IEnumerable<string> subconditionNames)
        {
            foreach (string name in subconditionNames) Console.WriteLine("            {0}", name);
        }

        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyAEClient();

            AECategoryElementCollection categoryElements;
            try
            {
                categoryElements = client.QueryEventCategories("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2");
            }
            catch (OpcException opcException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            foreach (AECategoryElement categoryElement in categoryElements)
            {
                Debug.Assert(categoryElement != null);

                Console.WriteLine("Category {0}:", categoryElement);
                foreach (AEConditionElement conditionElement in categoryElement.ConditionElements)
                {
                    Debug.Assert(conditionElement != null);

                    Console.WriteLine("    Information about condition \"{0}\":", conditionElement);
                    Console.WriteLine("        .Name: {0}", conditionElement.Name);
                    Console.WriteLine("        .SubconditionNames:");
                    DumpSubconditionNames(conditionElement.SubconditionNames);
                }
            }
        }
    } 
}
' This example shows information available about OPC event condition.
'
' Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
' OPC client and subscriber examples in VB.NET on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-VBNET .
' Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
' a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.

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

Namespace AlarmsAndEvents._AEConditionElement

    Friend Class Properties
        Private Shared Sub DumpSubconditionNames(ByVal subconditionNames As IEnumerable(Of String))
            For Each name As String In subconditionNames
                Console.WriteLine("            {0}", name)
            Next name
        End Sub

        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            Dim client = New EasyAEClient()

            Dim categoryElements As AECategoryElementCollection
            Try
                categoryElements = client.QueryEventCategories("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2")
            Catch opcException As OpcException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            For Each categoryElement As AECategoryElement In categoryElements
                Debug.Assert(categoryElement IsNot Nothing)

                Console.WriteLine("Category {0}:", categoryElement)
                For Each conditionElement As AEConditionElement In categoryElement.ConditionElements
                    Debug.Assert(conditionElement IsNot Nothing)

                    Console.WriteLine("    Information about condition ""{0}"":", conditionElement)
                    Console.WriteLine("        .Name: {0}", conditionElement.Name)
                    Console.WriteLine("        .SubconditionNames:")
                    DumpSubconditionNames(conditionElement.SubconditionNames)
                Next conditionElement
            Next categoryElement
        End Sub
    End Class

End Namespace

COM

Rem This example shows information available about OPC event condition.
Rem
Rem Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
Rem OPC client and subscriber examples in VBScript on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-VBScript .
Rem Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
Rem a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.

Option Explicit

Const AEEventTypes_All = 7

Dim ServerDescriptor: Set ServerDescriptor = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.ServerDescriptor")
ServerDescriptor.ServerClass = "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2"

Dim Client: Set Client = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.EasyAEClient")
On Error Resume Next
Dim CategoryElements: Set CategoryElements = Client.QueryEventCategories(ServerDescriptor, AEEventTypes_All)
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
    WScript.Echo "*** Failure: " & Err.Source & ": " & Err.Description
    WScript.Quit
End If
On Error Goto 0

Dim CategoryElement: For Each CategoryElement In CategoryElements
    WScript.Echo "Category " & CategoryElement & ":"
    With CategoryElement
        Dim ConditionElement: For Each ConditionElement In .ConditionElements
            WScript.Echo Space(4) & "Information about condition """ & ConditionElement & """:"
            With ConditionElement
                WScript.Echo Space(8) & ".Name: " & .Name
                WScript.Echo Space(8) & ".SubconditionNames:"
                Dim subconditionNames: subconditionNames = .SubconditionNames
                ' Note: In VBScript, cannot directly write .SubconditionNames(i); it considers it an indexed property instead.
                Dim i: For i = LBound(subconditionNames) To UBound(subconditionNames)
                    WScript.Echo Space(12) & subconditionNames(i)
                Next
            End With
        Next
    End With
Next

Python

# This example shows information available about OPC event condition.
#
# 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 .
# Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
# a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.
# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc

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


def dumpSubconditionNames(subconditionNames):
    for name in subconditionNames:
        print('            ', name, sep='')


# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyAEClient()

try:
    categoryElements = IEasyAEClientExtension.QueryEventCategories(client, '', 'OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2')
except OpcException as opcException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + opcException.GetBaseException().Message, sep='')
    exit()

# Display results
for categoryElement in categoryElements:
    assert categoryElement is not None
    print('Category ', categoryElement, sep='')
    for conditionElement in categoryElement.ConditionElements:
        assert  conditionElement is not None
        print('    Information about condition "', conditionElement, '":', sep='')
        print('        .Name: ', conditionElement.Name, sep='')
        print('        .SubconditionNames:')
        dumpSubconditionNames(conditionElement.SubconditionNames)

 

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