OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC UA PubSub - MQTT UADP mapping using TCP

.NET

// This example shows how to subscribe to all dataset messages on an OPC-UA PubSub connection with MQTT UADP mapping using
// TCP.
//
// The OpcLabs.MqttNet assembly needs to be referenced in your project (or otherwise made available, together with its
// dependencies) for the MQTT transport to work. Refer to the documentation for more information.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
// OPC client and subscriber examples in C# on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-CSharp .
// 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.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.Engine;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.OperationModel;

namespace UASubscriberDocExamples.PubSub._EasyUASubscriber
{
    partial class SubscribeDataSet
    {
        public static void MqttUadpTcp()
        {
            // Define the PubSub connection we will work with. Uses implicit conversion from a string.
            // Default port with MQTT is 1883.
            UAPubSubConnectionDescriptor pubSubConnectionDescriptor = "mqtt://opcua-pubsub.demo-this.com";
            // Specify the transport protocol mapping.
            // The statement below isn't actually necessary, due to automatic message mapping recognition feature; see
            // https://kb.opclabs.com/OPC_UA_PubSub_Automatic_Message_Mapping_Recognition for more details.
            pubSubConnectionDescriptor.TransportProfileUriString = UAPubSubTransportProfileUriStrings.MqttUadp;

            // Define the arguments for subscribing to the dataset, specifying the MQTT topic name.
            var subscribeDataSetArguments = new UASubscribeDataSetArguments(pubSubConnectionDescriptor)
            {
                DataSetSubscriptionDescriptor = {CommunicationParameters = {BrokerDataSetReaderTransportParameters =
                {
                    QueueName = "opcuademo/uadp/none"
                }}}
            };

            // Instantiate the subscriber object and hook events.
            var subscriber = new EasyUASubscriber();
            subscriber.DataSetMessage += subscriber_DataSetMessage_MqttUadpTcp;

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
            subscriber.SubscribeDataSet(subscribeDataSetArguments);

            Console.WriteLine("Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds...");
            Thread.Sleep(20 * 1000);

            Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...");
            subscriber.UnsubscribeAllDataSets();

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 1 second...");
            // Unsubscribe operation is asynchronous, messages may still come for a short while.
            Thread.Sleep(1 * 1000);

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }

        static void subscriber_DataSetMessage_MqttUadpTcp(object sender, EasyUADataSetMessageEventArgs e)
        {
            // Display the dataset.
            if (e.Succeeded)
            {
                // An event with null DataSetData just indicates a successful connection.
                if (!(e.DataSetData is null))
                {
                    Console.WriteLine();
                    Console.WriteLine($"Dataset data: {e.DataSetData}");
                    foreach (KeyValuePair<string, UADataSetFieldData> pair in e.DataSetData.FieldDataDictionary)
                        Console.WriteLine(pair);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine();
                Console.WriteLine($"*** Failure: {e.ErrorMessage}");
            }
        }

        // Example output:
        //
        //Subscribing...
        //Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds...
        //
        //Dataset data: Good; Data; publisher="32", writer=1, class=eae79794-1af7-4f96-8401-4096cd1d8908, fields: 4
        //[#0, False {System.Boolean}; Good]
        //[#1, 6685 {System.Int32}; Good]
        //[#2, 1444 {System.Int32}; Good]
        //[#3, 1/4/2020 6:06:20 PM {System.DateTime}; Good]
        //
        //Dataset data: Good; Data; publisher="32", writer=3, class=96976b7b-0db7-46c3-a715-0979884b55ae, fields: 100
        //[#0, 85 {System.Int64}; Good]
        //[#1, 185 {System.Int64}; Good]
        //[#2, 285 {System.Int64}; Good]
        //[#3, 385 {System.Int64}; Good]
        //[#4, 485 {System.Int64}; Good]
        //[#5, 585 {System.Int64}; Good]
        //[#6, 685 {System.Int64}; Good]
        //[#7, 785 {System.Int64}; Good]
        //[#8, 885 {System.Int64}; Good]
        //[#9, 985 {System.Int64}; Good]
        //[#10, 1085 {System.Int64}; Good]
        //...
    }
}
' This example shows how to subscribe to all dataset messages on an OPC-UA PubSub connection with MQTT UADP mapping using
' TCP.
'
' The OpcLabs.MqttNet assembly needs to be referenced in your project (or otherwise made available, together with its
' dependencies) for the MQTT transport to work. Refer to the documentation for more information.
'
' 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.UA.PubSub
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.Engine
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.OperationModel

Namespace PubSub._EasyUASubscriber
    Partial Friend Class SubscribeDataSet
        Public Shared Sub MqttUadpTcp()

            ' Define the PubSub connection we will work with. Uses implicit conversion from a string.
            ' Default port with MQTT is 1883.
            Dim pubSubConnectionDescriptor As UAPubSubConnectionDescriptor = "mqtt://opcua-pubsub.demo-this.com"
            ' Specify the transport protocol mapping.
            ' The statement below isn't actually necessary, due to automatic message mapping recognition feature; see
            ' https://kb.opclabs.com/OPC_UA_PubSub_Automatic_Message_Mapping_Recognition for more details.
            pubSubConnectionDescriptor.TransportProfileUriString = UAPubSubTransportProfileUriStrings.MqttUadp

            ' Define the arguments for subscribing to the dataset, specifying the MQTT topic name.
            Dim subscribeDataSetArguments = New UASubscribeDataSetArguments(pubSubConnectionDescriptor)
            subscribeDataSetArguments.DataSetSubscriptionDescriptor.CommunicationParameters.BrokerDataSetReaderTransportParameters.QueueName = "opcuademo/uadp/none"

            ' Instantiate the subscriber object and hook events.
            Dim subscriber = New EasyUASubscriber()
            AddHandler subscriber.DataSetMessage, AddressOf subscriber_DataSetMessage_MqttUadpTcp

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...")
            subscriber.SubscribeDataSet(subscribeDataSetArguments)

            Console.WriteLine("Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds...")
            Threading.Thread.Sleep(20 * 1000)

            Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...")
            subscriber.UnsubscribeAllDataSets()

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 1 second...")
            ' Unsubscribe operation is asynchronous, messages may still come for a short while.
            Threading.Thread.Sleep(1 * 1000)

            Console.WriteLine("Finished...")
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub subscriber_DataSetMessage_MqttUadpTcp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EasyUADataSetMessageEventArgs)
            ' Display the dataset.
            If e.Succeeded Then
                ' An event with null DataSetData just indicates a successful connection.
                If e.DataSetData IsNot Nothing Then
                    Console.WriteLine()
                    Console.WriteLine($"Dataset data: {e.DataSetData}")
                    For Each pair As KeyValuePair(Of String, UADataSetFieldData) In e.DataSetData.FieldDataDictionary
                        Console.WriteLine(pair)
                    Next
                End If
            Else
                Console.WriteLine()
                Console.WriteLine($"*** Failure: {e.ErrorMessage}")
            End If
        End Sub

        ' Example output:
        '
        'Subscribing...
        'Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds...
        '
        'Dataset data: Good; Data; publisher="32", writer=1, class=eae79794-1af7-4f96-8401-4096cd1d8908, fields: 4
        '[#0, False {System.Boolean}; Good]
        '[#1, 6685 {System.Int32}; Good]
        '[#2, 1444 {System.Int32}; Good]
        '[#3, 1/4/2020 6:06:20 PM {System.DateTime}; Good]
        '
        'Dataset data: Good; Data; publisher="32", writer=3, class=96976b7b-0db7-46c3-a715-0979884b55ae, fields: 100
        '[#0, 85 {System.Int64}; Good]
        '[#1, 185 {System.Int64}; Good]
        '[#2, 285 {System.Int64}; Good]
        '[#3, 385 {System.Int64}; Good]
        '[#4, 485 {System.Int64}; Good]
        '[#5, 585 {System.Int64}; Good]
        '[#6, 685 {System.Int64}; Good]
        '[#7, 785 {System.Int64}; Good]
        '[#8, 885 {System.Int64}; Good]
        '[#9, 985 {System.Int64}; Good]
        '[#10, 1085 {System.Int64}; Good]
        '...
    End Class
End Namespace

Python

# This example shows how to subscribe to all dataset messages on an OPC-UA PubSub connection with MQTT UADP mapping
# using TCP.
#
# The following package needs to be referenced in your project (or otherwise made available) for the MQTT transport to
# work.
# - OpcLabs.MqttNet
# Refer to the documentation for more information.
#
# 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 time

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


def dataSetMessage(sender, e):
    # Display the dataset.
    if e.Succeeded:
        # An event with null DataSetData just indicates a successful connection.
        if e.DataSetData is not None:
            print('')
            print('Dataset data: ', e.DataSetData, sep='')
            for pair in e.DataSetData.FieldDataDictionary:
                print(pair)
    else:
        print('')
        print('*** Failure: ', e.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')


# Define the PubSub connection we will work with. Uses implicit conversion from a string.
# Default port with MQTT is 1883.
pubSubConnectionDescriptor = UAPubSubConnectionDescriptor.op_Implicit('mqtt://opcua-pubsub.demo-this.com')
# Specify the transport protocol mapping.
# The statement below isn't actually necessary, due to automatic message mapping recognition feature; see
# https://kb.opclabs.com/OPC_UA_PubSub_Automatic_Message_Mapping_Recognition for more details.
pubSubConnectionDescriptor.TransportProfileUriString = UAPubSubTransportProfileUriStrings.MqttUadp

# Define the arguments for subscribing to the dataset, specifying the MQTT topic name.
subscribeDataSetArguments = UASubscribeDataSetArguments(pubSubConnectionDescriptor)
subscribeDataSetArguments.DataSetSubscriptionDescriptor.CommunicationParameters.BrokerDataSetReaderTransportParameters.\
    QueueName = 'opcuademo/uadp/none'

# Instantiate the subscriber object and hook events.
subscriber = EasyUASubscriber()
subscriber.DataSetMessage += dataSetMessage

print('Subscribing...')
IEasyUASubscriberExtension.SubscribeDataSet(subscriber, subscribeDataSetArguments)

print('Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds...')
time.sleep(20)

print('Unsubscribing...')
subscriber.UnsubscribeAllDataSets()

print('Waiting for 1 second...')
# Unsubscribe operation is asynchronous, messages may still come for a short while.
time.sleep(1)

subscriber.DataSetMessage -= dataSetMessage

print('Finished.')
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