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Examples - OPC Unified Architecture - Get arguments of all subscriptions

.NET

// This example shows how to obtain dictionary of parameters of all monitored item subscriptions.
//
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// OPC client and subscriber examples in C# on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-CSharp .
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using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._EasyUAClient
{
    class GetMonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            UAEndpointDescriptor endpointDescriptor =
                "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer";
            // or "http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer" (currently not supported)
            // or "https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"

            // Instantiate the client object and hook events.
            var client = new EasyUAClient();
            client.DataChangeNotification += client_DataChangeNotification;

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
            client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(new[]
                {
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor, 
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845", 1000),
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor, 
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853", 1000),
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor, 
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855", 1000)
                });

            Console.WriteLine("Getting monitored item arguments dictionary...");
            EasyUAMonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary monitoredItemArgumentsDictionary =
                client.GetMonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary();

            foreach (EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments monitoredItemArguments in monitoredItemArgumentsDictionary.Values)
            {
                Console.WriteLine();
                Console.WriteLine($"NodeDescriptor: {monitoredItemArguments.NodeDescriptor}");
                Console.WriteLine($"SamplingInterval: {monitoredItemArguments.MonitoringParameters.SamplingInterval}");
                Console.WriteLine($"PublishingInterval: {monitoredItemArguments.SubscriptionParameters.PublishingInterval}");
            }

            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 5 seconds...");
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5 * 1000);

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

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 5 seconds...");
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5 * 1000);

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }

        static void client_DataChangeNotification(object sender, EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs e)
        {
            // Your code would do the processing here.
        }


        // Example output:
        //
        //Subscribing...
        //Getting monitored item arguments dictionary...
        //
        //NodeDescriptor: NodeId="nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845"
        //SamplingInterval: 1000
        //PublishingInterval: 0
        //
        //NodeDescriptor: NodeId="nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853"
        //SamplingInterval: 1000
        //PublishingInterval: 0
        //
        //NodeDescriptor: NodeId="nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855"
        //SamplingInterval: 1000
        //PublishingInterval: 0
        //
        //Waiting for 5 seconds...
        //Unsubscribing...
        //Waiting for 5 seconds...
        //Finished.
    }
}

# This example shows how to obtain dictionary of parameters of all monitored item subscriptions.
#
# Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
# OPC client and subscriber examples in PowerShell on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-PowerShell .
# 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.

#requires -Version 5.1
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

# The path below assumes that the current directory is [ProductDir]/Examples-NET/PowerShell/Windows .
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA.dll"
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcUAComponents.dll"

[UAEndpointDescriptor]$endpointDescriptor =
    "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"
# or "http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer" (currently not supported)
# or "https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"

# Instantiate the client object.
$client = New-Object EasyUAClient

# Data change notification handler
Register-ObjectEvent -InputObject $client -EventName DataChangeNotification -Action { 
    # Your code would do the processing here.
}

Write-Host "Subscribing..."
$handleArray = $client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(@(
    (New-Object UAMonitoredItemArguments(
        (New-Object UAAttributeArguments($endpointDescriptor, [UANodeDescriptor]"nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845")), 
        1000)),
    (New-Object UAMonitoredItemArguments(
        (New-Object UAAttributeArguments($endpointDescriptor, [UANodeDescriptor]"nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853")), 
        1000)),
    (New-Object UAMonitoredItemArguments(
        (New-Object UAAttributeArguments($endpointDescriptor, [UANodeDescriptor]"nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855")),
        1000))
    ))

Write-Host "Getting monitored item arguments dictionary..."
$monitoredItemArgumentsDictionary = $client.GetMonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary()

foreach ($monitoredItemArguments in $monitoredItemArgumentsDictionary.Values) {
    Write-Host
    Write-Host "NodeDescriptor: $($monitoredItemArguments.NodeDescriptor)"
    Write-Host "SamplingInterval: $($monitoredItemArguments.MonitoringParameters.SamplingInterval)"
    Write-Host "PublishingInterval: $($monitoredItemArguments.SubscriptionParameters.PublishingInterval)"
}

Write-Host
Write-Host "Waiting for 5 seconds..."
Start-Sleep -Seconds 5

Write-Host "Unsubscribing..."
$client.UnsubscribeAllMonitoredItems()

Write-Host "Waiting for 5 seconds..."
Start-Sleep -Seconds 5

Write-Host "Finished."


# Example output:
#
#Subscribing...
#Getting monitored item arguments dictionary...
#
#NodeDescriptor: NodeId="nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845"
#SamplingInterval: 1000
#PublishingInterval: 0
#
#NodeDescriptor: NodeId="nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853"
#SamplingInterval: 1000
#PublishingInterval: 0
#
#NodeDescriptor: NodeId="nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855"
#SamplingInterval: 1000
#PublishingInterval: 0
#
#Waiting for 5 seconds...
#Unsubscribing...
#Waiting for 5 seconds...
#Finished.


' This example shows how to obtain dictionary of parameters of all monitored item subscriptions.
'
' 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
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

Namespace _EasyUAClient
    Friend Class GetMonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary
        Public Shared Sub Main1()

            ' Define which server we will work with.
            Dim endpointDescriptor As UAEndpointDescriptor =
                    "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"
            ' or "http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer" (currently not supported)
            ' or "https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"

            ' Instantiate the client object and hook events
            Dim client = New EasyUAClient()
            AddHandler client.DataChangeNotification, AddressOf client_DataChangeNotification

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...")
            client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(New EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments() _
                { _
                    New EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(Nothing, endpointDescriptor, "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845", 1000), _
                    New EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(Nothing, endpointDescriptor, "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853", 1000), _
                    New EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(Nothing, endpointDescriptor, "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855", 1000) _
                } _
             )

            Console.WriteLine("Getting monitored item arguments dictionary...")
            Dim monitoredItemArgumentsDictionary As EasyUAMonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary = _
                    client.GetMonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary()

            For Each monitoredItemArguments As EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments In monitoredItemArgumentsDictionary.Values
                Console.WriteLine()
                Console.WriteLine("NodeDescriptor: {0}", monitoredItemArguments.NodeDescriptor)
                Console.WriteLine("SamplingInterval: {0}", monitoredItemArguments.MonitoringParameters.SamplingInterval)
                Console.WriteLine("PublishingInterval: {0}", monitoredItemArguments.SubscriptionParameters.PublishingInterval)
            Next monitoredItemArguments

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 5 seconds...")
            Threading.Thread.Sleep(5 * 1000)

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

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 5 seconds...")
            Threading.Thread.Sleep(5 * 1000)
        End Sub

        Private Shared Sub client_DataChangeNotification(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs)
            ' Your code would do the processing here
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

COM

// This example shows how to obtain dictionary of parameters of all monitored item subscriptions.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
// OPC client and subscriber examples in Object Pascal (Delphi) on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-OP .
// 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.

type
  TClientEventHandlers116 = class
    procedure Client_DataChangeNotification(
      ASender: TObject;
      sender: OleVariant;
      const eventArgs: _EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs);
  end;

procedure TClientEventHandlers116.Client_DataChangeNotification(
  ASender: TObject;
  sender: OleVariant;
  const eventArgs: _EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs);
begin
  // Your code would do the processing here
end;

class procedure GetMonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary.Main;
var
  Arguments: OleVariant;
  Client: TEasyUAClient;
  ClientEventHandlers: TClientEventHandlers116;
  Count: Cardinal;
  Element: OleVariant;
  HandleArray: OleVariant;
  MonitoredItemArguments1, MonitoredItemArguments2, MonitoredItemArguments3:
    _EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments;
  MonitoredItemArguments: _EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments;
  MonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary: _EasyUAMonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary;
  MonitoredItemArgumentsEnumerator: IEnumVARIANT;
begin
  // Instantiate the client object and hook events
  Client := TEasyUAClient.Create(nil);
  ClientEventHandlers := TClientEventHandlers116.Create;
  Client.OnDataChangeNotification := ClientEventHandlers.Client_DataChangeNotification;

  WriteLn('Subscribing...');
  MonitoredItemArguments1 := CoEasyUAMonitoredItemArguments.Create;
  MonitoredItemArguments1.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString := 
    //'http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer';
    //'https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/';
    'opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer';
  MonitoredItemArguments1.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText := 'nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845';
  MonitoredItemArguments2 := CoEasyUAMonitoredItemArguments.Create;
  MonitoredItemArguments2.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString := 
    //'http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer';
    //'https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/';
    'opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer';
  MonitoredItemArguments2.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText := 'nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853';
  MonitoredItemArguments3 := CoEasyUAMonitoredItemArguments.Create;
  MonitoredItemArguments3.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString := 
    //'http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer';
    //'https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/';
    'opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer';
  MonitoredItemArguments3.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText := 'nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855';

  Arguments := VarArrayCreate([0, 2], varVariant);
  Arguments[0] := MonitoredItemArguments1;
  Arguments[1] := MonitoredItemArguments2;
  Arguments[2] := MonitoredItemArguments3;

  TVarData(HandleArray).VType := varArray or varVariant;
  TVarData(HandleArray).VArray := PVarArray(
    Client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(Arguments));

  WriteLn('Getting monitored item arguments dictionary...');
  MonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary := Client.GetMonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary;

  MonitoredItemArgumentsEnumerator := MonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary.GetEnumerator;
  while (MonitoredItemArgumentsEnumerator.Next(1, Element, Count) = S_OK) do
  begin
    MonitoredItemArguments := IUnknown(Element.Value) as _EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments;
    WriteLn;
    WriteLn('NodeDescriptor: ', MonitoredItemArguments.NodeDescriptor.ToString);
    WriteLn('SamplingInterval: ', MonitoredItemArguments.MonitoringParameters.ToString);
    WriteLn('PublishingInterval: ', MonitoredItemArguments.SubscriptionParameters.ToString);
  end;

  WriteLn('Waiting for 5 seconds...');
  PumpSleep(5*1000);

  WriteLn('Unsubscribing...');
  Client.UnsubscribeAllMonitoredItems;

  WriteLn('Waiting for 5 seconds...');
  Sleep(5*1000);

  WriteLn('Finished.');
  VarClear(HandleArray);
  VarClear(Arguments);
  FreeAndNil(Client);
  FreeAndNil(ClientEventHandlers);
end;

Rem This example shows how to obtain dictionary of parameters of all monitored item subscriptions.
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

' Instantiate the client object and hook events
Dim Client: Set Client = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAClient")
WScript.ConnectObject Client, "Client_"

WScript.Echo "Subscribing..."

Dim MonitoredItemArguments1: Set MonitoredItemArguments1 = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments")
MonitoredItemArguments1.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString = "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"
MonitoredItemArguments1.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText = "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845"

Dim MonitoredItemArguments2: Set MonitoredItemArguments2 = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments")
MonitoredItemArguments2.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString = "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"
MonitoredItemArguments2.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText = "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853"

Dim MonitoredItemArguments3: Set MonitoredItemArguments3 = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments")
MonitoredItemArguments3.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString = "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"
MonitoredItemArguments3.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText = "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855"

Dim arguments(2)
Set arguments(0) = MonitoredItemArguments1
Set arguments(1) = MonitoredItemArguments2
Set arguments(2) = MonitoredItemArguments3

Dim handleArray: handleArray = Client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(arguments)

WScript.Echo "Getting monitored item arguments dictionary..."   
Dim MonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary: Set MonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary = Client.GetMonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary

Dim DictionaryEntry: For Each DictionaryEntry In MonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary
    Dim MonitoredItemArguments: Set MonitoredItemArguments = DictionaryEntry.Value
    WScript.Echo 
    WScript.Echo "NodeDescriptor: " & MonitoredItemArguments.NodeDescriptor
    WScript.Echo "SamplingInterval: " & MonitoredItemArguments.MonitoringParameters.SamplingInterval
    WScript.Echo "PublishingInterval: " & MonitoredItemArguments.SubscriptionParameters.PublishingInterval
Next

WScript.Echo "Waiting for 5 seconds..."
WScript.Sleep 5 * 1000

WScript.Echo "Unsubscribing..."
Client.UnsubscribeAllMonitoredItems

WScript.Echo "Waiting for 5 seconds..."
WScript.Sleep 5 * 1000



Sub Client_DataChangeNotification(Sender, e)
    ' Your code would do the processing here
End Sub

Python

# This example shows how to obtain dictionary of parameters of all monitored item subscriptions.
#
# 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 import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel import *


def dataChangeNotification(sender, e):
    # Your code would do the processing here.
    pass


endpointDescriptor = UAEndpointDescriptor('opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer')
# or 'http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer' (currently not supported)
# or 'https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/'

# Instantiate the client object and hook events.
client = EasyUAClient()
client.DataChangeNotification += dataChangeNotification

print('Subscribing...')
handleArray = client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems([
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        UAEndpointDescriptor('opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer'),
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(1000)),
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        UAEndpointDescriptor('opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer'),
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(1000)),
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        UAEndpointDescriptor('opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer'),
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(1000)),
    ])

print('Getting monitored item arguments dictionary...')
monitoredItemArgumentsDictionary = client.GetMonitoredItemArgumentsDictionary()

for monitoredItemArguments in monitoredItemArgumentsDictionary.Values:
    print()
    print('NodeDescriptor: ', monitoredItemArguments.NodeDescriptor, sep='')
    print('SamplingInterval: ', monitoredItemArguments.MonitoringParameters.SamplingInterval, sep='')
    print('PublishingInterval: ', monitoredItemArguments.SubscriptionParameters.PublishingInterval, sep='')

print()
print('Waiting for 5 seconds...')
time.sleep(5)

print('Unsubscribing...')
client.UnsubscribeAllMonitoredItems()

print('Waiting for 5 seconds...')
time.sleep(5)

print('Finished.')

 

See Also
Examples - OPC Unified Architecture - Get arguments of a subscription
Examples - OPC Unified Architecture - Subscribe to multiple nodes for data changes

Concepts

Obtaining Subscription Information (OPC Data)

 

 

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