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Examples - OPC Data Access - Subscribe to multiple items
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.NET

// This example shows how subscribe to changes of multiple items and display the value of the item with each change.
//
// 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.Threading;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.DataAccess._EasyDAClient
{
    partial class SubscribeMultipleItems
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            using (var client = new EasyDAClient())
            {
                client.ItemChanged += client_Main1_ItemChanged;

                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing item changes...");
                client.SubscribeMultipleItems(
                    new[] {
                            new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Random", 1000, null), 
                            new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Trends.Ramp (1 min)", 1000, null), 
                            new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Trends.Sine (1 min)", 1000, null),  
                            new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Register_I4", 1000, null)
                        });

                Console.WriteLine("Processing item changed events for 1 minute...");
                Thread.Sleep(60 * 1000);

                Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing item changes...");
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }

        // Item changed event handler
        static void client_Main1_ItemChanged(object sender, EasyDAItemChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Succeeded)
                Console.WriteLine($"{e.Arguments.ItemDescriptor.ItemId}: {e.Vtq}");
            else
                Console.WriteLine($"{e.Arguments.ItemDescriptor.ItemId} *** Failure: {e.ErrorMessageBrief}");
        }
    }
}

COM

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple items and display the value of the item with each change.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
// OPC client and subscriber examples in PHP on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-PHP .
// 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.

class DEasyDAClientEvents {
    function ItemChanged($varSender, $varE)
    {
        if ($varE->Succeeded)
        {
            printf("s: s\n", $varE->Arguments->ItemDescriptor->ItemId, $varE->Vtq->ToString());
        }
        else
        {
            printf("*** Failure: %s\n", $varE->ErrorMessageBrief);
        }
    }
}

$ItemSubscriptionArguments1 = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.OperationModel.EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments");
$ItemSubscriptionArguments1->ServerDescriptor->ServerClass = "OPCLabs.KitServer.2";
$ItemSubscriptionArguments1->ItemDescriptor->ItemID = "Simulation.Random";
$ItemSubscriptionArguments1->GroupParameters->RequestedUpdateRate = 1000;

$ItemSubscriptionArguments2 = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.OperationModel.EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments");
$ItemSubscriptionArguments2->ServerDescriptor->ServerClass = "OPCLabs.KitServer.2";
$ItemSubscriptionArguments2->ItemDescriptor->ItemID = "Trends.Ramp (1 min)";
$ItemSubscriptionArguments2->GroupParameters->RequestedUpdateRate = 1000;

$ItemSubscriptionArguments3 = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.OperationModel.EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments");
$ItemSubscriptionArguments3->ServerDescriptor->ServerClass = "OPCLabs.KitServer.2";
$ItemSubscriptionArguments3->ItemDescriptor->ItemID = "Trends.Sine (1 min)";
$ItemSubscriptionArguments3->GroupParameters->RequestedUpdateRate = 1000;

$ItemSubscriptionArguments4 = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.OperationModel.EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments");
$ItemSubscriptionArguments4->ServerDescriptor->ServerClass = "OPCLabs.KitServer.2";
$ItemSubscriptionArguments4->ItemDescriptor->ItemID = "Simulation.Register_I4";
$ItemSubscriptionArguments4->GroupParameters->RequestedUpdateRate = 1000;

$arguments[0] = $ItemSubscriptionArguments1;
$arguments[1] = $ItemSubscriptionArguments2;
$arguments[2] = $ItemSubscriptionArguments3;
$arguments[3] = $ItemSubscriptionArguments4;

$Client = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.EasyDAClient");
$Events = new DEasyDAClientEvents();
com_event_sink($Client, $Events, "DEasyDAClientEvents");

$Client->SubscribeMultipleItems($arguments);

print "Processing item changed events for 1 minute...\n";
$startTime = time(); do { com_message_pump(1000); } while (time() < $startTime + 60);

Python

# This example shows how subscribe to changes of multiple items and display the value of the item with each change.
#
# 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.DataAccess import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.OperationModel import *


# Item changed event handler.
def itemChanged(sender, e):
    if e.Succeeded:
        print(e.Arguments.ItemDescriptor.ItemId, ': ', e.Vtq, sep='')
    else:
        print(e.Arguments.ItemDescriptor.ItemId, ' *** Failure: ', e.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')


# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyDAClient()

client.ItemChanged += itemChanged

print('Subscribing item changes...')
client.SubscribeMultipleItems([
    EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments('', 'OPCLabs.KitServer.2', 'Simulation.Random', 1000, None),
    EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments('', 'OPCLabs.KitServer.2', 'Trends.Ramp (1 min)', 1000, None),
    EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments('', 'OPCLabs.KitServer.2', 'Trends.Sine (1 min)', 1000, None),
    EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments('', 'OPCLabs.KitServer.2', 'Simulation.Register_I4', 1000, None),
    ])

print('Processing item change notifications for 1 minute...')
time.sleep(60)

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

client.ItemChanged -= itemChanged

print('Finished.')

 

See Also

Concepts

Examples - Client OPC Unified Architecture

Examples - Client OPC Classic Specialized