OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC XML-DA - Subscribe to a single item

.NET

# This example shows how subscribe to changes of a single item in an OPC XML-DA server and display the value of the item 
# with each change, using a callback method specified using lambda expression.
#
# 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
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess

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

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

$serverDescriptor = New-Object ServerDescriptor -Property @{
    UrlString = "http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx"
}

# Item changed event handler
Register-ObjectEvent -InputObject $client -EventName ItemChanged -Action { 
    if ($EventArgs.Succeeded) {
        Write-Host $EventArgs.Vtq
    }
    else {
        Write-Host "*** Failure: $($EventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief)"
    }
}

Write-Host "Subscribing item..."
[IEasyDAClientExtension]::SubscribeItem($client, $serverDescriptor, "Dynamic/Analog Types/Int", 1000, $null)

Write-Host "Processing item changes for 30 seconds..."
$stopwatch =  [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew() 
while ($stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds -lt 30) {    
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
}

Write-Host "Unsubscribing items..."
$client.UnsubscribeAllItems()

Write-Host "Waiting for 2 seconds..."
Start-Sleep -Seconds 2

Write-Host "Finished."

COM

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a single OPC XML-DA item 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 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
  TSubscribeItem_ClientEventHandlers = class
    // Item changed event handler
    procedure OnItemChanged(
      ASender: TObject;
      sender: OleVariant;
      const eventArgs: _EasyDAItemChangedEventArgs);
  end;

procedure TSubscribeItem_ClientEventHandlers.OnItemChanged(
  ASender: TObject;
  sender: OleVariant;
  const eventArgs: _EasyDAItemChangedEventArgs);
begin
  if eventArgs.Succeeded then
    WriteLn(eventArgs.Vtq.ToString)
  else  
    WriteLn('*** Failure: ', eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief);
end;

class procedure SubscribeItem.MainXml;
var
  Arguments: OleVariant;
  Client: TEasyDAClient;
  ClientEventHandlers: TSubscribeItem_ClientEventHandlers;
  HandleArray: OleVariant;
  ItemSubscriptionArguments1: _EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments;
begin
  ItemSubscriptionArguments1 := CoEasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments.Create;
  ItemSubscriptionArguments1.ServerDescriptor.UrlString := 'http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx';
  ItemSubscriptionArguments1.ItemDescriptor.ItemID := 'Dynamic/Analog Types/Int';
  ItemSubscriptionArguments1.GroupParameters.RequestedUpdateRate := 1000;

  Arguments := VarArrayCreate([0, 0], varVariant);
  Arguments[0] := ItemSubscriptionArguments1;

  // Instantiate the client object and hook events
  Client := TEasyDAClient.Create(nil);
  ClientEventHandlers := TSubscribeItem_ClientEventHandlers.Create;
  Client.OnItemChanged := ClientEventHandlers.OnItemChanged;

  WriteLn('Subscribing...');
  TVarData(HandleArray).VType := varArray or varVariant;
  TVarData(HandleArray).VArray := PVarArray(
    Client.SubscribeMultipleItems(Arguments));

  WriteLn('Processing item changed events for 1 minute...');
  PumpSleep(60*1000);

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

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

  VarClear(HandleArray);
  VarClear(Arguments);
  FreeAndNil(Client);
  FreeAndNil(ClientEventHandlers);
end;
// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a single OPC XML-DA item and display the value of the item with each change.
//
// Some related documentation: http://php.net/manual/en/function.com-event-sink.php . Pay attention to the comment that says 
// "Be careful how you use this feature; if you are doing something similar to the example below, then it doesn't really make 
// sense to run it in a web server context.". What they are trying to say is that processing a web request should be 
// a short-lived code, which does not fit well with the idea of being subscribed to events and received them over longer time. 
// It is possible to write such code, but it is only useful when processing the request is allowed to take relatively long. Or, 
// when you are using PHP from command-line, or otherwise - not to serve a web page directly.
// 
// Subscribing to QuickOPC-COM events in the context of PHP Web application, while not imposing the limitations to the request 
// processing time, has to be "worked around", e.g. using the "event pull" mechanism.
//
// 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)
        {
        print $varE->Vtq->ToString();
            print "\n";
        }
        else
        {
            printf("*** Failure: %s\n", $varE->ErrorMessageBrief);
        }
    }
}

$ItemSubscriptionArguments1 = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.OperationModel.EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments");
$ItemSubscriptionArguments1->ServerDescriptor->UrlString = "http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx";
$ItemSubscriptionArguments1->ItemDescriptor->ItemID = "Dynamic/Analog Types/Int";
$ItemSubscriptionArguments1->GroupParameters->RequestedUpdateRate = 1000;

$arguments[0] = $ItemSubscriptionArguments1;

// Instantiate the client object.
$Client = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.EasyDAClient");
$Events = new DEasyDAClientEvents();
com_event_sink($Client, $Events, "DEasyDAClientEvents");

print "Subscribing...\n";
$handles = $Client->SubscribeMultipleItems($arguments);

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

print "Unsubscribing...\n";
$Client->UnsubscribeAllItems;

print "Waiting for 5 seconds...\n";
$startTime = time(); do { com_message_pump(1000); } while (time() < $startTime + 5);
Rem This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a single OPC XML-DA item and display the value of the item with each change.
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 Visual Basic on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-VB .
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.

' The client object, with events
'Public WithEvents Client2 As EasyDAClient

Private Sub SubscribeItem_MainXml_Command_Click()
    OutputText = ""
    
    Dim ItemSubscriptionArguments1 As New EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments
    ItemSubscriptionArguments1.serverDescriptor.UrlString = "http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx"
    ItemSubscriptionArguments1.ItemDescriptor.ItemId = "Dynamic/Analog Types/Int"
    ItemSubscriptionArguments1.GroupParameters.RequestedUpdateRate = 1000

    Dim arguments(0) As Variant
    Set arguments(0) = ItemSubscriptionArguments1

    ' Instantiate the client object and hook events
    Set Client2 = New EasyDAClient

    OutputText = OutputText & "Subscribing..." & vbCrLf
    Dim handleArray() As Variant
    handleArray = Client2.SubscribeMultipleItems(arguments)
    
    OutputText = OutputText & "Processing item changed events for 1 minute..." & vbCrLf
    Pause 60000

    OutputText = OutputText & "Unsubscribing..." & vbCrLf
    Client2.UnsubscribeAllItems

    OutputText = OutputText & "Waiting for 5 seconds..." & vbCrLf
    Pause 5000

    OutputText = OutputText & "Finished." & vbCrLf
    Set Client2 = Nothing
End Sub

Public Sub Client2_ItemChanged(ByVal sender As Variant, ByVal eventArgs As EasyDAItemChangedEventArgs)
    If eventArgs.Succeeded Then
        OutputText = OutputText & eventArgs.vtq & vbCrLf
    Else
        OutputText = OutputText & "*** Failure: " & eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief & vbCrLf
    End If
End Sub
Rem This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a single OPC XML-DA item and display the value of the item with each change.
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

Dim ItemSubscriptionArguments1: Set ItemSubscriptionArguments1 = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.OperationModel.EasyDAItemSubscriptionArguments")
ItemSubscriptionArguments1.ServerDescriptor.UrlString = "http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx"
ItemSubscriptionArguments1.ItemDescriptor.ItemID = "Dynamic/Analog Types/Int"
ItemSubscriptionArguments1.GroupParameters.RequestedUpdateRate = 1000

Dim arguments(0)
Set arguments(0) = ItemSubscriptionArguments1

Dim Client: Set Client = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.EasyDAClient")
WScript.ConnectObject Client, "Client_"

WScript.Echo "Subscribing..."
Dim handles: handles = Client.SubscribeMultipleItems(arguments)


WScript.Echo "Processing item changed events for 1 minute..."
WScript.Sleep 60*1000

WScript.Echo "Unsubscribing..."
Client.UnsubscribeAllItems

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

WScript.DisconnectObject Client
Set Client = Nothing


' Item changed event handler
Sub Client_ItemChanged(Sender, e)
    If e.Succeeded Then
    WScript.Echo e.Vtq
    Else
        WScript.Echo "*** Failure: " & e.ErrorMessageBrief
    End If
End Sub

 

QuickOPC supports OPC XML-DA also on Linux and macOS.
See Also

Concepts

Examples - Client OPC Data Access