Examples - OPC Alarms&Events - Information about an event attribute

.NET

// This example shows information available about OPC event attribute.

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.AddressSpace;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.AlarmsAndEvents._AEAttributeElement
{
    class Properties
    {
        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 (AEAttributeElement attributeElement in categoryElement.AttributeElements)
                {
                    Debug.Assert(attributeElement != null);

                    Console.WriteLine("    Information about attribute {0}:", attributeElement);
                    Console.WriteLine("        .AttributeId: {0}", attributeElement.AttributeId);
                    Console.WriteLine("        .Description: {0}", attributeElement.Description);
                    Console.WriteLine("        .DataType: {0}", attributeElement.DataType);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

# This example shows information available about OPC event attribute.

# 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 *


# 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 attributeElement in categoryElement.AttributeElements:
        assert attributeElement is not None
        print('    Information about attribute ', attributeElement, ':', sep='')
        print('        .AttributeId: ', attributeElement.AttributeId, sep='')
        print('        .Description: ', attributeElement.Description, sep='')
        print('        .DataType: ', attributeElement.DataType, sep='')

' This example shows information available about OPC event attribute.

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

Namespace AlarmsAndEvents._AEAttributeElement

    Friend Class Properties
        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 attributeElement As AEAttributeElement In categoryElement.AttributeElements
                    Debug.Assert(attributeElement IsNot Nothing)

                    Console.WriteLine("    Information about attribute {0}:", attributeElement)
                    Console.WriteLine("        .AttributeId: {0}", attributeElement.AttributeId)
                    Console.WriteLine("        .Description: {0}", attributeElement.Description)
                    Console.WriteLine("        .DataType: {0}", attributeElement.DataType)
                Next attributeElement
            Next categoryElement
        End Sub
    End Class

End Namespace

COM

VBScript

Rem This example shows information available about OPC event attribute.

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 AttributeElement: For Each AttributeElement In .AttributeElements
            WScript.Echo Space(4) & "Information about attribute " & AttributeElement & ":"
            With AttributeElement
                WScript.Echo Space(8) & ".AttributeId: " & .AttributeId
                WScript.Echo Space(8) & ".Description: " & .Description
                WScript.Echo Space(8) & ".DataType: " & .DataType
            End With
        Next
    End With
Next

Conceptual

Querying for OPC A&E Event Categories