Examples - OPC DA Layered Extensions - Get dictionary of property values

// This example shows how to obtain a dictionary of OPC property values for an OPC item, and extract property values.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.Extensions;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.DataAccess._EasyDAClientExtension
{
    class GetPropertyValueDictionary
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyDAClient();

            // Get dictionary of property values, for all well-known properties
            DAPropertyValueDictionary propertyValueDictionary;
            try
            {
                propertyValueDictionary = client.GetPropertyValueDictionary("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Random");
            }
            catch (OpcException opcException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            // Display some of the obtained property values
            // The production code should also check for the .Exception first, before getting .Value
            Console.WriteLine("propertyValueDictionary[DAPropertyId.AccessRights].Value: {0}",
                propertyValueDictionary[DAPropertyIds.AccessRights].Value);
            Console.WriteLine("propertyValueDictionary[DAPropertyId.DataType].Value: {0}",
                propertyValueDictionary[DAPropertyIds.DataType].Value);
            Console.WriteLine("propertyValueDictionary[DAPropertyId.Timestamp].Value: {0}",
                propertyValueDictionary[DAPropertyIds.Timestamp].Value);
        }
    }
}

# This example shows how to obtain a dictionary of OPC property values for an OPC item, and extract property values.

# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc

# Import .NET namespaces.
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.Extensions import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel import *


# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyDAClient()

# Get dictionary of property values, for all well-known properties.
try:
    propertyValueDictionary = IEasyDAClientExtension2.GetPropertyValueDictionary(client,
        '', 'OPCLabs.KitServer.2', 'Simulation.Random')
except OpcException as opcException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

# Display some of the obtained property values.
# The production code should also check for the .Exception first, before getting .Value
print('propertyValueDictionary[DAPropertyId.AccessRights].Value: ',
    propertyValueDictionary.get_Item(DAPropertyId(DAPropertyIds.AccessRights)).Value, sep='')
print('propertyValueDictionary[DAPropertyId.DataType].Value: ',
    propertyValueDictionary.get_Item(DAPropertyId(DAPropertyIds.DataType)).Value, sep='')
print('propertyValueDictionary[DAPropertyId.Timestamp].Value: ',
    propertyValueDictionary.get_Item(DAPropertyId(DAPropertyIds.Timestamp)).Value, sep='')

print('Finished.')

' This example shows how to obtain a dictionary of OPC property values for an OPC item, and extract property values.

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.Extensions
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel

Namespace DataAccess._EasyDAClientExtension
    Friend Class GetPropertyValueDictionary
        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            Dim client = New EasyDAClient()

            ' Get dictionary of property values, for all well-known properties
            Dim propertyValueDictionary As DAPropertyValueDictionary
            Try
                propertyValueDictionary = client.GetPropertyValueDictionary("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Random")
            Catch opcException As OpcException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            ' Display some of the obtained property values
            ' The production code should also check for the .Exception first, before getting .Value
            Console.WriteLine("propertyValueDictionary[DAPropertyId.AccessRights].Value: {0}", propertyValueDictionary(DAPropertyIds.AccessRights).Value)
            Console.WriteLine("propertyValueDictionary[DAPropertyId.DataType].Value: {0}", propertyValueDictionary(DAPropertyIds.DataType).Value)
            Console.WriteLine("propertyValueDictionary[DAPropertyId.Timestamp].Value: {0}", propertyValueDictionary(DAPropertyIds.Timestamp).Value)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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