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General

OPC UA Data Change Filter is used when you are only interested in certain kinds of changes in the monitored item, or need to reduce the amount of incoming notifications by specifying a deadband. The Data Change Filter defines the conditions under which a data change notification should be reported and, optionally, a range or band for value changes where no data change notification is generated.

The data change filter, in its entirety, is represented by the UADataChangeFilter Class, and is located in the DataChangeFilter Property of the UAMonitoringParameters Class. There are also useful overloads of various IEasyUAClient Interface extension methods, and implicit conversions, that allow you to shorten the code, if you do not want to create an instance of the data change filter class explicitly.

Data change trigger

One of typical use cases for the data change filter is when the client application is only interested in receiving new data when the status code or the value has changed, but not when new data has been collected with the same value (and the new data only differ in the timestamp or timestamps). In such case, a data change filter with the trigger set to UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue is used.

Following examples show this, for a single node and for multiple nodes.

.NET

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a monitored item with data change filter.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._EasyUAClient
{
    partial class SubscribeDataChange
    {
        public static void Filter()
        {
            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_Filter;

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
            // Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change. 
            // The UADataChangeTrigger has an implicit conversion to UADataChangeFilter and can thus be used in its place.
            client.SubscribeDataChange(endpointDescriptor, "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853", 1000, 
                dataChangeFilter:UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue);

            Console.WriteLine("Processing data change events for 20 seconds...");
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(20 * 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_Filter(object sender, EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs e)
        {
            // Display value.
            if (e.Succeeded)
                Console.WriteLine($"Value: {e.AttributeData.Value}");
            else
                Console.WriteLine($"*** Failure: {e.ErrorMessageBrief}");
        }
    }
}

# This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a monitored item with data change filter.

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

# 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 $client -EventName DataChangeNotification -Action { 
    # Display value.
    if ($EventArgs.Succeeded) {
        Write-Host "Value: $($EventArgs.AttributeData.Value)"
    }
    else {
        Write-Host "*** Failure: $($EventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief)"
    }
}

Write-Host "Subscribing..."
# Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change. 
# The UADataChangeTrigger has an implicit conversion to UADataChangeFilter and can thus be used in its place.
[IEasyUAClientExtension]::SubscribeDataChange($client, $endpointDescriptor, "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853", 1000,
    [UADataChangeTrigger]::StatusValue)

Write-Host "Processing data change events for 20 seconds..."
$stopwatch =  [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew() 
while ($stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds -lt 20) {    
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
}

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

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

Write-Host "Finished."

# This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a monitored item with data change filter.

# 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):
    # Display value.
    if e.Succeeded:
        print('Value: ', e.AttributeData.Value, sep='')
    else:
        print('*** Failure: ', e.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')


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...')
# Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change.
# The UADataChangeTrigger has an implicit conversion to UADataChangeFilter.
IEasyUAClientExtension.SubscribeDataChange(client,
    endpointDescriptor,
    UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853'),
    1000,
    UADataChangeFilter(UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue))

print('Processing data change events for 20 seconds...')
time.sleep(20)

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

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

print('Finished.')

' This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a monitored item with data change filter.

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

Namespace _EasyUAClient
    Partial Friend Class SubscribeDataChange
        Public Shared Sub Filter()

            ' 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_Filter

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...")
            ' Report a notification if either the StatusCode Or the value change. 
            ' The UADataChangeTrigger has an implicit conversion to UADataChangeFilter And can thus be used in its place.
            client.SubscribeDataChange(endpointDescriptor, "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853", 1000, UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue)

            Console.WriteLine("Processing data change events for 20 seconds...")
            Threading.Thread.Sleep(20 * 1000)

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

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

        Private Shared Sub client_DataChangeNotification_Filter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs)
            ' Display value
            If e.Succeeded Then
                Console.WriteLine("Value: {0}", e.AttributeData.Value)
            Else
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", e.ErrorMessageBrief)
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

COM

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a monitored item
// with data change filter.

type
  TClientEventHandlers120 = class
    procedure Client_DataChangeNotification(
      ASender: TObject;
      sender: OleVariant;
      const eventArgs: _EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs);
  end;

procedure TClientEventHandlers120.Client_DataChangeNotification(
  ASender: TObject;
  sender: OleVariant;
  const eventArgs: _EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs);
begin
  // Display the data
  if eventArgs.Succeeded then
  begin
      WriteLn(eventArgs.AttributeData.ToString);
  end
  else
      WriteLn(' *** Failure: ', eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief);
end;

class procedure SubscribeDataChange.Filter;
const
  UADataChangeFilter_StatusValue = 1;
var
  Arguments: OleVariant;
  Client: TEasyUAClient;
  ClientEventHandlers: TClientEventHandlers120;
  DataChangeFilter: _UADataChangeFilter;
  EndpointDescriptor: string;
  MonitoringItemArguments1: _EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments;
  MonitoringParameters:  _UAMonitoringParameters;
begin
  EndpointDescriptor := 
    //'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';

  // Instantiate the client object and hook events
  Client := TEasyUAClient.Create(nil);
  ClientEventHandlers := TClientEventHandlers120.Create;
  Client.OnDataChangeNotification := ClientEventHandlers.Client_DataChangeNotification;

  // Prepare the arguments.
  // Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change.
  DataChangeFilter := CoUADataChangeFilter.Create;
  DataChangeFilter.Trigger := UADataChangeFilter_StatusValue;
  MonitoringParameters := CoUAMonitoringParameters.Create;
  MonitoringParameters.DataChangeFilter := DataChangeFilter;
  MonitoringParameters.SamplingInterval := 100;
  MonitoringItemArguments1 := CoEasyUAMonitoredItemArguments.Create;
  MonitoringItemArguments1.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString := EndpointDescriptor;
  MonitoringItemArguments1.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText := 'nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853';
  MonitoringItemArguments1.MonitoringParameters := MonitoringParameters;

  Arguments := VarArrayCreate([0, 0], varVariant);
  Arguments[0] := MonitoringItemArguments1;

  WriteLn('Subscribing...');
  Client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(arguments);

  WriteLn('Processing monitored item changed events for 20 seconds...');
  PumpSleep(20*1000);

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

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

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

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a monitored item
// with data change filter.

class ClientEvents {
    function DataChangeNotification($Sender, $E)
    {
        // Display the data
        if ($E->Succeeded)
            printf("%s\n", $E->AttributeData);
        else
            printf(" *** Failure: %s\n", $E->ErrorMessageBrief);
    }
}

const UADataChangeFilter_StatusValue = 1;

$EndpointDescriptor = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAEndpointDescriptor");
$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";


// Instantiate the client object and hook events
$Client = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAClient");
$ClientEvents = new ClientEvents();
com_event_sink($Client, $ClientEvents, "DEasyUAClientEvents");

// Prepare the arguments.
// Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change.
$DataChangeFilter = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UADataChangeFilter");
$DataChangeFilter->Trigger = UADataChangeFilter_StatusValue;
$MonitoringParameters = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAMonitoringParameters");
$MonitoringParameters->DataChangeFilter = $DataChangeFilter;
$MonitoringParameters->SamplingInterval = 100;
$MonitoredItemArguments1 = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments");
$MonitoredItemArguments1->EndpointDescriptor->UrlString = $EndpointDescriptor;
$MonitoredItemArguments1->NodeDescriptor->NodeId->ExpandedText = "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853";
$MonitoredItemArguments1->MonitoringParameters = $MonitoringParameters;
$arguments[0] = $MonitoredItemArguments1;

printf("Subscribing...\n");
$Client->SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems($arguments);

printf("Processing monitored item changed events for 20 seconds...\n");
$startTime = time(); do { com_message_pump(1000); } while (time() < $startTime + 20);

printf("Unsubscribing...\n");
$Client->UnsubscribeAllMonitoredItems;

printf("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 monitored item with data change filter.

' The client object, with events
'Public WithEvents Client3 As EasyUAClient

Public Sub SubscribeDataChange_Filter_Command_Click()
    OutputText = ""

    Dim endpointDescriptor As String
    'endpointDescriptor = "http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer"
    'endpointDescriptor = "https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"
    endpointDescriptor = "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"

    ' Instantiate the client object and hook events
    Set Client3 = New EasyUAClient
    
    ' Prepare the arguments.
    ' Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change.
    Dim DataChangeFilter As New UADataChangeFilter
    DataChangeFilter.Trigger = UADataChangeTrigger_StatusValue
    
    Dim MonitoringParameters As New UAMonitoringParameters
    Set MonitoringParameters.DataChangeFilter = DataChangeFilter
    MonitoringParameters.SamplingInterval = 1000
    
    Dim MonitoredItemArguments1 As New EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments
    MonitoredItemArguments1.endpointDescriptor.UrlString = endpointDescriptor
    MonitoredItemArguments1.nodeDescriptor.NodeId.expandedText = "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853"
    Set MonitoredItemArguments1.MonitoringParameters = MonitoringParameters

    Dim arguments(0) As Variant
    Set arguments(0) = MonitoredItemArguments1

    OutputText = OutputText & "Subscribing..." & vbCrLf
    Call Client3.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(arguments)

    OutputText = OutputText & "Processing monitored item changed events for 20 seconds..." & vbCrLf
    Pause 20000

    OutputText = OutputText & "Unsubscribing..." & vbCrLf
    Client3.UnsubscribeAllMonitoredItems

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

    Set Client3 = Nothing
End Sub

Public Sub Client3_DataChangeNotification(ByVal sender As Variant, ByVal eventArgs As EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs)
    ' Display the data
    If eventArgs.Exception Is Nothing Then
        OutputText = OutputText & eventArgs.AttributeData & vbCrLf
    Else
        OutputText = OutputText & eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief & vbCrLf
    End If
End Sub

Rem This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a monitored item with data change filter.

Option Explicit

Const UADataChangeTrigger_StatusValue = 1

Dim endpointDescriptor: endpointDescriptor = _
    "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"
    '"http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer"  
    '"https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"

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

' Prepare the arguments.
' Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change. 
Dim DataChangeFilter: Set DataChangeFilter = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UADataChangeFilter")
DataChangeFilter.Trigger = UADataChangeTrigger_StatusValue
'
Dim MonitoringParameters: Set MonitoringParameters = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAMonitoringParameters")
Set MonitoringParameters.DataChangeFilter = DataChangeFilter
MonitoringParameters.SamplingInterval = 1000
'
Dim MonitoredItemArguments1: Set MonitoredItemArguments1 = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments")
MonitoredItemArguments1.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString = endpointDescriptor
MonitoredItemArguments1.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText = "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853"
MonitoredItemArguments1.MonitoringParameters = MonitoringParameters
'
Dim arguments(0)
Set arguments(0) = MonitoredItemArguments1

WScript.Echo "Subscribing..."
Client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems arguments

WScript.Echo "Processing monitored item changed events for 20 seconds..."
WScript.Sleep 20*1000

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

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



Sub Client_DataChangeNotification(Sender, e)
    ' Display value
    Dim display: If e.Exception Is Nothing Then display = e.AttributeData Else display = "*** Failure: " & e.ErrorMessageBrief
    WScript.Echo display
End Sub

.NET

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items and use a data change filter.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._EasyUAClient
{
    partial class SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems
    {
        public static void Filter()
        {
            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_Filter;

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
            // Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change. 
            // The UADataChangeTrigger has an implicit conversion to UADataChangeFilter and can thus be used in its place.
            client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(new[]
                {
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor, 
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845", 
                        new UAMonitoringParameters(1000, UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue)),
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor, 
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853", 
                        new UAMonitoringParameters(1000, UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue)),
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor, 
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855", 
                        new UAMonitoringParameters(1000, UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue))
                });

            Console.WriteLine("Processing monitored item changed events for 10 seconds...");
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(10 * 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_Filter(object sender, EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs e)
        {
            // Display value.
            if (e.Succeeded)
                Console.WriteLine($"{e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor}: {e.AttributeData.Value}");
            else
                Console.WriteLine($"{e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor} *** Failure: {e.ErrorMessageBrief}");
        }
    }
}

# This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items and use a data change filter.

#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 $client -EventName DataChangeNotification -Action { 
    # Display value.
    if ($EventArgs.Succeeded) {
        Write-Host "$($EventArgs.Arguments.NodeDescriptor): $($EventArgs.AttributeData.Value)"
    }
    else {
        Write-Host "$($EventArgs.Arguments.NodeDescriptor) *** Failure: $($EventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief)"
    }
}

Write-Host "Subscribing..."
# Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change. 
# The UADataChangeTrigger has an implicit conversion to UADataChangeFilter and can thus be used in its place.
$handleArray = $client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(@(
    (New-Object UAMonitoredItemArguments(
        (New-Object UAAttributeArguments($endpointDescriptor, [UANodeDescriptor]"nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845")), 
        (New-Object UAMonitoringParameters(1000, [UADataChangeTrigger]::StatusValue)))),
    (New-Object UAMonitoredItemArguments(
        (New-Object UAAttributeArguments($endpointDescriptor, [UANodeDescriptor]"nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853")), 
        (New-Object UAMonitoringParameters(1000, [UADataChangeTrigger]::StatusValue)))),
    (New-Object UAMonitoredItemArguments(
        (New-Object UAAttributeArguments($endpointDescriptor, [UANodeDescriptor]"nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855")),
        (New-Object UAMonitoringParameters(1000, [UADataChangeTrigger]::StatusValue))))
    ))

Write-Host
Write-Host "Processing monitored item changed events for 10 seconds..."
$stopwatch =  [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew() 
while ($stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds -lt 10) {    
    Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
}

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

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

Write-Host "Finished."

# This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items and use a data change filter.

# 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):
    # Display value.
    if e.Succeeded:
        print(e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, ': ', e.AttributeData.Value, sep='')
    else:
        print(e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, ' *** Failure: ', e.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')


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...')
# Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change.
# The UADataChangeTrigger has an implicit conversion to UADataChangeFilter.
client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems([
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        endpointDescriptor,
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(1000, UADataChangeFilter(UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue))),
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        endpointDescriptor,
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(1000, UADataChangeFilter(UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue))),
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        endpointDescriptor,
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(1000, UADataChangeFilter(UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue))),
    ])

print('Processing data change events for 10 seconds...')
time.sleep(10)

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

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

print('Finished.')

' This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items and use a data change filter.

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

Namespace _EasyUAClient
    Partial Friend Class SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems
        Public Shared Sub Filter()

            ' 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_Filter

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...")
            ' Report a notification if either the StatusCode Or the value change. 
            ' The UADataChangeTrigger has an implicit conversion to UADataChangeFilter And can thus be used in its place.
            client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(New EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments() _
                {
                    New EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(Nothing, endpointDescriptor, "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845", New UAMonitoringParameters(1000, UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue)),
                    New EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(Nothing, endpointDescriptor, "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853", New UAMonitoringParameters(1000, UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue)),
                    New EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(Nothing, endpointDescriptor, "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855", New UAMonitoringParameters(1000, UADataChangeTrigger.StatusValue))
                }
             )

            Console.WriteLine("Processing monitored item changed events for 10 seconds...")
            Threading.Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000)

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

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

        Private Shared Sub client_DataChangeNotification_Filter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs)
            ' Display value
            If e.Succeeded Then
                Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, e.AttributeData.Value)
            Else
                Console.WriteLine("{0} *** Failure: {1}", e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, e.ErrorMessageBrief)
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

COM

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items
// and use a data change filter.

type
  TClientEventHandlers122 = class
    procedure OnDataChangeNotification(
      ASender: TObject;
      sender: OleVariant;
      const eventArgs: _EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs);
  end;

procedure TClientEventHandlers122.OnDataChangeNotification(
  ASender: TObject;
  sender: OleVariant;
  const eventArgs: _EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs);
begin
  // Display the data
  if eventArgs.Succeeded then
      WriteLn(eventArgs.Arguments.NodeDescriptor.ToString, ': ',
      eventArgs.AttributeData.ToString)
  else
      WriteLn(eventArgs.Arguments.NodeDescriptor.ToString, ' *** Failure: ',
      eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief);
end;

class procedure SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems.Filter;
const
  UADataChangeFilter_StatusValue = 1;
var
  Arguments: OleVariant;
  Client: TEasyUAClient;
  ClientEventHandlers: TClientEventHandlers122;
  DataChangeFilter: _UADataChangeFilter;
  HandleArray: OleVariant;
  MonitoredItemArguments1, MonitoredItemArguments2, MonitoredItemArguments3:
    _EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments;
  MonitoringParameters: _UAMonitoringParameters;
begin
  // Instantiate the client object and hook events
  Client := TEasyUAClient.Create(nil);
  ClientEventHandlers := TClientEventHandlers122.Create;
  Client.OnDataChangeNotification := ClientEventHandlers.OnDataChangeNotification;

  // Prepare the arguments.
  // Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change.
  DataChangeFilter := CoUADataChangeFilter.Create;
  DataChangeFilter.Trigger := UADataChangeFilter_StatusValue;

  MonitoringParameters := CoUAMonitoringParameters.Create;
  MonitoringParameters.DataChangeFilter := DataChangeFilter;
  MonitoringParameters.SamplingInterval := 1000;
  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';
  MonitoredItemArguments1.MonitoringParameters := MonitoringParameters;
  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';
  MonitoredItemArguments2.MonitoringParameters := MonitoringParameters;
  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';
  MonitoredItemArguments3.MonitoringParameters := MonitoringParameters;
  Arguments := VarArrayCreate([0, 2], varVariant);
  Arguments[0] := MonitoredItemArguments1;
  Arguments[1] := MonitoredItemArguments2;
  Arguments[2] := MonitoredItemArguments3;

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

  WriteLn('Processing monitored item changed events for 10 seconds...');
  PumpSleep(10*1000);

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

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

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

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items
// and use a data change filter.

class ClientEvents {
    function DataChangeNotification($Sender, $E)
    {
        // Display the data
        if ($E->Succeeded)
            printf("s: s\n", $E->Arguments->NodeDescriptor, $E->AttributeData);
        else
            printf("s *** Failures\n", $E->Arguments->NodeDescriptor, $E->ErrorMessageBrief);
    }
}

const UADataChangeFilter_StatusValue = 1;

// Instantiate the client object and hook events
$Client = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAClient");
$ClientEvents = new ClientEvents();
com_event_sink($Client, $ClientEvents, "DEasyUAClientEvents");

// Prepare the arguments.
// Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change.
$DataChangeFilter = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UADataChangeFilter");
$DataChangeFilter->Trigger = UADataChangeFilter_StatusValue;
$MonitoringParameters = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAMonitoringParameters");
$MonitoringParameters->DataChangeFilter = $DataChangeFilter;
$MonitoringParameters->SamplingInterval = 1000;
$MonitoredItemArguments1 = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments");
$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";
$MonitoredItemArguments1->MonitoringParameters = $MonitoringParameters;
$MonitoredItemArguments2 = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments");
$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";
$MonitoredItemArguments2->MonitoringParameters = $MonitoringParameters;
$MonitoredItemArguments3 = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments");
$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";
$MonitoredItemArguments3->MonitoringParameters = $MonitoringParameters;
$arguments[0] = $MonitoredItemArguments1;
$arguments[1] = $MonitoredItemArguments2;
$arguments[2] = $MonitoredItemArguments3;

printf("Subscribing...\n");
$handleArray = $Client->SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems($arguments);

for ($i = 0; $i < count($handleArray); $i++)
{
    printf("handleArray[d]d\n", $i, $handleArray[$i]);
}

printf("Processing monitored item changed events for 10 seconds...\n");
$startTime = time(); do { com_message_pump(1000); } while (time() < $startTime + 10);

printf("Unsubscribing...\n");
$Client->UnsubscribeAllMonitoredItems;

printf("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 multiple monitored items
Rem and use a data change filter.

' The client object, with events
'Public WithEvents Client4 As EasyUAClient

Public Sub SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems_Filter_Command_Click()
    OutputText = ""

    ' Instantiate the client object and hook events
    Set Client4 = New EasyUAClient

    ' Prepare the arguments.
    ' Report a notification if either the StatusCode or the value change.
    Dim DataChangeFilter As New UADataChangeFilter
    DataChangeFilter.Trigger = UADataChangeTrigger_StatusValue
    '
    Dim MonitoringParameters As New UAMonitoringParameters
    Set MonitoringParameters.DataChangeFilter = DataChangeFilter
    MonitoringParameters.SamplingInterval = 1000
    
    Dim MonitoredItemArguments1 As New 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"
    Set MonitoredItemArguments1.MonitoringParameters = MonitoringParameters
    MonitoredItemArguments1.SetState ("Item1")
    
    Dim MonitoredItemArguments2 As New 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"
    Set MonitoredItemArguments2.MonitoringParameters = MonitoringParameters
    MonitoredItemArguments2.SetState ("Item2")
    
    Dim MonitoredItemArguments3 As New 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"
    Set MonitoredItemArguments3.MonitoringParameters = MonitoringParameters
    MonitoredItemArguments3.SetState ("Item3")
    
    Dim arguments(2) As Variant
    Set arguments(0) = MonitoredItemArguments1
    Set arguments(1) = MonitoredItemArguments2
    Set arguments(2) = MonitoredItemArguments3
    
    OutputText = OutputText & "Subscribing..." & vbCrLf
    Dim handleArray As Variant
    handleArray = Client4.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(arguments)

    Dim i As Long: For i = LBound(handleArray) To UBound(handleArray)
        OutputText = OutputText & "handleArray(" & i & "): " & handleArray(i) & vbCrLf
    Next

    OutputText = OutputText & "Processing monitored item changed events for 10 seconds..." & vbCrLf
    Pause 10000

    OutputText = OutputText & "Unsubscribing..." & vbCrLf
    Call Client4.UnsubscribeAllMonitoredItems

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

    Set Client4 = Nothing
    OutputText = OutputText & "Finished." & vbCrLf
End Sub

Public Sub Client4_DataChangeNotification(ByVal sender As Variant, ByVal eventArgs As EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs)
    ' Display the data
    If eventArgs.Exception Is Nothing Then
        OutputText = OutputText & "[" & eventArgs.arguments.State & "] " & eventArgs.arguments.nodeDescriptor & ": " & eventArgs.AttributeData & vbCrLf
    Else
        OutputText = OutputText & "[" & eventArgs.arguments.State & "] " & eventArgs.arguments.nodeDescriptor & ": " & eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief & vbCrLf
    End If
End Sub

Absolute deadband

When absolute deadband is specified in the data change filter, the data change notification is only generated (by the server) when the absolute value of the difference between the last cached value and the current value exceeds the specified absolute deadband value.

Following example shows how it can be done when subscribing to a single monitored item.

C#
Python (.NET)

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a monitored item with absolute deadband.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._EasyUAClient
{
    partial class SubscribeDataChange
    {
        public static void AbsoluteDeadband()
        {
            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_AbsoluteDeadband;

            const double absoluteDeadband = 50;
            Console.WriteLine($"Subscribing with absolute deadband {absoluteDeadband}...");
            // The UADataChangeFilter has an implicit conversion from Double, which creates a filter with the specified
            // absolute deadband.
            client.SubscribeDataChange(endpointDescriptor, 
                "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=11194",    // /Data.Dynamic.AnalogScalar.Int32Value
                samplingInterval:1000, 
                dataChangeFilter: absoluteDeadband);

            Console.WriteLine("Processing data change events for 20 seconds...");
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(20 * 1000);

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

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

        static void client_DataChangeNotification_AbsoluteDeadband(object sender, EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs e)
        {
            // Display value
            if (e.Succeeded)
                Console.WriteLine("Value: {0}", e.AttributeData.Value);
            else
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", e.ErrorMessageBrief);
        }
    }
}

# This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a monitored item with absolute deadband.

# 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):
    # Display value.
    if e.Succeeded:
        print('Value: ', e.AttributeData.Value, sep='')
    else:
        print('*** Failure: ', e.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')


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

ABSOLUTE_DEADBAND = 50
print('Subscribing with absolute deadband ', ABSOLUTE_DEADBAND, '...', sep='')
IEasyUAClientExtension.SubscribeDataChange(client,
    endpointDescriptor,
    UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=11194'),
    1000,   # samplingInterval
    UADataChangeFilter(ABSOLUTE_DEADBAND))

print('Processing data change events for 20 seconds...')
time.sleep(20)

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

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

print('Finished.')

Similarly, the following example specifies absolute deadbands when subscribing to multiple monitored items for data changes.

C#
Python (.NET)

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items with absolute deadband.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._EasyUAClient
{
    partial class SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems
    {
        public static void AbsoluteDeadband()
        {
            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_AbsoluteDeadband;

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing with different absolute deadbands...");
            // The UADataChangeFilter has an implicit conversion from Double, which creates a filter with the specified
            // absolute deadband.
            client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(new[]
                {
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor,
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=11194",    // /Data.Dynamic.AnalogScalar.Int32Value
                        new UAMonitoringParameters(samplingInterval:100, dataChangeFilter:50)),
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor,
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=11218",    // /Data.Dynamic.AnalogScalar.FloatValue
                        new UAMonitoringParameters(samplingInterval:100, dataChangeFilter:20))
                });

            Console.WriteLine("Processing monitored item changed events for 10 seconds...");
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000);

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

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

        static void client_DataChangeNotification_AbsoluteDeadband(object sender, EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs e)
        {
            // Display value
            if (e.Succeeded)
                Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, e.AttributeData.Value);
            else
                Console.WriteLine("{0} *** Failure: {1}", e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, e.ErrorMessageBrief);
        }
    }
}

# This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items with absolute deadband.

# 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):
    # Display value.
    if e.Succeeded:
        print(e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, ': ', e.AttributeData.Value, sep='')
    else:
        print(e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, ' *** Failure: ', e.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')


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 with different absolute deadbands...')
client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems([
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        endpointDescriptor,
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=11194'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(100, UADataChangeFilter(50))),   # samplingInterval, dataChangeFilter
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        endpointDescriptor,
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=11218'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(100, UADataChangeFilter(20))),   # samplingInterval, dataChangeFilter
    ])

print('Processing data change events for 10 seconds...')
time.sleep(10)

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

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

print('Finished.')

Percent deadband

When percent deadband is used, the actual value of the deadband is computed as a relative portion from the range of values typical for the node. This only works with AnalogItems with an EURange property.

Following example shows how precent deadband can be specified when subscribing to a single monitored item.

C#
Python (.NET)

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a monitored item with percent deadband.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._EasyUAClient
{
    partial class SubscribeDataChange
    {
        public static void PercentDeadband()
        {
            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_PercentDeadband;

            const double percentDeadband = 5.0;
            Console.WriteLine($"Subscribing with {percentDeadband}% deadband...");
            client.SubscribeDataChange(endpointDescriptor, 
                "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=11194",    // /Data.Dynamic.AnalogScalar.Int32Value
                samplingInterval:1000, 
                new UADataChangeFilter(UADeadbandType.Percent, percentDeadband));

            Console.WriteLine("Processing data change events for 20 seconds...");
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(20 * 1000);

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

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

        static void client_DataChangeNotification_PercentDeadband(object sender, EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs e)
        {
            // Display value
            if (e.Succeeded)
                Console.WriteLine("Value: {0}", e.AttributeData.Value);
            else
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", e.ErrorMessageBrief);
        }
    }
}

# This example shows how to subscribe to changes of a monitored item with percent deadband.

# 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):
    # Display value.
    if e.Succeeded:
        print('Value: ', e.AttributeData.Value, sep='')
    else:
        print('*** Failure: ', e.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')


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

PERCENT_DEADBAND = 5.0
print('Subscribing with ', PERCENT_DEADBAND, '% deadband...', sep='')
IEasyUAClientExtension.SubscribeDataChange(client,
    endpointDescriptor,
    UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=11194'),
    1000,   # samplingInterval
    UADataChangeFilter(UADeadbandType.Percent, PERCENT_DEADBAND))

print('Processing data change events for 20 seconds...')
time.sleep(20)

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

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

print('Finished.')

Similarly, the following example specifies absolute deadbands when subscribing to multiple monitored items for data changes.

C#
Python (.NET)

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items with percent deadband.

using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._EasyUAClient
{
    partial class SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems
    {
        public static void PercentDeadband()
        {
            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_PercentDeadband;

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing with different percent deadbands...");
            client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(new[]
                {
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor,
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=11194",    // /Data.Dynamic.AnalogScalar.Int32Value
                        new UAMonitoringParameters(
                            samplingInterval:100,
                            new UADataChangeFilter(UADeadbandType.Percent, 5.0))),
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor,
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=11218",    // /Data.Dynamic.AnalogScalar.FloatValue
                        new UAMonitoringParameters(
                            samplingInterval:100,
                            new UADataChangeFilter(UADeadbandType.Percent, 10.0)))
                });

            Console.WriteLine("Processing monitored item changed events for 10 seconds...");
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000);

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

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

        static void client_DataChangeNotification_PercentDeadband(object sender, EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs e)
        {
            // Display value
            if (e.Succeeded)
                Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, e.AttributeData.Value);
            else
                Console.WriteLine("{0} *** Failure: {1}", e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, e.ErrorMessageBrief);
        }
    }
}

# This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items with percent deadband.

# 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):
    # Display value.
    if e.Succeeded:
        print(e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, ': ', e.AttributeData.Value, sep='')
    else:
        print(e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, ' *** Failure: ', e.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')


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 with different percent deadbands...')
client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems([
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        endpointDescriptor,
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=11194'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(
            100,    # samplingInterval
            UADataChangeFilter(UADeadbandType.Percent, 5.0))),
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        endpointDescriptor,
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=11218'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(
            100,    # samplingInterval
            UADataChangeFilter(UADeadbandType.Percent, 10.0))),
    ])

print('Processing data change events for 10 seconds...')
time.sleep(10)

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

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

print('Finished.')

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