'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
<NotNullAttribute()>
Public Overloads Shared Function ReadItemValue(Of TValue)( _
   ByVal client As IEasyDAClient, _
   ByVal machineName As String, _
   ByVal serverClass As String, _
   ByVal itemId As String, _
   ByVal valueAge As Integer _
) As TValue

'Usage
 
Dim client As IEasyDAClient
Dim machineName As String
Dim serverClass As String
Dim itemId As String
Dim valueAge As Integer
Dim value As TValue
 
value = IEasyDAClientExtension2.ReadItemValue(Of TValue)(client, machineName, serverClass, itemId, valueAge)

[Extension()]
[NotNull()]
public static TValue ReadItemValue<TValue>( 
   IEasyDAClient client,
   string machineName,
   string serverClass,
   string itemId,
   int valueAge
)

[Extension()]
[NotNull()]
public:
static TValue^ ReadItemValuegeneric<typename TValue>
( 
   IEasyDAClient^ client,
   String^ machineName,
   String^ serverClass,
   String^ itemId,
   int valueAge
) 

Parameters

client

The client object that will perform the operation.

machineName

Name of the machine. Determines the computer on which the OPC server is located. May be an empty string, in which case the OPC server is assumed to exist on the local computer or at the computer specified for it by DCOM configuration.

serverClass

Contains ProgID of the OPC server to read from.

itemId

Contains OPC item identifier.

valueAge

The age of value you would like to obtain (in milliseconds).

Type Parameters

TValue

The type of item value.

Return Value

The server can be local or can be remotely accessed via DCOM. Optionally, an access path can be specified or a specific data type can be requested.

Use this method if you are only interested in the actual typed value of the OPC item. Use ReadItem method if you also need the quality or timestamp. The ReadItemValue method makes it very easy to obtain the actual typed data value with just one function call.

The ReadItemValue method waits until the quality becomes "good", or the timeout elapses.

The data source (a device, OPC server's cache, or a value from OPC client component memory cache) is dynamically determined based on the argument.

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows