'DeclarationProperty MaximumAge As Double
'UsageDim instance As _UAReadParameters Dim value As Double instance.MaximumAge = value value = instance.MaximumAge
double MaximumAge {get; set;}
This property corresponds to the maxAge parameter in the OPC UA Read Service request.
"Maximum age of the value to be read in milliseconds. The age of the value is based on the difference between the ServerTimestamp and the time when the Server starts processing the request. For example if the Client specifies a maxAge of 500 milliseconds and it takes 100 milliseconds until the Server starts processing the request, the age of the returned value could be 600 milliseconds prior to the time it was requested.
If the Server has one or more values of an Attribute that are within the maximum age, it can return any one of the values or it can read a new value from the data source.The number of values of an Attribute that a Server has depends on the number of MonitoredItems that are defined for the Attribute.In any case, the Client can make no assumption about which copy of the data will be returned.
If the Server does not have a value that is within the maximum age, it shall attempt to read a new value from the data source.
If the Server cannot meet the requested maxAge, it returns its “best effort” value rather than rejecting the request.This may occur when the time it takes the Server to process and return the new data value after it has been accessed is greater than the specified maximum age.
If maxAge is set to 0, the Server shall attempt to read a new value from the data source.
If maxAge is set to the max Int32 value or greater, the Server shall attempt to get a cached value.
Negative values are invalid for maxAge."
As opposed to the OPC UA Read Service, you cannot use values greater than System.Int32.MaxValue. Reading from the cache is specified by using System.Int32.MaxValue precisely (OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAReadParameters.CacheMaximumAge constant).
Rem This example shows how to read 3 values (without status or timestamps) at once, from the device (data source). Option Explicit ' Instantiate the client object Dim Client: Set Client = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAClient") Dim ReadArguments1: Set ReadArguments1 = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.UAReadArguments") ReadArguments1.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString = "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer" ReadArguments1.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText = "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845" ReadArguments1.ReadParameters.MaximumAge = 0.0 Dim ReadArguments2: Set ReadArguments2 = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.UAReadArguments") ReadArguments2.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString = "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer" ReadArguments2.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText = "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853" ReadArguments2.ReadParameters.MaximumAge = 0.0 Dim ReadArguments3: Set ReadArguments3 = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.UAReadArguments") ReadArguments3.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString = "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer" ReadArguments3.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText = "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855" ReadArguments3.ReadParameters.MaximumAge = 0.0 Dim arguments(2) Set arguments(0) = ReadArguments1 Set arguments(1) = ReadArguments2 Set arguments(2) = ReadArguments3 ' Obtain values. By default, the Value attributes of the nodes will be read. Dim results: results = Client.ReadMultipleValues(arguments) ' Display results Dim i: For i = LBound(results) To UBound(results) Dim ValueResult: Set ValueResult = results(i) If ValueResult.Succeeded Then WScript.Echo "Value: " & ValueResult.Value Else WScript.Echo "*** Failure: " & ValueResult.ErrorMessageBrief End If Next ' Example output: ' 'Value: 8 'Value: -8.06803E+21 'Value: Strawberry Pig Banana Snake Mango Purple Grape Monkey Purple? Blueberry Lemon^