QuickOPC User's Guide and Reference
The Select clauses
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General

The Select clauses contain a collection of the attribute fields to return with each event in a notification. The Select clauses in OPC UA are similar to the SELECT clause in SQL queries, as they allow you to pick the fields ("columns") that will be contained in the event notifications.

In OPC UA, each event has an event type. OPC UA event types are represented (described) in the dedicated part of the OPC UA address space, and they all derive from BaseEventType. You can think of an event type as a kind of object declaration, with further sub-objects (properties). The "full" event, with all information that it has according to its event type, is not sent from the OPC UA server to the OPC UA client. Instead, parts of the event type ("fields") are selected using the Select clauses in the event filter, and the OPC UA client receives just the fields it has subscribed to.

The BaseEventType contains  fields that are common to all events, such as:

The event types derived from BaseEventType then may contain additional fields that have relevance for that type of an event. For example, the (event type) LimitAlarmType has properties like LowLimit and HighLimit. You can include them in the Select clauses to obtain more information related to limit alarms.

Interestingly, the very common limit alarm (event) types (as defined in the OPC UA specification, Part 9) do not carry the actual process value with them. If you need that information, and unless your OPC UA server defined a derived alarm type with the additional data, you need to use reads or subscriptions to obtain the process value. The InputNode property, available in AlarmConditionType, can help with determining the location of this data.

Coding

Each Select clause of the event filter is a UAAttributeField object, which contains an Operand property. You can optionally set its the State property to an object of your choice, and the same object will then be made available to you in the event notification containing the operand. An Operand is of the UASimpleAttributeOperand type, and specifies primarily a TypeId node in the server, and a QualifiedNames collection (of UAQualifiedNameCollection type), which is a so-called simple relative path (inside that type) that leads to the required node. A simple relative path can only contain forward, “any hierarchical” references.

Conversion methods, and conversion operators exist between the UAQualifiedNameCollection (for simple relative paths) and UABrowsePathElementCollection (for general relative paths). Conversion from UAQualifiedNameCollection to UABrowsePathElementCollection is always possible and has an implicit conversion operator, conversion from UABrowsePathElementCollection to UAQualifiedNameCollection is only possible for simple relative path, and has an explicit conversion operator instead.

In order to make the specification of the most commonly used Select clauses easier, it is possible to use pre-defined clauses provided in the static UABaseEventObject.Operands class (for example, UABaseEventObject. Operands.Message). The UABaseEventObject.AllFields property can be used to obtain Select clauses for all fields of the UA base event type at once.

Example

.NET

// This example shows how to select fields for event notifications.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using OpcLabs.BaseLib.OperationModel;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.Standard;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AlarmsAndConditions;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Filtering;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples.AlarmsAndConditions
{
    class SelectClauses
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            UAEndpointDescriptor endpointDescriptor =
                "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:62544/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer";

            // Instantiate the client object and hook events.
            var client = new EasyUAClient();
            client.EventNotification += client_EventNotification;

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
            client.SubscribeEvent(
                endpointDescriptor,
                UAObjectIds.Server,
                1000,
                new UAAttributeFieldCollection
                {
                    // Select specific fields using standard operand symbols.
                    UABaseEventObject.Operands.NodeId,
                    UABaseEventObject.Operands.SourceNode,
                    UABaseEventObject.Operands.SourceName,
                    UABaseEventObject.Operands.Time,

                    // Select specific fields using an event type ID and a simple relative path.
                    UAFilterElements.SimpleAttribute(UAObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType, "/Message"),
                    UAFilterElements.SimpleAttribute(UAObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType, "/Severity")
                });

            Console.WriteLine("Processing event notifications for 30 seconds...");
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(30 * 1000);

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

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

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }

        static void client_EventNotification(object sender, EasyUAEventNotificationEventArgs e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine();

            // Display the event.
            if (e.EventData is null)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e);
                return;
            }
            Console.WriteLine("All fields:");
            foreach (KeyValuePair<UAAttributeField, ValueResult> pair in e.EventData.FieldResults)
            {
                UAAttributeField attributeField = pair.Key;
                ValueResult valueResult = pair.Value;
                Console.WriteLine($"  {attributeField} -> {valueResult}");
            }

            // Extracting a specific field using a standard operand symbol.
            Console.WriteLine($"Source name: {e.EventData.FieldResults[UABaseEventObject.Operands.SourceName]}");

            // Extracting a specific field using an event type ID and a simple relative path.
            Console.WriteLine(
                $"Message: {e.EventData.FieldResults[UAFilterElements.SimpleAttribute(UAObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType, "/Message")]}");
        }
    }
}

# This example shows how to select fields for event notifications.

#requires -Version 5.1
using namespace OpcLabs.BaseLib.OperationModel
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.Standard
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AlarmsAndConditions
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Filtering

# 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"

# Define which server we will work with.
[UAEndpointDescriptor]$endpointDescriptor = "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:62544/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer"

# Instantiate the client object.
$client = New-Object EasyUAClient

# Event notification handler
Register-ObjectEvent -InputObject $client -EventName EventNotification -Action { 
    Write-Host 

    # Display the event.
    if ($EventArgs.EventData -eq $null) {
        Write-Host $EventArgs
        return
    }
    Write-Host "All fields:"
    foreach ($pair in $EventArgs.EventData.FieldResults.GetEnumerator()) {
        [UAAttributeField]$attributeField = $pair.Key
        [ValueResult]$valueResult = $pair.Value
        Write-Host "  $($attributeField) -> $($valueResult)"
    }

    # Extracting a specific field using a standard operand symbol.
    Write-Host "Source name: $($EventArgs.EventData.FieldResults[[UABaseEventObject+Operands]::SourceName])"

    # Extracting a specific field using an event type ID and a simple relative path.
    Write-Host `
        "Message: $($EventArgs.EventData.FieldResults[[UAFilterElements]::SimpleAttribute([UAObjectTypeIds]::BaseEventType, "/Message")])"
}

Write-Host "Subscribing..."

$attributeFieldCollection = New-Object UAAttributeFieldCollection

# Select specific fields using standard operand symbols.
$attributeFieldCollection.Add([UABaseEventObject+Operands]::NodeId)
$attributeFieldCollection.Add([UABaseEventObject+Operands]::SourceNode)
$attributeFieldCollection.Add([UABaseEventObject+Operands]::SourceName) 
$attributeFieldCollection.Add([UABaseEventObject+Operands]::Time)

# Select specific fields using an event type ID and a simple relative path.
$attributeFieldCollection.Add([UAFilterElements]::SimpleAttribute([UAObjectTypeIds]::BaseEventType, "/Message"))
$attributeFieldCollection.Add([UAFilterElements]::SimpleAttribute([UAObjectTypeIds]::BaseEventType, "/Severity"))

[IEasyUAClientExtension]::SubscribeEvent($client, 
    $endpointDescriptor, [UAObjectIds]::Server, 1000, [UAEventFilter]$attributeFieldCollection)

Write-Host "Processing event notifications for 30 seconds..."
$stopwatch =  [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew() 
while ($stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds -lt 30) {    
    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 select fields for event notifications.

# 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.AddressSpace.Standard import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AlarmsAndConditions import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Filtering import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel import *


def eventNotification(sender, eventArgs):
    print()

    # Display the event.
    if eventArgs.EventData is None:
        print(eventArgs)
        return
    print('All fields:')
    for pair in eventArgs.EventData.FieldResults:
        attributeField = pair.Key
        valueResult = pair.Value
        print('  ', attributeField, ' -> ', valueResult, sep='')

    # Extracting a specific field using a standard operand symbol.
    print('Source name: ',
          eventArgs.EventData.FieldResults.get_Item(UAAttributeField(UABaseEventObject.Operands.SourceName)),
          sep='')

    # Extracting a specific field using an event type ID and a simple relative path.
    print('Message: ',
          eventArgs.EventData.FieldResults.get_Item(UAAttributeField(
              UAFilterElements.SimpleAttribute(UANodeDescriptor(UAObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType), '/Message'))),
          sep='')


# Define which server we will work with.
endpointDescriptor = UAEndpointDescriptor('opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:62544/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer')

# Instantiate the client object and hook events.
client = EasyUAClient()
client.EventNotification += eventNotification

print('Subscribing...')
attributeFieldCollection = UAAttributeFieldCollection([
    # Select specific fields using standard operand symbols.
    UAAttributeField(UABaseEventObject.Operands.NodeId),
    UAAttributeField(UABaseEventObject.Operands.SourceNode),
    UAAttributeField(UABaseEventObject.Operands.SourceName),
    UAAttributeField(UABaseEventObject.Operands.Time),

    # Select specific fields using an event type ID and a simple relative path.
    UAAttributeField(UAFilterElements.SimpleAttribute(UANodeDescriptor(UAObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType), "/Message")),
    UAAttributeField(UAFilterElements.SimpleAttribute(UANodeDescriptor(UAObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType), "/Severity"))
    ])
IEasyUAClientExtension.SubscribeEvent(
    client,
    endpointDescriptor,
    UANodeDescriptor(UAObjectIds.Server),
    1000,
    UAEventFilter(attributeFieldCollection))

print('Processing event notifications for 30 seconds...')
time.sleep(30)

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

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

print('Finished.')

' This example shows how to select fields for event notifications.

Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.Standard
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AlarmsAndConditions
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Filtering
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel

Namespace AlarmsAndConditions
    Friend Class SelectClauses
        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            ' Instantiate the client object and hook events
            Dim client = New EasyUAClient()
            AddHandler client.EventNotification, AddressOf client_EventNotification

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...")
            ' Select specific fields using standard operand symbols
            ' Select specific fields using an event type ID and a simple relative path
            client.SubscribeEvent( _
                "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:62544/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer", _
                UAObjectIds.Server, _
                1000, _
                New UAAttributeFieldCollection() From
                {
                    UABaseEventObject.Operands.NodeId,
                    UABaseEventObject.Operands.SourceNode,
                    UABaseEventObject.Operands.SourceName,
                    UABaseEventObject.Operands.Time,
 _
                    UAFilterElements.SimpleAttribute(UAObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType, "/Message"),
                    UAFilterElements.SimpleAttribute(UAObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType, "/Severity")
                })

            Console.WriteLine("Processing event notifications for 30 seconds...")
            Threading.Thread.Sleep(30 * 1000)

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

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

        Private Shared Sub client_EventNotification(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EasyUAEventNotificationEventArgs)
            Console.WriteLine()

            ' Display the event
            If e.EventData Is Nothing Then
                Console.WriteLine(e)
                Exit Sub
            End If
            For Each pair In e.EventData.FieldResults
                Dim attributeField = pair.Key
                Dim valueResult = pair.Value
                Console.WriteLine("  {0} -> {1}", attributeField, valueResult)
            Next pair
            ' Extracting a specific field using a standard operand symbol
            Console.WriteLine("Source name: {0}", _
                e.EventData.FieldResults(UABaseEventObject.Operands.SourceName))
            ' Extracting a specific field using an event type ID and a simple relative path
            Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", _
                e.EventData.FieldResults(UAFilterElements.SimpleAttribute(UAObjectTypeIds.BaseEventType, "/Message")))
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

COM

// This example shows how to select fields for event notifications.

type
  THelperMethods17 = class
    class function ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType: _UANodeId; static;
    class function UABaseEventObject_Operands_NodeId: _UASimpleAttributeOperand;
    class function UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(TypeId: _UANodeId; simpleRelativeBrowsePathString: string): _UASimpleAttributeOperand; static;
    class function UABaseEventObject_Operands_SourceName: _UASimpleAttributeOperand; static;
    class function UABaseEventObject_Operands_Time: _UASimpleAttributeOperand; static;
    class function UABaseEventObject_Operands_SourceNode: _UASimpleAttributeOperand; static;
    class function UABaseEventObject_Operands_Message: _UASimpleAttributeOperand; static;
    class function UABaseEventObject_Operands_Severity: _UASimpleAttributeOperand; static;
  end;

type
  TClientEventHandlers17 = class
    procedure Client_EventNotification(
      ASender: TObject;
      sender: OleVariant;
      const eventArgs: _EasyUAEventNotificationEventArgs);
  end;

procedure TClientEventHandlers17.Client_EventNotification(
  ASender: TObject;
  sender: OleVariant;
  const eventArgs: _EasyUAEventNotificationEventArgs);
var
  AttributeField: OleVariant;
  Count: Cardinal;
  Element: OleVariant;
  EntryEnumerator: IEnumVARIANT;
  ValueResult: OleVariant;
begin
  WriteLn;

  // Display the event
  if eventArgs.EventData = nil then
  begin
    WriteLn(eventArgs.ToString);
    Exit;
  end;

  WriteLn('All fields:');

  EntryEnumerator := eventArgs.EventData.FieldResults.GetEnumerator;
  while (EntryEnumerator.Next(1, Element, Count) = S_OK) do
  begin
    AttributeField := IUnknown(Element.Key) as _UAAttributeField;
    ValueResult := IUnknown(Element.Value) as _ValueResult;
    WriteLn(' ', AttributeField.ToString, ' -> ', ValueResult.ToString);
  end;

  // Extracting specific fields using an event type ID and a simple relative path
  WriteLn('Source name: ', eventArgs.EventData.FieldResults.Item[THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_SourceName.ToUAAttributeField].ToString);
  WriteLn('Message: ', eventArgs.EventData.FieldResults.Item[THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_Message.ToUAAttributeField].ToString);
end;

class procedure SelectClauses.Main;
const
  UAObjectIds_Server = 'nsu=http://opcfoundation.org/UA/;i=2253';
var
  Arguments: OleVariant;
  Client: TEasyUAClient;
  ClientEventHandlers: TClientEventHandlers17;
  EndpointDescriptor: string;
  EventFilter: _UAEventFilter;
  MonitoredItemArguments: _EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments;
  MonitoringParameters: _UAMonitoringParameters;
  SelectClauses: UAAttributeFieldCollection;
begin
  EndpointDescriptor := 'opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:62544/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer';

  // Instantiate the client object and hook events
  Client := TEasyUAClient.Create(nil);
  ClientEventHandlers := TClientEventHandlers17.Create;
  Client.OnEventNotification := ClientEventHandlers.Client_EventNotification;

  WriteLn('Subscribing...');

  SelectClauses := CoUAAttributeFieldCollection.Create;
  // Select specific fields using an event type ID and a simple relative path
  SelectClauses.Add(THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_NodeId.ToUAAttributeField);
  SelectClauses.Add(THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_SourceNode.ToUAAttributeField);
  SelectClauses.Add(THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_SourceName.ToUAAttributeField);
  SelectClauses.Add(THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_Time.ToUAAttributeField);
  SelectClauses.Add(THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_Message.ToUAAttributeField);
  SelectClauses.Add(THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_Severity.ToUAAttributeField);

  EventFilter := CoUAEventFilter.Create;
  EventFilter.SelectClauses := SelectClauses;

  MonitoringParameters := CoUAMonitoringParameters.Create;
  MonitoringParameters.SamplingInterval := 1000;
  MonitoringParameters.EventFilter := EventFilter;
  MonitoringParameters.QueueSize := 1000;

  MonitoredItemArguments := CoEasyUAMonitoredItemArguments.Create;
  MonitoredItemArguments.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString := EndpointDescriptor;
  MonitoredItemArguments.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.StandardName := 'Server';
  MonitoredItemArguments.MonitoringParameters := MonitoringParameters;
  //MonitoredItemArguments.SubscriptionParameters.PublishingInterval := 0;
  MonitoredItemArguments.AttributeId := UAAttributeId_EventNotifier;

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

  Client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(Arguments);

  WriteLn('Processing event notifications for 30 seconds...');
  PumpSleep(30*1000);

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

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

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


class function THelperMethods17.ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType: _UANodeId;
  var NodeId: _UANodeId;
  begin
    NodeId := CoUANodeId.Create;
    NodeId.StandardName := 'BaseEventType';
    Result := NodeId;
  end;

class function THelperMethods17.UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(TypeId: _UANodeId; simpleRelativeBrowsePathString: string): _UASimpleAttributeOperand;
var
  BrowsePathParser: _UABrowsePathParser;
  Operand: _UASimpleAttributeOperand;
begin
  BrowsePathParser := CoUABrowsePathParser.Create;
  Operand := CoUASimpleAttributeOperand.Create;
  Operand.TypeId.NodeId := TypeId;
  Operand.QualifiedNames := BrowsePathParser.ParseRelative(simpleRelativeBrowsePathString).ToUAQualifiedNameCollection;
  Result := Operand;
end;

class function THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_NodeId: _UASimpleAttributeOperand;
var
  Operand: _UASimpleAttributeOperand;
begin
  Operand := CoUASimpleAttributeOperand.Create;
  Operand.TypeId.NodeId.StandardName := 'BaseEventType';
  Operand.AttributeId := UAAttributeId_NodeId;
  Result := Operand;
end;

class function THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_SourceNode: _UASimpleAttributeOperand;
begin
  Result := UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType, '/SourceNode');
end;

class function THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_SourceName: _UASimpleAttributeOperand;
begin
  Result := UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType, '/SourceName');
end;

class function THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_Time: _UASimpleAttributeOperand;
begin
  Result := UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType, '/Time');
end;

class function THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_Message: _UASimpleAttributeOperand;
begin
  Result := UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType, '/Message');
end;

class function THelperMethods17.UABaseEventObject_Operands_Severity: _UASimpleAttributeOperand;
begin
  Result := UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType, '/Severity');
end;

// This example shows how to select fields for event notifications.

const UAAttributeId_NodeId = 1;
const UAAttributeId_EventNotifier = 12;

class ClientEvents {
    function EventNotification($Sender, $E)
    {
        printf("\n");

        // Display the event
        if (is_null($E->EventData)) {
            printf("%s\n", $E);
            return;
        }

        printf("All fields:\n");

        foreach ($E->EventData->FieldResults as $Pair)
        {
            $AttributeField = $Pair->Key;
            $ValueResult = $Pair->Value;
            printf("  %s -> %s\n", $AttributeField, $ValueResult);
        }

        // Extracting specific fields using an event type ID and a simple relative path
        printf("Source name: %s\n", $E->EventData->FieldResults->Item(UABaseEventObject_Operands_SourceName()->ToUAAttributeField()));
        printf("Message: %s\n", $E->EventData->FieldResults->Item(UABaseEventObject_Operands_Message()->ToUAAttributeField()));
    }
}

const UAObjectIds_Server = "nsu=http://opcfoundation.org/UA/;i=2253";

$EndpointDescriptor = "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:62544/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer";

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

printf("Subscribing...\n");

$SelectClauses = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAAttributeFieldCollection");
// Select specific fields using an event type ID and a simple relative path
$SelectClauses->Add(UABaseEventObject_Operands_NodeId()->ToUAAttributeField());
$SelectClauses->Add(UABaseEventObject_Operands_SourceNode()->ToUAAttributeField());
$SelectClauses->Add(UABaseEventObject_Operands_SourceName()->ToUAAttributeField());
$SelectClauses->Add(UABaseEventObject_Operands_Time()->ToUAAttributeField());
$SelectClauses->Add(UABaseEventObject_Operands_Message()->ToUAAttributeField());
$SelectClauses->Add(UABaseEventObject_Operands_Severity()->ToUAAttributeField());

$EventFilter = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAEventFilter");
$EventFilter->SelectClauses = $SelectClauses;

$MonitoringParameters = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAMonitoringParameters");
$MonitoringParameters->EventFilter = $EventFilter;
$MonitoringParameters->QueueSize = 1000;
$MonitoringParameters->SamplingInterval = 1000;

$MonitoredItemArguments = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments");
$MonitoredItemArguments->EndpointDescriptor->UrlString = $EndpointDescriptor;
$MonitoredItemArguments->NodeDescriptor->NodeId->StandardName = "Server";
$MonitoredItemArguments->MonitoringParameters = $MonitoringParameters;
// $MonitoredItemArguments->SubscriptionParameters->PublishingInterval = 0;
$MonitoredItemArguments->AttributeId = UAAttributeId_EventNotifier;

$Arguments[0] = $MonitoredItemArguments;

$Client->SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems($Arguments);

printf("Processing event notifications for 30 seconds...\n");
$startTime = time(); do { com_message_pump(1000); } while (time() < $startTime + 30);

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

printf("Waiting for 5 seconds...\n");
$startTime = time(); do { com_message_pump(1000); } while (time() < $startTime + 5);


function ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType() {
    $NodeId = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UANodeId");
    $NodeId->StandardName = "BaseEventType";
    return $NodeId;
}

function UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute($TypeId, $simpleRelativeBrowsePathString) {
  $BrowsePathParser = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Navigation.Parsing.UABrowsePathParser");
  $Operand = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Filtering.UASimpleAttributeOperand");
  $Operand->TypeId->NodeId = $TypeId;
  $Operand->QualifiedNames = $BrowsePathParser->ParseRelative($simpleRelativeBrowsePathString)->ToUAQualifiedNameCollection;
  return $Operand;
}

function UABaseEventObject_Operands_NodeId() {
    $Operand = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Filtering.UASimpleAttributeOperand");
    $Operand->TypeId->NodeId->StandardName = "BaseEventType";
    $Operand->AttributeId = UAAttributeId_NodeId;
    return $Operand;
}

function UABaseEventObject_Operands_SourceNode() {
  return UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType(), "/SourceNode");
}

function UABaseEventObject_Operands_SourceName() {
  return UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType(), "/SourceName");
}

function UABaseEventObject_Operands_Time() {
  return UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType(), "/Time");
}

function UABaseEventObject_Operands_Message() {
  return UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType(), "/Message");
}

function UABaseEventObject_Operands_Severity() {
  return UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType(), "/Severity");
}


// Example output (truncated):
//Subscribing...
//Processing event notifications for 30 seconds...
//
//[] Success
//
//[] Success; Refresh; RefreshInitiated
//
//All fields:
//  NodeId="BaseEventType", NodeId -> Success; nsu=http://opcfoundation.org/Quickstarts/AlarmCondition ;ns=2;s=1:Colours/EastTank?OnlineState {OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UANodeId}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/EventId -> Success; [16] {95, 68, 22, 205, 114, ...} {System.Byte[]}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/EventType -> Success; DialogConditionType {OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UANodeId}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/SourceNode -> Success; nsu=http://opcfoundation.org/Quickstarts/AlarmCondition ;ns=2;s=1:Colours/EastTank {OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UANodeId}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/SourceName -> Success; EastTank {System.String}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/Time -> Success; 9/10/2019 8:08:23 PM {System.DateTime}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/ReceiveTime -> Success; 9/10/2019 8:08:23 PM {System.DateTime}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/LocalTime -> Success; 00:00, DST {OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UATimeZoneData}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/Message -> Success; The dialog was activated {System.String}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/Severity -> Success; 100 {System.Int32}
//Source name: Success; EastTank {System.String}
//Message: Success; The dialog was activated {System.String}
//
//All fields:
//  NodeId="BaseEventType", NodeId -> Success; nsu=http://opcfoundation.org/Quickstarts/AlarmCondition ;ns=2;s=1:Colours/EastTank?Red {OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UANodeId}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/EventId -> Success; [16] {124, 156, 219, 54, 120, ...} {System.Byte[]}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/EventType -> Success; ExclusiveDeviationAlarmType {OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UANodeId}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/SourceNode -> Success; nsu=http://opcfoundation.org/Quickstarts/AlarmCondition ;ns=2;s=1:Colours/EastTank {OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UANodeId}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/SourceName -> Success; EastTank {System.String}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/Time -> Success; 10/14/2019 4:00:13 PM {System.DateTime}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/ReceiveTime -> Success; 10/14/2019 4:00:13 PM {System.DateTime}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/LocalTime -> Success; 00:00, DST {OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UATimeZoneData}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/Message -> Success; The alarm was acknoweledged. {System.String}
//  NodeId="BaseEventType"/Severity -> Success; 500 {System.Int32}
//Source name: Success; EastTank {System.String}
//Message: Success; The alarm was acknoweledged. {System.String}
//
//...


// This example shows how to select fields for event notifications.

type
  TClientEventHandlers4 = class
    procedure OnEventNotification(
      Sender: TObject;
      sender0: OleVariant;
      eventArgs: _EasyUAEventNotificationEventArgs);
  end;

procedure TClientEventHandlers4.OnEventNotification(
  Sender: TObject;
  sender0: OleVariant;
  eventArgs: _EasyUAEventNotificationEventArgs);

  function ToUAAttributeField(Operand: UASimpleAttributeOperand): UAAttributeField;
  var
    AttributeField: UAAttributeField;
  begin
    AttributeField := CoUAAttributeField.Create;
    AttributeField.Operand := Operand;
    ToUAAttributeField := AttributeField;
  end;

  function UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(TypeId: UANodeId; SimpleRelativeBrowsePathString: string): UASimpleAttributeOperand;
  var
    Operand: UASimpleAttributeOperand;
    BrowsePathParser: UABrowsePathParser;
  begin
    BrowsePathParser := CoUABrowsePathParser.Create;
    Operand := CoUASimpleAttributeOperand.Create;
    Operand.TypeId.NodeId := TypeId;
    Operand.QualifiedNames := BrowsePathParser.ParseRelative(SimpleRelativeBrowsePathString).ToUAQualifiedNameCollection;
    UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute := Operand;
  end;

  function ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType: UANodeId;
  var
    NodeId: UANodeId;
  begin
    NodeId := CoUANodeId.Create;
    NodeId.StandardName := 'BaseEventType';
    ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType := NodeId;
  end;

var
  Count: Cardinal;
  Element: OleVariant;
  EntryEnumerator: IEnumVariant;
  Entry: DictionaryEntry2;
  AttributeField: UAAttributeField;
  AValueResult: ValueResult;
begin
  WriteLn;

  // Display the event
  if eventArgs.EventData = nil then
  begin
    WriteLn(eventArgs.ToString);
    Exit;
  end;
  WriteLn('All fields:');
  EntryEnumerator := eventArgs.EventData.FieldResults.GetEnumerator;
  while EntryEnumerator.Next(1, Element, Count) = S_OK do
  begin
    Entry := IUnknown(Element) as DictionaryEntry2;
    AttributeField := IUnknown(Entry.key) as UAAttributeField;
    AValueResult := IUnknown(Entry.Value) as ValueResult;
    WriteLn('  ', AttributeField.ToString, ' -> ', AValueResult.ToString);
  end;
  // Extracting a specific field using an event type ID and a simple relative path
  WriteLn('Source name: ',
    eventArgs.EventData.FieldResults[ToUAAttributeField(UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType, '/SourceName'))].ToString);
  WriteLn('Message: ',
    eventArgs.EventData.FieldResults[ToUAAttributeField(UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType, '/Message'))].ToString);
end;

class procedure SelectClauses.Main;

  function ToUAAttributeField(Operand: UASimpleAttributeOperand): UAAttributeField;
  var
    AttributeField: UAAttributeField;
  begin
    AttributeField := CoUAAttributeField.Create;
    AttributeField.Operand := Operand;
    ToUAAttributeField := AttributeField;
  end;

  function ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType: UANodeId;
  var
    NodeId: UANodeId;
  begin
    NodeId := CoUANodeId.Create;
    NodeId.StandardName := 'BaseEventType';
    ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType := NodeId;
  end;

  function UABaseEventObject_Operands_NodeId: UASimpleAttributeOperand;
  var
    Operand: UASimpleAttributeOperand;
  begin
    Operand := CoUASimpleAttributeOperand.Create;
    Operand.TypeId.NodeId.StandardName := 'BaseEventType';
    Operand.AttributeId := UAAttributeId_NodeId;
    UABaseEventObject_Operands_NodeId := Operand;
  end;

  function UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(TypeId: UANodeId; SimpleRelativeBrowsePathString: string): UASimpleAttributeOperand;
  var
    Operand: UASimpleAttributeOperand;
    BrowsePathParser: UABrowsePathParser;
  begin
    BrowsePathParser := CoUABrowsePathParser.Create;
    Operand := CoUASimpleAttributeOperand.Create;
    Operand.TypeId.NodeId := TypeId;
    Operand.QualifiedNames := BrowsePathParser.ParseRelative(SimpleRelativeBrowsePathString).ToUAQualifiedNameCollection;
    UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute := Operand;
  end;

var
  Arguments: OleVariant;
  EvsClient: TEvsEasyUAClient;
  Client: EasyUAClient;
  ClientEventHandlers: TClientEventHandlers4;
  Handle: Cardinal;
  HandleArray: OleVariant;
  MonitoredItemArguments: EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments;
  MonitoringParameters: UAMonitoringParameters;
  EventFilter: UAEventFilter;
  SelectClauses: UAAttributeFieldCollection;
begin
  // Instantiate the client object and hook events
  EvsClient := TEvsEasyUAClient.Create(nil);
  Client := EvsClient.ComServer;
  ClientEventHandlers := TClientEventHandlers4.Create;
  EvsClient.OnEventNotification := @ClientEventHandlers.OnEventNotification;

  WriteLn('Subscribing...');

  SelectClauses := CoUAAttributeFieldCollection.Create;
  // Select specific fields using an event type ID and a simple relative path
  SelectClauses.Add(ToUAAttributeField(UABaseEventObject_Operands_NodeId));
  SelectClauses.Add(ToUAAttributeField(UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType, '/SourceNode')));
  SelectClauses.Add(ToUAAttributeField(UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType, '/SourceName')));
  SelectClauses.Add(ToUAAttributeField(UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType, '/Time')));
  SelectClauses.Add(ToUAAttributeField(UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType, '/Message')));
  SelectClauses.Add(ToUAAttributeField(UAFilterElements_SimpleAttribute(ObjectTypeIds_BaseEventType, '/Severity')));

  EventFilter := CoUAEventFilter.Create;
  EventFilter.SelectClauses := SelectClauses;

  MonitoringParameters := CoUAMonitoringParameters.Create;
  MonitoringParameters.SamplingInterval := 1000;
  MonitoringParameters.EventFilter := EventFilter;
  MonitoringParameters.QueueSize := 1000;

  MonitoredItemArguments := CoEasyUAMonitoredItemArguments.Create;
  MonitoredItemArguments.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString := 'opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:62544/Quickstarts/AlarmConditionServer';
  MonitoredItemArguments.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.StandardName := 'Server';
  MonitoredItemArguments.MonitoringParameters := MonitoringParameters;
  //MonitoredItemArguments.SubscriptionParameters.PublishingInterval := 0;
  MonitoredItemArguments.AttributeId := UAAttributeId_EventNotifier;

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

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

  WriteLn('Processing event notifications for 30 seconds...');
  PumpSleep(30*1000);

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

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

  WriteLn('Finished...');
end;

 

 

See Also
The Where clause
Specifying Event Filters (OPC UA Alarms & Conditions)
Subscribing to Information (OPC UA Alarms & Conditions)
Imperative Programming Model for OPC UA Alarms & Conditions
Imperative Programming Model

 

 

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