QuickOPC User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC DA Layered Extensions - Wait for item value
// This example shows how to wait on an item until a value with "good" quality becomes available.

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

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

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting until an item value with \"good\" quality becomes available...");
            object value;
            try
            {
                value = client.WaitForItemValue("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Demo.Unreliable", 
                    groupParameters: 100,   // this is the requested update rate
                    millisecondsTimeout: 60*1000);
            }
            catch (OpcException opcException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            // Display the obtained item value.
            Console.WriteLine($"value: {value}");
        }
    }
}
# This example shows how to wait on an item until a value with "good" quality becomes available.

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

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


# Instantiate the client object
client = EasyDAClient()

print('Waiting until an item value with "good" quality becomes available...')
try:
    value = IEasyDAClientExtension2.WaitForItemValue(client, '', 'OPCLabs.KitServer.2',
                                                     DAItemDescriptor('Demo.Unreliable'),
                                                     DAGroupParameters(100),    # this is the requested update rate
                                                     60*1000)    # timeout in milliseconds
except OpcException as opcException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
    exit()

# Display the obtained item value.
print('value: ', value, sep='')
See Also

Examples - OPC Data Access

Conceptual