QuickOPC User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC Data Access - Identify subscriptions by an integer state
// This example shows how subscribe to changes of multiple items and display each change, identifying the different
// subscriptions by an integer.

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

namespace DocExamples.DataAccess._EasyDAClient
{
    partial class SubscribeMultipleItems
    {
        public static void StateAsInteger()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            using (var client = new EasyDAClient())
            {
                // Hook events
                client.ItemChanged += client_StateAsInteger_ItemChanged;

                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
                int[] handleArray = client.SubscribeMultipleItems(new[]
                {
                    new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Random", 1000,
                        state: 1), // An integer we have chosen to identify the subscription
                    new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Trends.Ramp (1 min)", 1000,
                        state: 2), // An integer we have chosen to identify the subscription
                    new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Trends.Sine (1 min)", 1000,
                        state: 3), // An integer we have chosen to identify the subscription
                    new DAItemGroupArguments("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Register_I4", 1000,
                        state: 4) // An integer we have chosen to identify the subscription
                });

                for (int i = 0; i < handleArray.Length; i++)
                    Console.WriteLine($"handleArray[{i}]: {handleArray[i]}");

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

                Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...");
            }

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

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }

        // Item changed event handler
        static void client_StateAsInteger_ItemChanged(object sender, EasyDAItemChangedEventArgs eventArgs)
        {
            // Obtain the integer state we have passed in.
            var stateAsInteger = (int)eventArgs.Arguments.State;

            // Display the data
            if (eventArgs.Succeeded)
                Console.WriteLine($"{stateAsInteger}: {eventArgs.Vtq}");
            else
                Console.WriteLine($"{stateAsInteger} *** Failure: {eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief}");
        }
    }
}
# This example shows how subscribe to changes of multiple items and display each change, identifying the different
# subscriptions by an integer.

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

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


# Item changed event handler.
def itemChanged(sender, eventArgs):
    # Obtain the integer state we have passed in.
    stateAsInteger = int(eventArgs.Arguments.State)
    if eventArgs.Succeeded:
        print(stateAsInteger, ': ', eventArgs.Vtq, sep='')
    else:
        print(stateAsInteger, ' *** Failure: ', eventArgs.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')


# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyDAClient()
# Hook events.
client.ItemChanged += itemChanged

print('Subscribing item changes...')
handleArray = IEasyDAClientExtension.SubscribeMultipleItems(client, [
    DAItemGroupArguments('', 'OPCLabs.KitServer.2', 'Simulation.Random', 1000,
                         1),    # an integer we have chosen to identify the subscription
    DAItemGroupArguments('', 'OPCLabs.KitServer.2', 'Trends.Ramp (1 min)', 1000,
                         2),    # an integer we have chosen to identify the subscription
    DAItemGroupArguments('', 'OPCLabs.KitServer.2', 'Trends.Sine (1 min)', 1000,
                         3),    # an integer we have chosen to identify the subscription
    DAItemGroupArguments('', 'OPCLabs.KitServer.2', 'Simulation.Register_I4', 1000,
                         4),    # an integer we have chosen to identify the subscription
    ])

for i in range(len(handleArray)):
    print('handleArray[', i, ']: ', handleArray[i], sep='')

print('Processing item change notifications for 1 minute...')
time.sleep(60)

print('Unsubscribing all items...')
client.UnsubscribeAllItems()

client.ItemChanged -= itemChanged

print('Finished.')

 

See Also

Examples - OPC Unified Architecture

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