OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC XML-DA - Read a single value
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.NET

// This example shows how to read and display value of a single item.
// One of the shortest examples possible.
//
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using System;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.DataAccess.Xml
{
    partial class ReadItemValue
    {
        public static void Main1Xml()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyDAClient();

            Console.WriteLine("Reading item value...");
            object value;
            try
            {
                value = client.ReadItemValue("http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx", "Dynamic/Analog Types/Double");
            }
            catch (OpcException opcException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message);
                return;
            }

            Console.WriteLine(value);
        }
    }
}

Python

# This example shows how to read and display value of a single item.
# One of the shortest examples possible.
#
# Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
# OPC client and subscriber examples in Python on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-Python .
# Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
# a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.
# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc

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

# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyDAClient()

print('Reading item value...')
try:
    value = IEasyDAClientExtension.ReadItemValue(client, ServerDescriptor('http://opcxml.demo-this.com/XmlDaSampleServer/Service.asmx'), DAItemDescriptor('Dynamic/Analog Types/Double'))
except OpcException as opcException:
    print('*** Failure: ' + opcException.GetBaseException().Message, sep='')
    exit()

# Display results
print('value: ', value, sep='')

 

OPC Data Client supports OPC XML-DA also on Linux and macOS.
See Also

Examples - Client OPC Data Access

Concepts

Examples - Client OPC Unified Architecture