Changing Existing Subscription (OPC A&E)

It is not necessary to unsubscribe and then subscribe again if you want to change parameters of existing subscription (such as its notification rate). Instead, change the parameters by calling the ChangeEventSubscription method, passing it the subscription handle, and the new parameters (notification rate, and optionally a filter and an “active” flag).

// This example shows how to subscribe to events and later change the notification rate.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
// OPC client and subscriber examples in C# on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-CSharp .
// 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.

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

namespace DocExamples.AlarmsAndEvents._EasyAEClient
{
    class ChangeEventSubscription
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            using (var client = new EasyAEClient())
            {
                var eventHandler = new EasyAENotificationEventHandler(client_Notification);
                client.Notification += eventHandler;

                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
                int handle = client.SubscribeEvents("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2", 500);

                Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 10 seconds...");
                Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000);

                Console.WriteLine("Changing subscription...");
                client.ChangeEventSubscription(handle, 5 * 1000);

                Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 50 seconds...");
                Thread.Sleep(50 * 1000);

                client.UnsubscribeEvents(handle);
            }
        }

        // Notification event handler
        static void client_Notification(object sender, EasyAENotificationEventArgs e)
        {
            if (!e.Succeeded)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", e.ErrorMessageBrief);
                return;
            }

            if (!(e.EventData is null))
                Console.WriteLine(e.EventData.Message);
        }
    }
}

' This example shows how to subscribe to events and later change the notification rate.
'
' Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
' OPC client and subscriber examples in VB.NET on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-VBNET .
' 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.

Imports System.Threading
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.OperationModel

Namespace AlarmsAndEvents._EasyAEClient

    Friend Class ChangeEventSubscription
        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            Using client = New EasyAEClient()
                Dim eventHandler = New EasyAENotificationEventHandler(AddressOf client_Notification)
                AddHandler client.Notification, eventHandler

                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...")
                Dim handle As Integer = client.SubscribeEvents("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2", 500)

                Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 10 seconds...")
                Thread.Sleep(10 * 1000)

                Console.WriteLine("Changing subscription...")
                client.ChangeEventSubscription(handle, 5 * 1000)

                Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 50 seconds...")
                Thread.Sleep(50 * 1000)

                client.UnsubscribeEvents(handle)
            End Using
        End Sub

        ' Notification event handler
        Private Shared Sub client_Notification(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EasyAENotificationEventArgs)
            If Not e.Succeeded Then
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", e.ErrorMessageBrief)
                Exit Sub
            End If
            If e.EventData IsNot Nothing Then
                Console.WriteLine(e.EventData.Message)
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

COM

VBScript

Rem This example shows how to change the notification rate of an existing subscription.
Rem
Rem Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
Rem OPC client and subscriber examples in VBScript on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-VBScript .
Rem Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
Rem a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.

Option Explicit

Dim Client: Set Client = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.EasyAEClient")
WScript.ConnectObject Client, "Client_"

WScript.Echo "Subscribing..."
Dim ServerDescriptor: Set ServerDescriptor = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.ServerDescriptor")
ServerDescriptor.ServerClass = "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2"
Dim SubscriptionParameters: Set SubscriptionParameters = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.AESubscriptionParameters")
SubscriptionParameters.NotificationRate = 500
Dim handle: handle = Client.SubscribeEvents(ServerDescriptor, SubscriptionParameters, True, Nothing)

WScript.Echo "Waiting for 10 seconds..."
WScript.Sleep 10*1000

WScript.Echo "Changing subscription..."
Client.ChangeEventSubscription handle, 5*1000, SubscriptionParameters.Filter, True

WScript.Echo "Waiting for 50 seconds..."
WScript.Sleep 50*1000

Client.UnsubscribeEvents handle



Rem Notification event handler
Sub Client_Notification(Sender, e)
    If Not (e.Succeeded) Then
        WScript.Echo "*** Failure: " & e.ErrorMessageBrief
        Exit Sub
    End If

    If Not e.EventData Is Nothing Then WScript.Echo e.EventData.Message
End Sub

Python

Python (.NET)

# This example shows how to subscribe to events and later change the notification rate.
#
# 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 time

# Import .NET namespaces.
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents import *


# Notification event handler
def notification(sender, e):
    if not e.Succeeded:
        print('*** Failure: ', e.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')
        return
    else:
        if e.EventData is not None:
            print(e.EventData.Message)


# Instantiate the client object
client = EasyAEClient()

client.Notification += notification

print('Subscribing events...')
handle = IEasyAEClientExtension.SubscribeEvents(client, '', 'OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2', 500)

print('Waiting for 10 seconds...')
time.sleep(10)

print('Changing event subscription...')
IEasyAEClientExtension.ChangeEventSubscription(client, handle, 5*1000)

print('Waiting for 50 seconds...')
time.sleep(50)

print('Unsubscribing events...')
client.UnsubscribeAllEvents()

client.Notification -= notification

print('Finished.')