OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
Examples - OPC DA Layered Extensions - Wait for item value

.NET

// This example shows how to wait on an item until a value with "good" quality becomes available.
//
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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.
'
' 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 OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.Extensions
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.OperationModel

Namespace DataAccess._EasyDAClientExtension
    Friend Class WaitForItemValue
        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            ' Instantiate the client object.
            Dim client = New EasyDAClient()

            Console.WriteLine("Waiting until an item value with ""good"" quality becomes available...")
            Dim value As Object
            Try
                value = client.WaitForItemValue("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Demo.Unreliable",
                    groupParameters:=100,   ' this Is the requested update rate
                    millisecondsTimeout:=60 * 1000)
            Catch opcException As OpcException
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", opcException.GetBaseException().Message)
                Exit Sub
            End Try

            ' Display the obtained item value.
            Console.WriteLine($"value: {value}")
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Python

# This example shows how to wait on an item until a value with "good" quality becomes available.
#
# 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.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 - Client OPC Data Access

Concepts