OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
Examples - Reactive Programming - Observe OPC DA data with percent deadband
// Shows how to create an observable for OPC-DA item changes, and subscribe to it with percent deadband.
//
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using System;
using System.Threading;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.Reactive;

namespace ReactiveDocExamples
{
    namespace _DAItemChangedObservable
    {
        partial class Subscribe
        {
            public static void PercentDeadband()
            {
                const float percentDeadband = 5.0f;
                Console.WriteLine($"Creating observable with {percentDeadband}% deadband...");
                DAItemChangedObservable<double> ramp = 
                    DAItemChangedObservable.Create<double>("", "OPCLabs.KitServer.2", "Simulation.Ramp 0:100 (10 s)", 
                        requestedUpdateRate:100, percentDeadband:percentDeadband);

                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
                using (ramp.Subscribe(e => Console.WriteLine(
                    (e.Exception is null) ? e.Vtq.ToString() : e.Exception.GetBaseException().ToString())))
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 10 seconds...");
                    Thread.Sleep(10*1000);

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

                Console.WriteLine("Waiting for 2 seconds...");
                Thread.Sleep(2 * 1000);
            }
        }
    }
}
See Also

Conceptual

Examples - OPC Data Access