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Examples - OPC Unified Architecture - Subscribe to multiple nodes for data changes
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.NET

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items and display the value of the monitored item with 
// each change.
//
// 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 OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel;

namespace UADocExamples._EasyUAClient
{
    partial class SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            UAEndpointDescriptor endpointDescriptor =
                "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer";
            // or "http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer" (currently not supported)
            // or "https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"

            // Instantiate the client object and hook events.
            var client = new EasyUAClient();
            client.DataChangeNotification += client_DataChangeNotification_Main1;

            Console.WriteLine("Subscribing...");
            client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(new[]
                {
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor, 
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845", 1000),
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor, 
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853", 1000),
                    new EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(null, endpointDescriptor, 
                        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855", 1000)
                });

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

            Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing...");
            client.UnsubscribeAllMonitoredItems();

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

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }

        static void client_DataChangeNotification_Main1(object sender, EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs e)
        {
            // Display value.
            if (e.Succeeded)
                Console.WriteLine($"{e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor}: {e.AttributeData.Value}");
            else
                Console.WriteLine($"{e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor} *** Failure: {e.ErrorMessageBrief}");
        }
    }
}

COM

// This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items and display the value of the monitored item with
// each change.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
// 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.

#include "stdafx.h"    // Includes "QuickOpc.h", and other commonly used files
#include <atlcom.h>
#include <atlsafe.h>
#include "SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems.h"

namespace _EasyUAClient
{
    // CEasyUAClientEvents

    class CEasyUAClientEvents : public IDispEventImpl<1, CEasyUAClientEvents>
    {
    public:
    BEGIN_SINK_MAP(CEasyUAClientEvents)
        // Event handlers must have the __stdcall calling convention
        SINK_ENTRY(1, DISPID_EASYUACLIENTEVENTS_DATACHANGENOTIFICATION, &CEasyUAClientEvents::DataChangeNotification)
    END_SINK_MAP()

    public:
        // The handler for EasyUAClient.DataChangeNotification event
        STDMETHOD(DataChangeNotification)(VARIANT varSender, _EasyUADataChangeNotificationEventArgs* pEventArgs)
        {
            // Display the data
            _tprintf(_T("%s: "), (LPCTSTR)CW2CT(pEventArgs->Arguments->NodeDescriptor->ToString));
            // Remark: Production code would check EventArgsPtr->Exception before accessing EventArgsPtr->AttributeData.
            _UAAttributeDataPtr AttributeDataPtr(pEventArgs->AttributeData);
            _tprintf(_T("%s\n"), (LPCTSTR)CW2CT(AttributeDataPtr->ToString));

            return S_OK;
        }
    };



    void SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems::Main()
    {
        // Initialize the COM library
        CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
        {
            // Instantiate the client object
            _EasyUAClientPtr ClientPtr(__uuidof(EasyUAClient));

            // Hook events
            CEasyUAClientEvents* pClientEvents = new CEasyUAClientEvents();
            AtlGetObjectSourceInterface(ClientPtr, &pClientEvents->m_libid, &pClientEvents->m_iid, 
                &pClientEvents->m_wMajorVerNum, &pClientEvents->m_wMinorVerNum);
            pClientEvents->m_iid = _uuidof(DEasyUAClientEvents);
            pClientEvents->DispEventAdvise(ClientPtr, &pClientEvents->m_iid);

            //
            _tprintf(_T("Subscribing...\n"));

            _UAMonitoringParametersPtr MonitoringParametersPtr(_uuidof(UAMonitoringParameters));
            MonitoringParametersPtr->SamplingInterval = 1000;

            _UAMonitoredItemArgumentsPtr MonitoringArguments1Ptr(_uuidof(EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments));
            MonitoringArguments1Ptr->EndpointDescriptor->UrlString = 
                //L"http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer";
                L"opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer";
            MonitoringArguments1Ptr->NodeDescriptor->NodeId->ExpandedText = L"nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845";
            MonitoringArguments1Ptr->MonitoringParameters = MonitoringParametersPtr;

            _UAMonitoredItemArgumentsPtr MonitoringArguments2Ptr(_uuidof(EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments));
            MonitoringArguments2Ptr->EndpointDescriptor->UrlString = 
                //L"http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer";
                L"opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer";
            MonitoringArguments2Ptr->NodeDescriptor->NodeId->ExpandedText = L"nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853";
            MonitoringArguments2Ptr->MonitoringParameters = MonitoringParametersPtr;

            _UAMonitoredItemArgumentsPtr MonitoringArguments3Ptr(_uuidof(EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments));
            MonitoringArguments3Ptr->EndpointDescriptor->UrlString = 
                //L"http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer";
                L"opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer";
            MonitoringArguments3Ptr->NodeDescriptor->NodeId->ExpandedText = L"nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855";
            MonitoringArguments3Ptr->MonitoringParameters = MonitoringParametersPtr;

            CComSafeArray<VARIANT> arguments(3);
            arguments.SetAt(0, _variant_t((IDispatch*)MonitoringArguments1Ptr));
            arguments.SetAt(1, _variant_t((IDispatch*)MonitoringArguments2Ptr));
            arguments.SetAt(2, _variant_t((IDispatch*)MonitoringArguments3Ptr));
            CComVariant vArguments(arguments);

            CComSafeArray<VARIANT> handles;
            handles.Attach(ClientPtr->SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems(&vArguments));

            for (int i = handles.GetLowerBound(); i <= handles.GetUpperBound(); i++)
            {
                _variant_t vString;
                vString.ChangeType(VT_BSTR, &_variant_t(handles[i]));
                _tprintf(_T("handleArray(d)s\n"), i, (LPCTSTR)CW2CT((_bstr_t)vString));
            }

            _tprintf(_T("Processing monitored item changed events for 10 seconds...\n"));
            Sleep(10*1000);

            _tprintf(_T("Unsubscribing...\n"));
            ClientPtr->UnsubscribeAllMonitoredItems();

            _tprintf(_T("Waiting for 5 seconds...\n"));
            Sleep(5*1000);

            // Unhook events
            pClientEvents->DispEventUnadvise(ClientPtr, &pClientEvents->m_iid);
        }
         // Release all interface pointers BEFORE calling CoUninitialize()
        CoUninitialize();
    }
}

Python

# This example shows how to subscribe to changes of multiple monitored items and display the value of the monitored item
# with each change.
#
# 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.UA import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel import *


def dataChangeNotification(sender, e):
    # Display value.
    if e.Succeeded:
        print(e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, ': ', e.AttributeData.Value, sep='')
    else:
        print(e.Arguments.NodeDescriptor, ' *** Failure: ', e.ErrorMessageBrief, sep='')


endpointDescriptor = UAEndpointDescriptor('opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer')
# or 'http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer' (currently not supported)
# or 'https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/'

# Instantiate the client object and hook events.
client = EasyUAClient()
client.DataChangeNotification += dataChangeNotification

print('Subscribing...')
client.SubscribeMultipleMonitoredItems([
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        endpointDescriptor,
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10845'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(1000)),
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        endpointDescriptor,
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10853'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(1000)),
    EasyUAMonitoredItemArguments(
        None,
        endpointDescriptor,
        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10855'),
        UAMonitoringParameters(1000)),
    ])

print('Processing data change events for 10 seconds...')
time.sleep(10)

print('Unsubscribing...')
client.UnsubscribeAllMonitoredItems()

print('Waiting for 5 seconds...')
time.sleep(5)

print('Finished.')

 

See Also

Concepts

Examples - Client OPC UA Alarms&Conditions

Examples - Client OPC Data Access

Examples - Client OPC UA Specialized