PullNotificationQueueCapacity Property (IEasyAEClient)

Capacity of the event pull queue for notifications.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
<DataMemberAttribute()>
Property PullNotificationQueueCapacity As Integer

'Usage
 
Dim instance As IEasyAEClient
Dim value As Integer
 
instance.PullNotificationQueueCapacity = value
 
value = instance.PullNotificationQueueCapacity

[DataMember()]
int PullNotificationQueueCapacity {get; set;}

[DataMember()]
property int PullNotificationQueueCapacity {
   int get();
   void set (    int value);
}

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The value of an argument is outside the allowable range of values as defined by the invoked method. This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

Exception

Description

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The value of an argument is outside the allowable range of values as defined by the invoked method.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

Remarks

The getter method of this property is pure, i.e. it does not have observable side effects.

Example

CSharp
PowerShell
VB.NET
PHP
Visual Basic (VB 6.0)
Python

// This example shows how to subscribe to events and obtain the notification events by pulling them.
//
// 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.AlarmsAndEvents;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.OperationModel;

namespace DocExamples.AlarmsAndEvents._EasyAEClient
{
    class PullNotification
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Instantiate the client object.
            // In order to use event pull, you must set a non-zero queue capacity upfront.
            using (var client = new EasyAEClient { PullNotificationQueueCapacity = 1000 })
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing events...");
                int handle = client.SubscribeEvents("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2", 1000);

                Console.WriteLine("Processing event notifications for 1 minute...");
                int endTick = Environment.TickCount + 60 * 1000;
                do
                {
                    EasyAENotificationEventArgs eventArgs = client.PullNotification(2 * 1000);
                    if (!(eventArgs is null))
                        // Handle the notification event
                        Console.WriteLine(eventArgs);
                } while (Environment.TickCount < endTick);

                Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing events...");
                client.UnsubscribeEvents(handle);

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

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

#requires -Version 5.1
using namespace OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents

# The path below assumes that the current directory is [ProductDir]/Examples-NET/PowerShell/Windows .
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcClassicCore.dll"
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcClassic.dll"
Add-Type -Path "../../../Components/Opclabs.QuickOpc/net472/OpcLabs.EasyOpcClassicComponents.dll"

# Instantiate the client object.
$client = New-Object EasyAEClient
# In order to use event pull, you must set a non-zero queue capacity upfront.
$client.PullNotificationQueueCapacity = 1000

Write-Host "Subscribing events..."
$handle = [OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.IEasyAEClientExtension]::SubscribeEvents($client, 
    "", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2", 1000)

Write-Host "Processing event notifications for 1 minute..."
$stopwatch =  [System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew() 
while ($stopwatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds -lt 60) {    
    $eventArgs = $client.PullNotification(2*1000)
    if ($eventArgs -ne $null) {
        # Handle the notification event
        Write-Host $eventArgs
    }
}

Write-Host "Unsubscribing events..."
$client.UnsubscribeEvents($handle)

Write-Host "Finished."

' This example shows how to subscribe to events and obtain the notification events by pulling them.
'
' 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.AlarmsAndEvents
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.OperationModel

Namespace AlarmsAndEvents._EasyAEClient
    Partial Friend Class PullNotification
        Public Shared Sub Main1()
            Using client = New EasyAEClient()
                ' In order to use event pull, you must set a non-zero queue capacity upfront.
                client.PullNotificationQueueCapacity = 1000

                Console.WriteLine("Subscribing events...")
                Dim handle As Integer = client.SubscribeEvents("", "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2", 1000)

                Console.WriteLine("Processing event notifications for 1 minute...")
                Dim endTick As Integer = Environment.TickCount + 60 * 1000
                Do
                    Dim eventArgs As EasyAENotificationEventArgs = client.PullNotification(2 * 1000)
                    If Not eventArgs Is Nothing Then
                        ' Handle the notification event
                        Console.WriteLine(eventArgs)
                    End If
                Loop While Environment.TickCount < endTick

                Console.WriteLine("Unsubscribing events...")
                client.UnsubscribeEvents(handle)
            End Using

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.")
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

// This example shows how to subscribe to events and obtain the notification events by pulling them.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
// OPC client and subscriber examples in PHP on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-PHP .
// 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.

$ServerDescriptor = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.ServerDescriptor");
$ServerDescriptor->ServerClass = "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2";

$Client = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.EasyAEClient");
// In order to use event pull, you must set a non-zero queue capacity upfront.
$Client->PullNotificationQueueCapacity = 1000;

print "Subscribing events...\n";
$SubscriptionParameters = new COM("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.AlarmsAndEvents.AESubscriptionParameters");
$SubscriptionParameters->NotificationRate = 1000;
$handle = $Client->SubscribeEvents($ServerDescriptor, $SubscriptionParameters, TRUE, NULL);

print "Processing event notifications for 1 minute...\n";
$endTime = time() + 60;
do {
    $EventArgs = $Client->PullNotification(2*1000);
    if (!is_null($EventArgs)) {
        // Handle the notification event
        print $EventArgs->ToString();
        print "\n";
    }
} while (time() < $endTime);

print "Unsubscribing events...\n";
$Client->UnsubscribeEvents($handle);

print "Finished.\n";

REM This example shows how to subscribe to events and obtain the notification events by pulling them.
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 Visual Basic on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-VB .
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.

Private Sub PullNotification_Main_Command_Click()
    OutputText = ""
    
    Dim eventArgs As EasyAENotificationEventArgs
    
    Dim serverDescriptor As New serverDescriptor
    serverDescriptor.ServerClass = "OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2"
        
    ' Instantiate the client object
    Dim client As New EasyAEClient
    
    ' In order to use event pull, you must set a non-zero queue capacity upfront.
    client.PullNotificationQueueCapacity = 1000
    
    OutputText = OutputText & "Subscribing events..." & vbCrLf
    Dim subscriptionParameters As New AESubscriptionParameters
    subscriptionParameters.notificationRate = 1000
    Dim handle
    Dim state
    handle = client.SubscribeEvents(serverDescriptor, subscriptionParameters, True, state)

    OutputText = OutputText & "Processing event notifications for 1 minute..." & vbCrLf
    Dim endTick As Long
    endTick = GetTickCount + 60000
    While GetTickCount < endTick
        Set eventArgs = client.PullNotification(2 * 1000)
        If Not eventArgs Is Nothing Then
            ' Handle the notification event
            OutputText = OutputText & eventArgs & vbCrLf
        End If
    Wend
    
    OutputText = OutputText & "Unsubscribing events..." & vbCrLf
    client.UnsubscribeEvents handle

    OutputText = OutputText & "Finished." & vbCrLf

End Sub

# This example shows how to subscribe to events and obtain the notification events by pulling them.
#
# 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 *


# Instantiate the client object
client = EasyAEClient()
# In order to use event pull, you must set a non-zero queue capacity upfront.
client.PullNotificationQueueCapacity = 1000

print('Subscribing events...')
handle = IEasyAEClientExtension.SubscribeEvents(client, '', 'OPCLabs.KitEventServer.2', 1000)

print('Processing event notifications for 1 minute...')
endTime = time.time() + 60
while time.time() < endTime:
    eventArgs = IEasyAEClientExtension.PullNotification(client, 2*1000)
    if eventArgs is not None:
        # Handle the notification event
        print(eventArgs)

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

print('Finished.')

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

Reference

IEasyAEClient Interface
IEasyAEClient Members

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