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Data Type Compliance
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25 Oct 2018 07:35 #6795
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Thanks for the more detailed explanation. We will find a way around this for the moment.
When this could be fixed in a future version it would be great.
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When this could be fixed in a future version it would be great.
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24 Oct 2018 18:32 #6794
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The whole matter is quite complicated, and I had to do some internal analysis. Hopefully I got it right. My conclusion is that yes, whenever you need to do both read and write and use the same property for it, and the type in UA is not CLS-compliant, it cannot currently be done with UAAttribute<TValue>, you need to use UAAttribute.
A short explanation, if at all possible, is like this: Use of UAAttribute<TValue> requires you (if we are talking about the Value attribute of UA node) to specify its type using ValueType property in the [UAData] mapping attribute. For reading, this type needs to match what you obtain through read - already passed through our conversion to CLS compliant types. Unfortunately, that also means that we will be converting to THAT type while writing. This is a conflict - we will need to untangle these two somehow.
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A short explanation, if at all possible, is like this: Use of UAAttribute<TValue> requires you (if we are talking about the Value attribute of UA node) to specify its type using ValueType property in the [UAData] mapping attribute. For reading, this type needs to match what you obtain through read - already passed through our conversion to CLS compliant types. Unfortunately, that also means that we will be converting to THAT type while writing. This is a conflict - we will need to untangle these two somehow.
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23 Oct 2018 15:56 #6791
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Ok, just for my personal clarifications.
Basically we have 3 options here:
1. Use a smaller type on UA and client site (UINT16, int32)
2. Use signed type (Int32, long)
3. Use non generic UAAttributeData and need to cast later at runtime.
When you say
Does this include all use cases where the type on the UA server is unsigned and not CLS Compliant? Because this would eliminate option 1. I think we already used this option on a other code part. Maybe I misunderstood something.
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Basically we have 3 options here:
1. Use a smaller type on UA and client site (UINT16, int32)
2. Use signed type (Int32, long)
3. Use non generic UAAttributeData and need to cast later at runtime.
When you say
...when there is this difference between the data type needed inside UA (UInt32), and the type we are using on API surface (Int64/long), you cannot currently do it with generic UAAttributeData<TValue>;...
Does this include all use cases where the type on the UA server is unsigned and not CLS Compliant? Because this would eliminate option 1. I think we already used this option on a other code part. Maybe I misunderstood something.
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23 Oct 2018 15:31 - 23 Oct 2018 15:31 #6790
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Hello.
I am sad to report that when there is this difference between the data type needed inside UA (UInt32), and the type we are using on API surface (Int64/long), you cannot currently do it with generic UAAttributeData<TValue>; you need to use simple UAAttributeData instead (leading to 'object'-typed values).
I will make a note and check to see whether we can improve it in future version.
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I am sad to report that when there is this difference between the data type needed inside UA (UInt32), and the type we are using on API surface (Int64/long), you cannot currently do it with generic UAAttributeData<TValue>; you need to use simple UAAttributeData instead (leading to 'object'-typed values).
I will make a note and check to see whether we can improve it in future version.
Best regards
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23 Oct 2018 11:36 #6786
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We are using the live mapping feature. The mapped variable is declared in following manner
Depending on the generic type in type UAAttributeData, we can either read or write, but not both at the same time.
Are there any other details you need to know?
[UANode(BrowsePath = ".Mode")]
[UAData(Operations = UADataMappingOperations.All, Kind = UADataMappingKind.AttributeData)]
[UAMonitoring(SamplingInterval = 250)]
[UASubscription(PublishingInterval = 500)]
public UAAttributeData<long> Mode
{
get { return mode; }
set
{
this.SetUaAttritbuteDataProperty(ref mode, value);
}
}Depending on the generic type in type UAAttributeData, we can either read or write, but not both at the same time.
Are there any other details you need to know?
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23 Oct 2018 10:40 #6784
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Hello,
please be more specific about how you use that variable. You wrote "when we map" - does that mean that you are using the Live Mapping feature of QuickOPC? Or are these just Reads and Writes on the EasyUAClient object?
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please be more specific about how you use that variable. You wrote "when we map" - does that mean that you are using the Live Mapping feature of QuickOPC? Or are these just Reads and Writes on the EasyUAClient object?
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23 Oct 2018 08:39 - 23 Oct 2018 08:47 #6782
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Hello,
we run into a problem with a reading and writing of a variable. On server side (Codesys) the data type is UDINT
Data Type Lower Limit Upper Limit Memory
UDINT 0 4294967295 32 bit
So basically should this be the UINT32 type from the table on this page:
QuickOPC CLS Compliant Types
When we map this type on client side as long we have the problem, that we can read the variable, but are not able to write any value to the server.
When we map this type on client side as uint are we able to write values to the server but are unable to read values from the server.
Is there a way to do both reading and writing?
we run into a problem with a reading and writing of a variable. On server side (Codesys) the data type is UDINT
Data Type Lower Limit Upper Limit Memory
UDINT 0 4294967295 32 bit
So basically should this be the UINT32 type from the table on this page:
QuickOPC CLS Compliant Types
When we map this type on client side as long we have the problem, that we can read the variable, but are not able to write any value to the server.
When we map this type on client side as uint are we able to write values to the server but are unable to read values from the server.
Is there a way to do both reading and writing?
Last edit: 23 Oct 2018 08:47 by Captain_Dash. Reason: send to soon
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