Client Development Tutorial

Developing your own UA Client based on the OPC Foundation UA .NET API is easiest if you begin by customizing an existing quickstart application: DA Client, HA Data Client, HA Event Client, AC Client, or the Reference Client. All of these clients are comparable so we will use the Reference Client in this tutorial.

This tutorial will show you how to consume data in the client and output it to the screen.

Assumptions

Visual Studio .NET 2008, C#
Some experience with .NET, C#, and OPC fundamentals.

Steps:

Step 1 - New Project
Step 2 - Enhance User Interface
Step 3 - Setup Subscription
Step 4 - Consuming DataChanges
Useful Components