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Unable to Write to Int Array tag unless I specify the value

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20 Oct 2017 12:30 #5605 by cdunlap

Replied by cdunlap on topic Unable to Write to Int Array tag unless I specify the value

Sure. I will send them in a separate email shortly. Thank you.

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20 Oct 2017 07:52 #5602 by support

Replied by support on topic Unable to Write to Int Array tag unless I specify the value

As opposed to OPC Classic, in OPC UA the value written must precisely match the data type on the server. This can of course get quite problematic. For that reason, QuickOPC attempts to determine the data type and make the appropriate conversion before writing. To my knowledge, other toolkits don't even do that.

Whether this works on not depends on the information provided by the server. We rely on the DataType and ValueRank attributes on the node. This mechanism has been in QuickOPC for quite long, but there have been improvements in 2017.1 (related to subtypes) and will be more in 2017.2 (related to ValueRank-s which do not specify the rank precisely).

So my guess is that the DataType/ValueRank on that node did not allow us to determine the type. But in such case we should still attempt the Write, with whatever values we have at hand (the variantType: Variant Array looks OK in this respect, but the value itself should not be empty). Can you send me configuration so that I can have a look at it? (Note: I will be out of office between October 22-31).

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19 Oct 2017 20:55 #5599 by cdunlap

Unable to Write to Int Array tag unless I specify the value was created by cdunlap

Hello,

I am using build 5.50.323.1.

I am trying to write to an int array in my OPC Server and have found that I must specify the data type when creating the UAWriteValueArguments that get passed into the call to WriteMultipleValues.

I know the release notes for 2017.1 say that this should not be required, correct?

If I run the following code:

 
var opc = new EasyUAClient();
var value = new int[50];
var tag = "nsu=TOP Server;s=Channel1.Device1.Tag1";
var endpoint = "opc.tcp://127.0.0.1:49380";
value[0] = 2;
 
UAWriteValueArguments[] argArray = new UAWriteValueArguments[2];
argArray[0] = new UAWriteValueArguments(endpoint, tag, value, value.GetType());
argArray[1] = new UAWriteValueArguments(endpoint, tag, value);
 
var results = opc.WriteMultipleValues(argArray);

The results array comes back with index 1 succeeding, and index 2 failed with BadTypeMismatch status code.

The server I am using has built-in OPC UA Diagnostic utilities that let me view the WriteRequest that is being made, and it looks like the array of values is not even being passed in the WrieRequest: