Trans OPC Item

An OPC item with automatic calculation of a linear transformation.

The Trans OPC Item item type has the following properties:

NameDescriptionIDFlags
ActiveInServer

True when this item is active in the OPC server.

10110ReadOnly, ExpertPage
Client handle

The client handle of the item, as registered with the OPC sever. When negative, the item has not been accepted by the OPC server.

10160ReadOnly, InfoPage
LocalOverrideToBad

If true, a "good:local" override item quality from the server will be remapped to a "bad" quality.

10130Persisted, ExpertPage
Offset

The linear transformation addend to use when calculating and item value. (Value = RawValue * Scale + Offset)

5006Persisted
Quality

Item quality - this tells you whether an item currently has a good or bad quality. It might be bad, for example, because it isn't connected or is set to the wrong type.

3ReadOnly
ReqVartype

The type requested from the server for the value of this item. Only change this property in special circumstances.

10100Persisted, Enumerated, ExpertPage
Rights

Item access rights - this property may be "read", or "read write". This means that the property may only be read from, or also can be written to. For OPC items, this written value will be passed on to the external items this item comes from.

5ReadOnly
Scale

The linear transformation multiplier to use when calculating the item value. (Value = RawValue * Scale + Offset)

5005Persisted
SrcItemID

The item ID in the source. This is the item ID this item uses to fetch data from the source.

5030Persisted
Time

The date and time when this item was last updated.

4ReadOnly
Type

The item canonical data type - the specific type of this item. Whether it's an integer, string, date, etc.

1ReadOnly
Value

The current value of the item.

2NormalPage

See also

Basic Item Properties

Predefined Item Properties

OPC DA Properties