OPC DA item attributes

The following OPC DA OPC DA - OLE for Process Control Data Access specification  item attributes have been defined by the OPC Foundation, and may occur on items seen in the Apis Hive environment.

OPC DA attributes

ID

Name

Description

Type

1

Type

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

2 byte integer

2

Value

The current value of the item.

-

3

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.

2 byte integer

4

Time

The date and time when this item was last updated.

date

5

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.

4 byte integer

6

Scanrate

Server scan rate

4 byte real

100

Unit

EU units - this is the unit this item value uses. For example: centimetres, kilograms, kilowatts, etc.

string

101

Description

A description of what this item does. This is free text, so you can write anything you like here.

string

102

HiEU

High EU

8 byte real

103

LoEU

Low EU

8 byte real

104

HiRange

High instrument range

8 byte real

105

LoRange

Low instrument range

8 byte real

106

Close

Contact close label

string

107

Open

Contact open label

string

108

TimeZone

Item time zone

4 byte integer

200

FGC

Current foreground color

4 byte integer

201

BGC

Current background color

4 byte integer

202

Blink

Current blink

string

203

BMP

BMP file

string

204

SND

Sound file

string

205

HTML

HTML file

string

206

AVI

AVI file

string

300

AlmStat

Condition status

string

301

AlmHelp

Alarm quick help

string

302

AlmAreas

Alarm area list

array of strings

303

AlmPrimaryArea

Primary alarm area

string

304

AlmCondition

Condition logic

string

305

AlmLimit

Limit exceeded

string

306

AlmDB

Deadband

8 byte real

307

AlmHH

HiHi limit

8 byte real

308

AlmH

Hi limit

8 byte real

309

AlmL

Lo limit

8 byte real

310

AlmLL

LoLo limit

8 byte real

311

AlmROC

Rate of change limit

8 byte real

312

AlmDEV

Deviation limit

8 byte real

See also

Predefined Apis attributes, Data types overview