IAdsNotifications.AddDeviceNotificationEx Method (UInt32, UInt32, AdsTransMode, Int32, Int32, Object, Type, .Int32.)

Connects a variable to the ADS client. The ADS client will be notified by the AdsNotification event. If type is a string type, the first element of the parameter args specifies the number of characters of the string. If type is an array type, the number of elements for each dimension has to be specified in the parameter args. At the moment only 1 dimensional Arrays are supported.

Namespace: TwinCAT.Ads
Assembly: TwinCAT.Ads (in TwinCAT.Ads.dll) Version: 4.3.0.0

Syntax

C#

int AddDeviceNotificationEx(
    uint indexGroup,
    uint indexOffset,
    AdsTransMode transMode,
    int cycleTime,
    int maxDelay,
    Object userData,
    Type type,
    int[] args
)

VB

Function AddDeviceNotificationEx ( 
    indexGroup As UInteger,
    indexOffset As UInteger,
    transMode As AdsTransMode,
    cycleTime As Integer,
    maxDelay As Integer,
    userData As Object,
    type As Type,
    args As Integer()
) As Integer

Parameters

indexGroup	Type: System.UInt32 Contains the index group number of the requested ADS service.
indexOffset	Type: System.UInt32 Contains the index offset number of the requested ADS service.
transMode	Type: TwinCAT.Ads.AdsTransMode Specifies if the event should be fired cyclically or only if the variable has changed.
cycleTime	Type: System.Int32 The ADS server checks whether the variable has changed after this time interval. Unit is in ms.
maxDelay	Type: System.Int32 The AdsNotification event is fired at the latest when this time has elapsed. The unit is ms.
userData	Type: System.Object This object can be used to store user specific data.
type	Type: System.Type Type of the object stored in the event argument.
args	Type: .System.Int32. Additional arguments.

Return Value

Type: Int32
The handle of the notification.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
AdsErrorException	Thrown when the ADS call fails.

Reference

IAdsNotifications Interface

AddDeviceNotificationEx Overload

TwinCAT.Ads Namespace