IAdsNotifications.AdsNotification Event

Occurs when the ADS device sends a notification to the client.

Namespace:  TwinCAT.Ads
Assembly:  TwinCAT.Ads.Abstractions (in TwinCAT.Ads.Abstractions.dll) Version: 6.0.328+39e3229

Syntax

C#

event EventHandler<AdsNotificationEventArgs> AdsNotification

Value

Type: System.EventHandler.AdsNotificationEventArgs.

Remarks

The Event Argument contains the raw data value of the notification, not marshalled to .NET types.

Examples

Example of receiving AdsNotification events.

Trigger on changed values by ADS Notifications

private async Task RegisterNotificationsAsync()
{
    CancellationToken cancel = CancellationToken.None;

    using (AdsClient client = new AdsClient())
    {
    // Add the Notification event handler
    client.AdsNotification += Client_AdsNotification2;

    // Connect to target
    client.Connect(AmsNetId.Local, 851);
    uint notificationHandle = 0;

    // Notification to a DINT Type (UINT32)
    // Check for change every 200 ms

    //byte[] notificationBuffer = new byte[sizeof(UInt32)];
    int size = sizeof(UInt32);

    ResultHandle result = await client.AddDeviceNotificationAsync("MAIN.nCounter", size, new NotificationSettings(AdsTransMode.OnChange, 200, 0), null, cancel);

    if (result.Succeeded)
    {
        notificationHandle = result.Handle;
        await Task.Delay(5000); // Wait asynchronously without blocking the UI Thread.
                    // Unregister the Event / Handle
        ResultAds result2 = await client.DeleteDeviceNotificationAsync(notificationHandle, cancel);
    }
    client.AdsNotification -= Client_AdsNotification2;
    }    
}

private void Client_AdsNotification2(object sender, AdsNotificationEventArgs e)
{
    // Or here we know about UDINT type --> can be marshalled as UINT32
    uint nCounter = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(e.Data.Span);

    // If Synchronization is needed (e.g. in Windows.Forms or WPF applications)
    // we could synchronize via SynchronizationContext into the UI Thread

    /*SynchronizationContext syncContext = SynchronizationContext.Current;
      _context.Post(status => someLabel.Text = nCounter.ToString(), null); // Non-blocking post */
}

Reference

IAdsNotifications Interface

TwinCAT.Ads Namespace