Function Description

The function block UA_MonitoredItemOperList updates the values of a list of variables. It also updates the corresponding information in the associated lists (for example, ValuesChanged, TimeStamps and NodeQualityIDs) of the control program. This function block can be used to control when the variable will be refreshed in the application.

Representation in FBD

Parameter Description

Input parameters:

Name

Type

Comment

EXECUTE

BOOL

FB performs its task on rising edge on this input.

SUBSCRIPTIONHDL

DWORD

Subscription handle.

MONITOREDHDLCOUNT

UINT

Number of valid elements in the array to refresh.

MONITOREDHDLS

ANY_ARRAY_DWORD

Array of Monitored Node Handles

Output parameters:

Name

Type

Comment

DONE

BOOL

FB has successfully completed its task

BUSY

BOOL

The FB is not finished and new output values are to be expected.

ERROR

BOOL

Signals that an error has occurred within the FB. Set to true is either ErrorID or any of the NodeErrorIDs indicates an error.

ERRORID

DWORD

Error code

NODEERRORIDS

ANY_ARRAY_DWORD

Array of DWORD. Contains an error code for each valid element of the MonitoredItemHdls array.

PUBLISHED

BOOL

Indicates, that variables have been published since the last call. At least one element of the array of ValuesChanged will be true.

This function block is used when the underlying system will not automatically update the variable values After the successful execution it is expected, that the variable values and the corresponding information in the associated lists (for example, ValuesChanged, TimeStamps and NodeQualityIDs) have been updated.

Runtime Error

Refer to the Appendix for a list of OPC UA detected error codes.