OPC Server是一套利用微軟的COM/DCOM技術實現工業自動化資料獲取的架構。OPC Server提供OPC接口，它將與之相連的物理設備（PLC）的信息值通過接口返回到客戶端應用程序。也就是說，客戶端通過這些接口，可以獲得與OPC Server連接的物理設備的信息。對于集成應用程序，只要支持OPC接口，就能輕易訪問物理設備，而無需相關的技術信息。 程序設計者可以使用相同的程序代碼，操作不同的硬件裝置，充分達成軟件復用的目的。

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它使用OPC Server引入了簡單的示例程序。此示例的代碼使用OPC 如果從.NET訪問OPC Server，則需要交換COM和.NET的包裝器。 自動化包裝器（OPCDAAUTO.DLL），因此它幾乎等于VB6.0。

Declaration

Option Explicit

Public OpcServer As IOPCServerDisp
Public OpcItemMgt As IOPCItemMgtDisp
Public OpcItem As IOPCItemDisp

Private Const ItemMax = 8
Private Const OPC_DS_CACHE = 1
Private Const OPC_DS_DEVICE = 2

Dim ClientHandles(ItemMax) As Long
Dim ServerHandles As Variant
Dim bConnect As Boolean

連接到OPC服務器，創建OPCGroup和添加標簽

Private Sub CONNECT_Click()
  On Error GoTo err_hd
  Dim i%
  If bConnect Then
    CONNECT.Caption = "Connect"
    Set OpcServer = Nothing
    Set OpcItemMgt = Nothing
    Set OpcItem = Nothing
    bConnect = False
    READ_Button.Enabled = False
    WRITE_Button.Enabled = False
    For i% = ItemName.lbound To ItemName.ubound
      ItemName(i%).Enabled = True
    Next i%
    Exit Sub
  End If

  '*** Connect to OPC Server ***
  Set OpcServer = CreateObject(Form1.ServerName.Text)
  If TypeName(OpcServer) = TypeName(Nothing) Then Return

  '*** Add OPCGroup ***
  Dim UpdateRate As Long
  Dim ServerHdl As Long
  UpdateRate = UpdateRateSet.Text
  Set OpcItemMgt = OpcServer.AddGroup("Group One", True, UpdateRate, 22, 1, 0, ServerHdl, UpdateRate)
  If TypeName(OpcItemMgt) = TypeName(Nothing) Then Return

  '*** Add OPCItems ***
  Dim ItemIDs(ItemMax) As String
  Dim AccessPaths(ItemMax) As String
  Dim Active(ItemMax) As Boolean
  Dim Errors As Variant
  Dim ItemObjects As Variant
  Dim DataType(ItemMax) As Variant
  For i% = 0 To ItemMax - 1
    Active(i%) = True
    ClientHandles(i%) = 22 + i%
    AccessPaths(i%) = ""
    ItemIDs(i%) = Form1.ItemName(i%).Text
    DataType(i%) = 2
  Next i%
  OpcItemMgt.AddItems ItemMax, ItemIDs, Active,ClientHandles,
            ServerHandles, Errors, ItemObjects, AccessPaths, DataType
  Set OpcItem = ItemObjects(0)
  bConnect = True
  CONNECT.Caption = "DisConnect"
  READ_Button.Enabled = True
  WRITE_Button.Enabled = True
  For i% = ItemName.lbound To ItemName.ubound
    ItemName(i%).Enabled = False
  Next i%
  Exit Sub

err_hd:
  MsgBox "Error connecting"
  For i% = 0 To ItemMax - 1
    Form1.Value(i%) = "Error"
  Next i%
End Sub

緩存讀取

Private Sub READ_Button_Click()
  Dim ReadValue As Variant
  Dim pQuality As Variant
  Dim pTimestamp As Variant
  Dim Errors As Variant
  Dim i%
  Dim io As IOPCSyncIODisp
  Set io = OpcItemMgt
  '*** Cache Read ***
  io.OPCRead OPC_DS_CACHE, ItemMax, ServerHandles, ReadValue, pQuality, pTimestamp, Errors
  For i% = 0 To ItemMax - 1
    Form1.Value(i%) = ReadValue(i%)
    pTimestamp(i%) = DateAdd("h", 9, pTimestamp(i%))
    Form1.Time(i%) = pTimestamp(i%)
    Form1.Quality(i%) = pQuality(i%)
  Next i%
End Sub

SyncWrite

Private Sub WRITE_Button_Click()
  Dim WriteValue(ItemMax) As Variant
  Dim io As IOPCSyncIODisp
  Dim Errors As Variant
  Dim i%
  Set io = OpcItemMgt
  For i% = 0 To ItemMax - 1
    WriteValue(i%) = Form1.Value(i%)
  Next i%
  '*** SyncWrite ***
  io.OPCWrite ItemMax, ServerHandles, WriteValue, Errors
End Sub