9.3 NotificationEventType

The NotificationEventType is used to send simple messages from the machine. It is used in all cases that do not require an AlertType, because they don’t have an activated and a deactivated state.

The NotificationEventType is formally defined in Table 85.

Table 85 – NotificationEventType Definition
Attribute Value
BrowseNameNotificationEventType
IsAbstractTrue
References NodeClass BrowseName DataType TypeDefinition Other
Subtype of the 0:BaseEventType defined in OPC 10000-5 which means it inherits the InstanceDeclarations of that Node.
0:HasPropertyVariableIdentifier0:String0:PropertyTypeM, RO
Conformance Units
MachineTool Notification – Errors and Alerts

Identifier is used to identify the notification. It should match the code given in the machine manufacturer’s specification for the respective message.