The NotificationType is used to structure information given in the MachineToolType. It groups the messages and alerts of the machine tool and contains the prognoses for the machining operation.

The NotificationType is formally defined in Table 53.

Table 53 – NotificationType Definition

Attribute

Value

BrowseName

NotificationType

IsAbstract

False

References

Node Class

BrowseName

DataType

TypeDefinition

Other

Subtype of the BaseObjectType defined in OPC 10000-5 i.e. inheriting the InstanceDeclarations of that Node.

0:HasComponent

Object

Messages

MessagesType

O

0:HasComponent

Object

Prognoses

PrognosisListType

O

Messages is the node sending events, which are used for errors, warnings and messages. The respective references are formally defined in Table 54.

Prognoses contains a list of the current prognoses for machine tool operation. Reliability for any prognosis in the list will rely on the specific case and cannot be guaranteed to be precise.