The NotificationEventType is used to send simple messages from the machine tool. 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 69.

Table 69 – NotificationEventType Definition

Attribute

Value

BrowseName

NotificationEventType

IsAbstract

True

References

NodeClass

BrowseName

DataType

TypeDefinition

Other

Subtype of the BaseEventType defined in OPC 10000-5 which means it inherits the InstanceDeclarations of that Node.

0:HasProperty

Variable

Identifier

0:String

0:PropertyType

M, RO

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