Contents

• Introduction
• Installation/Quickstart
• Architecture and Basic Concepts
  • Basic PyOPC Architecture
  • Representation of OPC XML-DA Data with Python Objects
  • Error Handling
  
  
• Client Functionality
  • Building OPC XML-DA Clients with the PyOPC XDAClient class
  • Building OPC XML-DA Clients with the PyOPC TWXDAClient class
  
  
• Server Functionality
  • Preprocessing and Postprocessing
  • Item Caching and Subscriptions
  • Operation Specific Functionality and Other Issues
  • Contributed Servers
  
  
• Appendix A - Local/Global OPC Options
• Bibliography