public static bool connect()
{
//initialize the connection info class
DAServer = new DaServerMgt();
connectInfo = new ConnectInfo();
string url = "opcda://localhost/Kepware.KEPServerEX.V5/{B3AF0BF6-4C0C-4804-A122-6F3B160F4397}";
int clientHandle = 1;
//initialize the connect info object data
connectInfo.LocalId = "en";
connectInfo.KeepAliveTime = 5000;
connectInfo.RetryAfterConnectionError = true;
connectInfo.RetryInitialConnection = true;
connectInfo.ClientName = "IDCServer";
bool connectFailed = false;
try
{
logger.Info("Connecting to DAServer: {0}, {1}, {2}", url, clientHandle, connectInfo.ToString());
DAServer.Connect(url, clientHandle, ref connectInfo, out connectFailed);
// Update our connection status
if (!connectFailed)
{
logger.Info("Connection Succeeded");
return true;
}
else
{
logger.Error("Connection Failed");
return false;
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
logger.Error("Handled connect exception. Reason: " + e.Message);
throw e;
}
}
