OPC UA File Transfer internals
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Connection locking
OPC UA file handles are only valid in scope of the OPC UA session. If the client disconnects from the servers and establishes a new session, the previously obtained file handle is no longer (guaranteed to be) valid. Since QuickOPC normally automatically disconnects from the server when the session is not needed, this could cause a problem if the file handle was needed over a longer time period. The file transfer implementation prevents this issue by locking the connection (forcing the session to stay open) until the file handle is disposed of.
Note that "forced" session terminations, such as those caused by long-lasting network disconnections, can still render the OPC UA file handle invalid, which will manifest itself by persistent errors returned from operations made with that handle.
Read/write chunking
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Metadata caching and model changes
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Read/write size limits
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Adaptive read/write sizes
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