Numeric Sample Types

Numeric sample types report data which representing a continuously changing or analog data value. The data provided may be a scalar floating point number or integer value.

The predefined numeric sample type set which comes with the MTConnect server installation includes all numeric sample types defined in MTConnect Standard version 1.4. The complete list of the predefined numeric sample types you can find in topic Supported MTConnect Standard.

Type Name

The name of the sample type as defined in the MTConnect standard. This name must match exactly the type name in the MTConnect standard. If a type has one or multiple sub types, then multiple entries have to be defined, one for each type/sub type pair.

Sub Type Name

The name of the sample sub type as defined in the MTConnect standard. This name must match exactly the type name in the MTConnect standard. If no sub type is specified in the MTConnect standard then this field has to be empty.

Data Type

To supply the OPC UA client with the data value appropriate for the data value the MTConnect agent reports, the data type for a specific type/sub type can be set individually. The following picture shows the drop down list of the available data types: