---
alias: user-guide-automation-task-opcua-raiseevent
tags:
- automation tasks
description: "This task raises an OPC UA event, triggering a message to the driver for processing"
---

# Raise Event

![Screenshot showing a button or control labeled "Raise Event".](images/raiseevent-lg.svg)

This task raises an OPC UA event. To be used with OPC UA driver in Server mode.

![Screenshot showing a dialog box with options for raising an event.](./images/raise_event_parameters.png)

!!! warning
    This task is currently deprecated and will be removed in future versions.

## Inputs

| Name            | Data Type  | Description       |
|-----------------|------------|-------------------|
| `<custom list>` | `<custom>` | Input properties  |
| Activate        | `any`      | Activate the task |

## Outputs

| Name    | Data Type | Description  |
| ------  |  ---------|   --------- |
| Success | `Boolean` |  If there was no problem emits a true |
| Error  | `Error` | Error that occurred during the processing of this task |

## Settings

On the *General Tab*, you have the usual settings and the following settings:

| Name    | Data Type | Default | Description  |
| ------  |  ---------| --------- | --------- |
|  Event |  `AutomationEvent`  |  | Automation Event to be raised |

![Screenshot showing the Raise Event Settings page.](./images/raise_event_settings.png)

On the *Inputs* Tab, you have entries for each of the result parameters of the command:

![Screenshot showing the input fields for Raise Event Settings.](./images/raise_event_settings_inputs.png)

## Behavior

Select an event (corresponding to a OPC UA event) to send and the task inputs will be generated based on the respective event properties

Activate will trigger sending a message to the driver. The contents of the message are the values received in the inputs.

## Remarks

All the communication with the equipment is handled by the driver in the backend.