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LonFormat="UCPTchannelType">CT_RS232_MASTER
LonFormat="UCPTspeed">MS_9600
LonFormat="UCPTsize">CS_8
LonFormat="UCPTparity">P_NONE
LonFormat="UCPTstopBits">SB_1
LonFormat="UCPTserialMode">SM_RTU
LonFormat="UCPTretryCount">1
The Get function returns an
supplied to the function. The properties included within each
when the channel is added to the SmartServer. You can write to these channel properties with the Set
function. The following table describes these properties.
Property Description
The name of the channel in the following format:
<network/channel>. You can rename a Modbus channel by
providing its
The type of Modbus channel, which may be IP, RS232, or
RS485. This determines the icon used to represent the Modbus
channel in the SmartServer Web interface.
A flag indicating whether the Modbus channel is hidden or
shown in the navigation pane on the left side of the SmartServer
Web interface. This property may have the following values:
0
– shown
1
– hidden
A timestamp indicating the last time the configuration of the
Modbus channel was updated. This timestamp uses the ISO
8601 format, which is as follows:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.sssZPhh:mm
The first segment of the time stamp (YYYY-MM-DD)
represents the date the configuration of the Data Point was last
updated. The second segment (after the T): HH:MM:SS.sss
represents the time of day the configuration of the Data Point
was last updated, in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
UTC is the current term for what was commonly referred to as
Greenwich Meridian Time (GMT). Zero (0) hours UTC is
midnight in Greenwich England, which lies on the zero
longitudinal meridian. Universal time is based on a 24-hour
clock, therefore; an afternoon hour such as 4 pm UTC would be
expressed as 16:00 UTC. The Z appended to the timestamp
indicates that it is in UTC. It can be left out.
For example, 2002-08-15T10:13:13Z indicates a UTC time of