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i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Programmer’s Reference

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LonFormat="UCPTchannelType">CT_RS232_MASTER


LonFormat="UCPTspeed">MS_2400

LonFormat="UCPTsize">CS_8

LonFormat="UCPTparity">P_EVEN

LonFormat="UCPTstopBits">SB_1


LonFormat="UCPTretryCount">1



The Get function returns an element for each channel referenced in the input parameters you
supplied to the function. The properties included within each element are initially defined
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 an M-Bus channel by
providing its and specifying the new
property to which the channel is to be renamed.

The type of M-Bus channel, which may be RS232 or RS485.
This determines the icon used to represent the M-Bus channel in
the SmartServer Web interface.

A flag indicating whether the M-Bus 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
M-Bus 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
10:13:13 AM on August 15, 2002.