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OpenLNS Programmer's Reference 368
will be set to match the program ID of the device
containing the monitor point or data point.
• If the FormatSpec object applies to a data point obtained
through a ConfigProperty object, the ProgramId property
will be set to match the program ID of the resource file
that defines the configuration property type.
• If the FormatSpec object applies to a message monitor
point, the ProgramId property will be set to
0000000000000000.
Availability Local, full, and lightweight clients.
Syntax programIdValue = formatSpec.ProgramId
Element Description
programIdValu
e
The length of network variables (in
bytes) using the type referenced by this
FormatSpec object.
formatSpec The FormatSpec object to be acted on.
Data Type String.
Read/Write Read/write.
Added to API LNS Release 3.20.
Scope
Summary Each FormatSpec object references a type defined in a
LonMark resource file. This property indicates the scope of
the resource file that contains that type’s definition. The
scope of a resource file determines which devices will use the
types defined in that resource file.
Availability Local, full, lightweight, and independent clients. Independent
clients can only access FormatSpec objects through monitor
points in permanent monitor sets.
Syntax scopeValue = specObject.Scope
Element Description
scopeValue The scope of the device resource file
containing the definition of this type.
The possible values of this element, which
are stored in the ConstResourceScope
constant, are as follows:
0 lcaResourceScopeStandard
This scope applies to all devices.
1 lcaResourceScopeClass
This scope applies to all devices of a
specified device class from any
manufacturer.