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Selector, Selfdocumentation – Echelon OpenLNS User Manual

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Selector

Summary

The network variable selector value assigned to this network

variable alias.
When a device is installed, selector values that represent

unbound network variables are assigned to the network

variables in that device. When placing the network variable

in a connection, the OpenLNS Object Server assigns a value

representing that connection.

Availability

Local, full, lightweight, and independent clients. Note that

some objects containing this property are not available to

Independent clients.

Syntax

selectorValue = object.Selector

Element

Description

object

The

NetworkVariable

object to be acted

on.

selectorValue

The network variable selector value

Data Type

Integer.

Read/Write

Read only.

Added to API

Prior to LNS Release 3.0.

SelfDocumentation

Summary

Stores the self-documentation string of the network variable.
The length of the string is not provided as a separate

property. To get the length, get the descriptionString, and

calculate the length from it. Note that this property returns

only the user portion (which follows the LonMark portion, if

any) of the self-documentation string

Availability

Local, full, and lightweight clients.

Syntax

descriptionString = object.SelfDocumentation

Element

Description

programIdValue

The program ID value of the object.

object

The

NetworkVariable

object to be

acted on.

Data Type

String.

Read/Write

Read only.

Added to API

Prior to LNS Release 3.0.