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Device manufacturers may also create user resource files that contain manufacturer-defined types and
profiles called user network variable types (UNVTs), user configuration property types (UCPTs), and
user functional profiles (UFPTs).
You can create applications that only use the standard types and profiles. In this case, you do not need
to create user-defined resource files. If you need to define any new user types or profiles, you will use
the NodeBuilder Resource Editor to create them.
Targets
A target is a L ON W ORKS device whose application is built by the IzoT NodeBuilder tool. There are
two types of targets, development targets and release targets. Development targets are used during
development; release targets are used when development is complete and the device will be released to
production. Each NodeBuilder device template specifies the definition for a development target and a
release target. Both target definitions use the same source code, program ID, interface, and resource
files, but can use different hardware templates and compiler, linker, and exporter options. The source
code may include code that is conditionally compiled based on the type of target.
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