Description, Extensions – Echelon OpenLNS User Manual

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size and channel transceiver type.
When you write to this property, you should note that the

delays for transactions on a given channel must be calculated

as round-trip delays. Make sure you set this property to a

value that is based on the amount of time it will take for a

request message to be sent on the channel, and for the

response message to be sent back on the channel.
You should also note that you can set the expected delay for a

message to be sent to a specific device by writing to the

Delay

property of the

AppDevice

object.

Availability

Local, full, and lightweight clients.

Syntax

delayValue = channelObject.Delay

Element

Description

delayValue

The delay associated with the channel,

in milliseconds. The valid range of this

property is 0 to 65,535.

channelObject

Channel

object to be acted upon.

Data Type

Long.

Read/Write

Read/write.

Added to API

Prior to LNS Release 3.0.

Description

Summary

Stores description information about the

Channel

object

.

Availability

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

some collections are not available to Independent clients.

Syntax

stringValue = object.Description

Element

Description

stringValue

A string description of the

AppDevice

object.

object

The

AppDevice

object to be acted on.

Data Type

String.

Read/Write

Read/write.

Added to API

This depends on the object used to access the property.

Generally, this property exists for the objects listed above as

soon as they are added to the API. See the applicable object

to determine what release it was introduced in.

Extensions

Summary

Contains the

Extensions

collection object associated with the

specified

Channel

.

This property returns an Extensions collection. The objects

in this collection represent user data reserved for

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