Handle, Hostselect – Echelon OpenLNS User Manual

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values:

0

Development program ID

.

8

LonMark approved program ID

.

9

LonMark prototype program ID

.

devTemplateObject

The

DeviceTemplate

object

Data Type

String.

Read/Write

Read only.

Added to API

Prior to LNS Release 3.0.

Handle

Summary

Contains the handle associated with the

DeviceTemplate

object. This property enables the

DeviceTemplate

to be

retrieved by the

ItemByHandle

method of the

DeviceTemplates

object.

Availability

Local, full, and lightweight clients.

Syntax

returnValue =

DeviceTemplate

.Handle

Element

Description

returnValue

The NSS handle of the

DeviceTemplate

object.

object

The

DeviceTemplate

object to be acted

on.

Data Type

Long.

Read/Write

Read only.

Added to API

OpenLNS.

HostSelect

Summary

Indicates whether the network variable processing on devices

using this device template is managed on the Neuron Chip or

on an attached processor.

The Microprocessor Interface Program (MIP) is firmware for

the Neuron Chip that transforms the Neuron Chip into a

communications co-processor for an attached host processor.
For more information on the MIP firmware, see the

LONWORKS Microprocessor Interface Program (MIP) User’s

Guide. This can be downloaded from Echelon’s website at

www.echelon.com.

Availability

Local, full, and lightweight clients.

Syntax

hostSelect = dtObject.HostSelect

Element

Description

hostSelect

A Boolean value.
TRUE.

Device is a host-based

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