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value that conflicts with the
configurations of the devices using a
template. If you set this property to a
setting that violates the configuration
of devices already using the template,
then the NS, #59
lcaErrNsProgramIntfMismatch
exception is thrown.
devTemplateObject The DeviceTemplate object to be acted
upon.
Data Type Integer.
Read/Write Read/write.
Added to API LNS Release 3.20.
SelfDocumentation
Summary Stores the self-documentation string of the application device.
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 object to be acted on.
Data Type String.
Read/Write Read only.
Added to API Prior to LNS Release 3.0.
UserTypeFileName
Summary Contains an alternative base file name for user formatting.
Setting this property to "<my fomat file>" causes the Object
Server to automatically prepend "<my format file>." when
assigning the network variable's type. Otherwise, it will
defer to the default Data Server behavior.
Availability Local, full, and lightweight clients.
Syntax formatString = devTemplateObject.UserTypeFileName
Element Description
formatString The user type format file path.
If you specify this element, the
string value will be used as the