Nvmonitorpoints, Methods, D nvmonitorpoints – Echelon OpenLNS User Manual

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NvMonitorPoints

The

NvMonitorPoints

object contains a collection of

NvMonitorPoint

objects. This collection

object contains all of the

NvMonitorPoint

objects that have been added to a monitor set.

Network

variable monitor points can be used for explicit reading and writing, polled

monitoring, or implicit bound monitoring of network variables on devices in your network.

For more information on network variable monitor points, see the Monitor and Control

chapter of the OpenLNS Programmer’s Guide.

In general, the NvMonitorPoint collections contained in MonitorSet objects that were created

as permanent monitor sets, or as temporary monitor sets, behave the same way. However,

there are several variances in the behavior of individual network variable monitor points you

should note when using temporary monitor sets. The DefaultOptions properties of network

variable monitor points in temporary monitor sets are not accessible. For more information

on this, see the online help for the DefaultOptions property.

In addition, network variable monitor points in temporary monitor sets cannot be

automatically bound to the monitoring node. This means that the

UseBoundUpdates

property stored in the

NvMonitorOptions

objects used by all temporary monitor points must

be set to False.

The following table summarizes the NvMonitorPoints object.

Description

A collection of

NvMonitorPoint

objects.

Added to API

LNS Release 3.0.

Accessed Through

MonitorSet

object.

Default Property

Item

Methods

Add

Remove

Properties

ClassId

Count

Item

Parent

_NewEnum

Methods

The NvMonitorPoints object contains the following methods

.

Add

Remove

Add

Summary

Adds a new

NvMonitorPoint

object to the collection.

You should use transactions when creating large numbers of

network variable monitor points in permanent monitor sets.

This is because it will reduce the time required to create the

monitor points. For more information on using transactions

with OpenLNS, see the Programming an OpenLNS

Application chapter of the OpenLNS Programmer’s Guide.
Monitor points in permanent monitor sets are not

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