Objecttype, Parent – Echelon OpenLNS User Manual

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ObjectType

Summary

Indicates the type of objects to which the type should be

applied.

When new values are written to the Scope, ProgramID,

TypeName properties of the TypeSpec object and the

TypeSpec object is passed back to the network variable,

OpenLNS sets the ObjectType property automatically.

Availability

Local, full, and lightweight clients.

Syntax

objectType = typeSpec.

ObjectType

Element

Description

objectType

The objects to which the type applies.

The possible values for this element,

which are specified in the

ConstTypeSpecObjectType

constant, are

as follows:

0 lcaTypeSpecNv

The type applies to network variables.

2 TypeSpecLmo
This type applies to LonMark objects or

functional blocks (SFPTs and UFPTs).
2 TypeSpecFb
An alias for TypeSpecLmo.

typeSpec

The

TypeSpec

object to be acted on.

Data Type

Long.

Read/Write

Read only.

Added to API

LNS Release 3.20.

Parent

Summary

Returns the object that spawned the current child object.
The parent object is determined by the means in which a

child object is accessed, not by the OpenLNS Object

hierarchy.

Availability

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

some collection objects are not available to Independent

clients.

Syntax

parentObject = object.Parent

Element

Description

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