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5.2.4 Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters

 

Column Title

 

 

Function

 

 

Legal Values

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Node to fetch data from or send data to. Needed for Explicit

 

 

One of the node names

 

 

Node_Name

 

 

 

 

specified

in “Client

Node

 

 

 

 

Addressing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Descriptors” above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SNVT_Type

 

 

Standard network variable type of the data

 

 

See Appendix D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SNVT_Option*

 

 

Specifies which record out of a complex SNVT we are after.

 

 

See Appendix A.9.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SNVT_Units*

 

 

Specifies the measurement units (e.g. Metric or English)

 

 

See Appendix A.9.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies the length in bytes of an UNVT. This Parameter is compulsory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNVT_Byte_Length*

 

 

when SNVT_Type is set to UNVT, the parameter is not used in

 

 

1-255. See Appendix A.1

 

 

 

 

 

conjunction with SNVT’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies the Type Number to apply to this particular UNVT. This

 

 

0, 146-255. See Appendix

 

 

UNVT_ID

 

 

Parameter is optional when SNVT_Type is set to UNVT, the parameter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

is not used on conjunction with SNVT’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NV_Min_Value*

 

 

Network Variable updates with values less than specified in this field

 

 

See Appendix A.2

 

 

 

 

 

will be ignored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NV_Max_Value*

 

 

Network Variable updates with values higher than specified in this field

 

 

See Appendix A.2

 

 

 

 

 

will be ignored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network Variable updates where the value’s delta change is less than

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NV_Delta_Value*

 

 

specified in this field will be ignored unless the Max_Scan_Time

 

 

See Appendix A.3

 

 

 

 

 

Condition has been met. Compulsory for Throttling Lon Functions only.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not used on other Lon Functions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NV_Selfdoc_Text*

 

 

The Self-Documenting String for this Network Variable.

 

 

Normal

Text up

to a

 

 

 

 

 

 

length of 40 characters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.2.5 Timing Parameters

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Scan_Interval

Seconds per scan

0-32000

 

 

 

Min_Scan_Time

Minimum Scan Time in seconds.

See Appendix A.3

 

 

 

Max_Scan_Time

Maximum Scan Time in seconds.

See Appendix A.3

 

 

 

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