1.7.2.5. Functional

In this section below a <device> any child objects of the device can be described. A child object is an object indented below the father object in the device tree.

Example:

<Functional>
    <ChildObject>
        <ObjectGuid>8ceeba4e-ac7a-4fbd-9415-bfb2d98668ab</ObjectGuid>
        <ObjectName>Plc Logic</ObjectName>
    </ChildObject>
    <Attribute name="StdCommunicationLink">True</Attribute>
    <Attribute name="NoIoDownload">False</Attribute>
    <Attribute name="SecureOnlineMode">False</Attribute>
</Functional>

XML Tag	Description
ObjectGuid	Typeguid of the factory, that is capable of creating the object.
ObjectName	The name of the object as it should appear in the device tree.
Attribute “StdCommunicationLink”	Boolean value. Must be set to true, if the device has a CODESYS communication stack.
Attribute “NoIoDownload”	Set this (optional) attribute, if no i/o configuration should be downloaded to the device (ie. The device does not support the IoManager)
Attribute “SecureOnlineMode”	Boolean value. If set, secure online mode is by default activated for the device. Secure online mode means that the user will have to confirm most of the online commands before they become effective.

Note

For complete documentation on the particular device description elements see the device_description_schema.