JSON Format for I/O Components

A JSON object describing an I/O component has the following syntax:

{
  "@IOComponent.Driver.Type": {
    "id": "Device 1",
    "uuid": "9cf67026-0e8c-4fd5-a046-f966a551db9b",
    ...
    "children": [
      ...
    ]
  }
}

Type Descriptor

The type designation of the I/O component (@IOComponent.Driver.Type) consists of three parts:

• @IOComponent This part is fixed and always appears exaclty as shown.
• Driver This is the name of the driver that provides the I/O component.
• Type This is the actual type of the I/O component.

Object Members

id	A string value containing the ID of the I/O component. The ID is used to construct the I/O component’s primary key.
uuid	A string value containing the unique UUID of the I/O component.
children	A JSON array containing the child elements of the I/O component. I/O components may have other I/O components, I/O points, and I/O batches as children. The exact child elements allowed depend on the specific type of I/O component. Please remember that each element block requires two layers of {} due to the syntax restrictions of the JSON format.

Each individual type of I/O component can have additional properties. Most I/O components will have a property containing the device address, for example. Please refer to the documentation of the specific I/O component for details.