The Xentara Beckhoff ADS Driver v1.3
User Manual
Device
See also
Accessing Xentara Elements
Xentara Tasks

The Device is the primary element of The Xentara Beckhoff ADS Driver. Its attributes and tasks are described below. The Variable and Poll elements are defined as its child elements.

Accessing Device Elements

See also
Accessing Xentara Elements in the Xentara user manual
Attributes
keyThe Device’s primary key.
nameThe Device’s name. The name is the last component of the primary key.
UUIDThe unique UUID of the Device.
typeThe Device’s element type. For ADS devices, this is always “ADS device”.
categoryThe Device’s category. For ADS devices, this is always “device”.
deviceStateThe connection state of the device. True if connected and false if not.
connectionTimeThe last time the device state was changed.
errorA string value containing the last device error.
ADSDeviceStateA string value containing the last target ADS device state.
ADSDeviceStateChangeTimeThe last time the ADS device state was changed.
targetAddressThe network address of the target ADS device.
targetAmsNetIdThe AMS NetID of the target ADS device.
targetAmsPortThe AMS port of the target ADS device.
localAmsNetIdThe local AMS NetID.
localAmsPortThe local AMS port.

Tasks

Tasks
reconnectTries to reconnect to the target ADS device if the connection is down.