The Xentara Beckhoff ADS Driver v1.3
User Manual
Variable

A Variable represents an individual variable on the target ADS device.

Accessing Variable Elements

See also
Accessing Xentara Elements in the Xentara user manual
Attributes
keyThe Variable’s primary key.
nameThe Variable’s name. The name is the last component of the primary key.
UUIDThe unique UUID of the Variable.
typeThe Variable’s element type. For ADS variables, this is always “ADS Variable”.
categoryThe Variable’s category. For ADS variables, this is always “data point”.
valueThe value of the variable.
qualityThe quality of the current value.
errorThe last read error.
updateTimeThe last time the value was updated.
changeTimeThe last time the value changed.
writeTimeThe last time the value was written.
writeErrorThe last write error.