Define Job

See also

Skill Data Points in the Xentara user manual

The Xentara Define Job data point is always published by the device and used to define new laser jobs. The defined configuration can be read from Current Variable Values, Current Index, Record Count, Job Name.

Accessing Define Job

See also

Accessing Xentara Elements in the Xentara user manual

Define Job has the following attributes:

Attributes

key	The Define Job’s primary key.
name	The Define Job’s name. The name is the last component of the primary key.
UUID	The unique UUID of the Define Job.
type	The Define Job’s element type. For MeerK40t Define Jobs, this is always “MeerK40t define job”.
category	The Define Job’s category. For MeerK40t Define Jobs, this is always “define job”.
value	Write-only JSON attribute to define a new laser job.

Value Format

{
  "name": "name of the job",
  "svgPath": "/path/to/svg",
  "csvPath": "/path/to/csv",
  "variables": {
    "name": "Anna",
    "location": "Munich"
  }
}

Keys

name	Name of the job
svgPath	Path to the .svg template file for a job.
csvPath	Optional path to the .csv file with variable values.
variables	Optional map of variable name/value pairs.

See Variable Placeholders for more information about the variables.