See also

I/O Components in the Xentara user manual

The Device element as an I/O component is the main element of the Xentara MeerK40t driver representing a single laser device. All laser commands are exposed as children Xentara skill data points.

Accessing Device Elements

See also

Accessing Xentara Elements in the Xentara user manual

Device elements have the following members:

Attributes

key	The Device’s primary key.
name	The Device’s name. The name is the last component of the primary key.
UUID	The unique UUID of the Device.
type	The Device’s element type. For MeerK40t Devices, this is always “MeerK40t device”.
category	The Device’s category. For MeerK40t Devices, this is always “device”.
address	Address of the MeerK40t Telnet server.
deviceState	The Device’s state as a boolean showing the connection state.
error	The Device’s connection error if any.
connectionTime	Time when connection was established.

Tasks

reconnect	Attempts to reestablish the connection to MeerK40t if it is down.
poll	Polls MeerK40t once to update children data points and send pending commands.

Events

connected	Occurs when the MeerK40t is connected.
disconnected	Occurs when the MeerK40t is disconnected.