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Attributes
Object: Data Type
Key Attribute: Index
Attribute: Description
Attribute: Symbol Length
Attribute: Symbol
Index
Logical Address of the object. (The semantic of the indices is fixed).
Description
This attribute contains a textual description of the Data Type. It consists of
the Symbol Length and the Symbol.
Symbol Length
This attribute contains the length of the symbol. The value 0 means that no sym-
bol is used.
Symbol
This attribute contains a visible string of 0 to 32 octets as a symbolic de-
scription.
Structure of the OD on Transmission
The entry for a Data Type in the ST-OD has the structure below.
+-------+----------+-----------------------------+
! Index ! Object ! Description !
! ! code ! Symbol Length ! Symbol !
+-------+----------+---------------+-------------+
! 01 ! Data Type! 7 ! Boolean !
+-------+----------+---------------+-------------+
Figure 70. Object Description of Data Type in the ST-OD
Object Code
Tag for the Data Type Object, which is transmitted in addition to the object at-
tributes for the GetOD and the PutOD service.
Null Object <=> not configured.
EXAMPLE:
+-------+-------------+------------+
! Index ! Object ! Description!
! ! code ! !
+-------+-------------+------------+//
! 01 ! Data Type ! Boolean ! Boolean
+-------+-------------+------------+//
! 02 ! Null Object ! ! Integer8, not configured
+-------+-------------+------------+//
! 03 ! Data Type ! Integer16 ! Integer16
+-------+-------------+------------+//
...
+-------+-------------+------------+//
! 76 ! Data Type ! xy special ! Application specific
+-------+-------------+------------+//
Figure 71. Object Description of Data Types in the ST-OD (Example)