we have a plugin that have a single item with all the sub detail/items are defined as proprieties.
can we we use those properties as items in the maps?
No. You will have to create items in order to have them represented in the maps.
Hi Bo thanks,
so what is the use item properties, is there any use of it in the run time?
be build a Plugin that all the items are defined as properties under one main item, can we manipulate the Plugin so it will properties will be set as item in the DB?
BR
Please explore the Sensor Monitor sample. Properties are not used by maps or other Milestone functionality but they might have value for you to store properties making sense for your integration solution.
Hi Bo,
can we create Items with out making them shown in the management Client?
because we have a lot of “items” in our system more then 484 for each controller and we can have up to 20 controllers in the systems.
so if we need to map the items in the management client it will be alot of items.
can we connect properties to items in the DB?
BR
Yes.
As an example take the Sensor Monitor plugin sample, modify the plugin.def file so that the plugin loads only in the Event Server, not in the Management Client. Now there is nothing in the Management Client but the items previously defined can still be put on maps in the Smart Client.
If you then put functionality to create the items in the Event Server then you can develop a functioning system without Management Client presence.
Hybrids where there is still some stuff in the Management Client could be designed also by doing separate plugins for the Event Server and the Management Client .
You can save information without having items, see the Property sample, maybe this is what you mean with your last question..