The CoverFunctionType is used to control the cover, door, or lid of a Laboratory Device. In addition to the FunctionType, the Operational FunctionalGroup was added for operational Parameters and Methods. Additionally, CoverStateMachine was added to monitor/control the state of a Device. The CoverFunctionType is formally defined in Table 118.

Table 118 – CoverFunctionType Definition

Attribute

Value

BrowseName

CoverFunctionType

IsAbstract

False

References

Node Class

BrowseName

DataType

TypeDefinition

Other

Subtype of the FunctionType defined in 7.4

0:HasComponent

Object

Operational

1:FunctionalGroupType

M

0:HasComponent

Object

CoverState

CoverStateMachineType

M

Conformance Units

LADS CoverFunctionType

CoverState is a state machine which controls the cover of a LADS Device. See CoverStateMachineType for details about the controlling state machine.