Focas Constants and Variables

Focas Constants and Variables

Focas Source Variables

Focas variables are used to hold data retrieved from Focas enabled devices.

The information in the curly brackets are parameters that must be filled out to specify additional detail about the data being acquired.

Some variables optionally support multiple paths. Valid options are nothing, a path number, or All. These are denoted in the variable list with a {} inside the variable brackets: 

[focas.variable_name{}]



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