How to add a new Device via script with a description?

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Using system.device.addDevice I can add devices, but in the help there's a note that the description field can't be configured...
https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/system.device.addDevice+-+deviceProps+Listing

Below is a table of properties callable by system.device.addDevice.

Note that the Description and Enabled properties may not be configured with this function, although a device connection could be disabled with a call to system.device.setDeviceEnabled() after creating the connection.

I use the description field to copy the IP address into so that I can quickly see what all device IP addresses are configured as. Otherwise it's an absolute PITA, especially with >90 devices.

I need to add 20 new devices and I really don't want to have to set these descriptions up manually :frowning:

Possible?

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I think that the only workaround for now is to write the description in the internal sqlite DB, table DEVICESETTINGS

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Yeah :confused:

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This will be possible in 8.1.9:

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Is this solved? It appears there is still no description property in 8.1.43?

EDIT
Solved. Use a named 'description' parameter in addDevice rather than the props dict.
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I think the 2nd issue here is that the IP address isn't displayed on the overview screen

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Hmm?

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My actual issue that I was working around was displaying the IP address of the PLCs on the Device Connections overview page by writing the IP address into the device description fields. So the underlying issue for me is that the IP address isn't visible on the device connections overview page

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Ahh... I'm not sure that really changes in 8.3 either. The assumption that every device even has a hostname or IP address config property isn't valid.

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the assumption that all of my devices have an ip address is valid though :stuck_out_tongue: (all 120 of them)

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Good, use the description then :slight_smile:

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