Cascade Driver for Hilscher Fieldbus CIF Cards: Version 4.1
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# describePnt

describePnt -- describes the attributes of a point.

## Synopsis

    (describePnt point_name)

## Parameters

`point_name`

  The name of an existing point.

## Returns

The description of the point formatted as follows:

        (describePnt point_name point_type enable_flag read_write_mode)

or if the point is not defined, then

        (error "describePnt DR_ERR_PNT_NOT_FOUND (time) point not found: point_name")

## Description

This command requests a description of the attributes of the named point. It is typically sent as a command and not used in configuration file.

## Example

        (describePnt "Light1")

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