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Synopsis

enableDevice [-apply] [-device string] [-enable boolean] [-monitor] [-record]

enableDevice is undoable, queryable, and NOT editable.

Sets (or queries) the device enable state for actions involving the device.

-monitor
affects all assignInputDevice and attachDeviceAttr actions for the named device
-record
controls if the device is recorded (by default) by a recordDevice action
-apply channelName [channelName ... ]
controls if data from the device channel is applied (by default) by applyTake to the param curves attached to the named channel.

Disabling a channel for applyTake cause applyTake to ignore the enable state of all "child" channels -- treating them as disabled.

Return value

None

In query mode, return type is based on queried flag.

Related

applyTake, defineDataServer, defineVirtualDevice, filter, movIn, movOut, readTake, recordDevice, writeTake

Flags

apply, device, enable, monitor, record
Long name (short name) Argument types Properties
-apply(-a) createquery
enable/disable "applyTake" for the specified channel(s)
-device(-d) string createquery
specifies the device to change
-enable(-en) boolean createquery
enable (or disable) monitor/record/apply
-monitor(-m) createquery
enables/disables visible update for the device (default)
-record(-rec) createquery
enable/disable "recordDevice" device recording
Flag can appear in Create mode of command Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command Flag can be used more than once in a command.

MEL examples

// Enables all assignInputDevice and attachDeviceAttr actions for the
// device named "clock"
enableDevice -enable true -d clock;

// Stops applyTake (with no arguments) from updating param curves
// attached to the minutes  and hours channels of device named "clock"
enableDevice -enable false -d clock -apply minutes hours;