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Rob Robinson
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Hi Hughes,

Thanks for sending the video - we understand the behavior, which is by design.

Description is a hardcoded value set into the symbol by the UDP Wizard.  The reason it is set as hardcoded text is because the text in a library symbol may be different from the value used in the Description attribute of the product. 

As an example,  in the Stardraw library the Crestron product AMP-8075 has the description "Avia 8-Channel Power Amplifier, 75W/Ch., 4/8 Ohm or 70V, North America & Japan, 100-120V", which is useful for identifying and selecting the product, but this much text would not fit into a symbol well so a shortened label is used, "8 Channel Amp".

To keep things simple in the UDP Wizard the decision was taken, quite a while ago, to hardcode rather than bind that text to an Attribute.

I hope this helps to explain what's happening, although I can understand - in the particular case that you have reported - that it may seem un-intuitive.

Kind regards,
Rob Robinson
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Hi Rob,

Thank you for the explanation.

Regards,
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