From 42248c6fe8679ee6c632c352a43054b795c9dcde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Kotanski <jankotan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:37:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add a description field to the NXsensor group

---
 base_classes/NXsensor.nxdl.xml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/base_classes/NXsensor.nxdl.xml b/base_classes/NXsensor.nxdl.xml
index cdfc11ab04..871c563c73 100644
--- a/base_classes/NXsensor.nxdl.xml
+++ b/base_classes/NXsensor.nxdl.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 	<field name="short_name">
 		<doc>Short name of sensor used e.g. on monitor display program</doc>
 	</field>
+	<field name="description">
+          <doc>Description of this sensor</doc>
+	</field>
 	<field name="attached_to">
 		<doc>where sensor is attached to ("sample" | "can")</doc>
 	</field>