diff --git a/devices/APSCTL.py b/devices/APSCTL.py
index 62bc56f859566bc562ede8da27c7d9da428882ca..0cb322251d66d5f21f737ce9d1f3034dafd802a0 100644
--- a/devices/APSCTL.py
+++ b/devices/APSCTL.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class APSCTL(hardware_device):
                 i.set_comm_client(self.OPCua_client)
             except:
                 # use the pass function instead of setting read/write fails
-                i.set_pass_func(self.OPCua_client)
+                i.set_pass_func()
                 self.error_stream("error in getting APSCTL attribute: {} from client".format(i))
 
         self.OPCua_client.start()
diff --git a/devices/PCC.py b/devices/PCC.py
index bb35a0b6c2d5c6ba6036bf22bda89f1986db262d..da615d180061cbb3704b1322d99e1134b9ebb234 100644
--- a/devices/PCC.py
+++ b/devices/PCC.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class PCC(hardware_device):
                 i.set_comm_client(self.OPCua_client)
             except:
                 # use the pass function instead of setting read/write fails
-                i.set_pass_func(self.OPCua_client)
+                i.set_pass_func()
                 self.error_stream("error in getting PCC attribute: {} from client".format(i))
 
         self.OPCua_client.start()
diff --git a/devices/SDP.py b/devices/SDP.py
index 0e69a4362da4d478113d78628fcf66586eae14ba..ebe6809998419e31ca0864e69b96ab2b4160faf1 100644
--- a/devices/SDP.py
+++ b/devices/SDP.py
@@ -140,8 +140,9 @@ class SDP(hardware_device):
                 i.set_comm_client(self.OPCua_client)
             except:
                 # use the pass function instead of setting read/write fails
-                i.set_pass_func(self.OPCua_client)
-                self.error_stream("error in getting SDP attribute: {} from client".format(i))
+                i.set_pass_func()
+                self.debug_stream("error in getting SDP attribute: {} from client".format(i))
+                pass
 
         self.OPCua_client.start()
 
diff --git a/devices/SNMP.py b/devices/SNMP.py
index c9a8337d5c8ed684ecd6c3eb9e4fbf2f15f06ea7..078ca6ddf69e237c9aa8c3bc282be3f87c50ef23 100644
--- a/devices/SNMP.py
+++ b/devices/SNMP.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class SNMP(hardware_device):
                 i.set_comm_client(self.snmp_manager)
             except:
                 # use the pass function instead of setting read/write fails
-                i.set_pass_func(self.snmp_manager)
+                i.set_pass_func()
                 self.error_stream("error in getting SNMP attribute: {} from client".format(i))
 
         self.snmp_manager.start()
diff --git a/devices/ini_device.py b/devices/ini_device.py
index 6be6b1a6149a0d5402eed537b4f7783b4253a691..9b3e83a1e41e25a775c3b509fff483c5e0ccdafc 100644
--- a/devices/ini_device.py
+++ b/devices/ini_device.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class ini_device(hardware_device):
                 i.set_comm_client(self.ini_client)
             except:
                 # use the pass function instead of setting read/write fails
-                i.set_pass_func(self.ini_client)
+                i.set_pass_func()
                 self.error_stream("error in getting ini attribute: {} from client".format(i))
 
         self.ini_client.start()