Access the UI values dictionary from code

OK, in plugin.py I know I can access device plugin properties with dev.pluginProps and I can access states with dev.states (where dev is the device reference), but how do I access the UI values I entered into a device settings form (Devices.xml)?

I know some methods in plugin.py expose valuesDict or validateDict, but this is not exposed in the deviceStartComm method in plugin.py that I need this from so that I can set the address property to one of these values on the devices UI form.

I've trawled the Indigo documentation and Google for about 3 hours and can't work it out

The items in the ConfigUI are plugin properties:

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            serialPort = device.pluginProps.get(u'serialPort', "")


Try
Indigo.server.log(unicode(dev.pluginProps))
It will show you all the plugin props


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Absolutely fantastic - thanks for the speedy responses!

My method for extracting values from pluginProps was flawed - I had no idea about the need to use the u (unicode) prefix