An optical reflector, in particular for construction or geodetic surveying, has a reflective body and a receptacle housing for holding the reflective body. The method includes invoking the transaction when at least one application registers for the transaction, by recognizing one or more services associated to the registered transaction context. Some embodiments provide support for SystemVerilog reals net connecting to electrical nets and support for SystemVerilog real signals connecting to Verilog-AMS wreal signals.