Echelon SmartServer 2.2 - Manual (Page 147)

148 Using the SmartServer Web Interface
Properties In General mode, opens the Configure - Channel page. You can use this
page to enter an optional description of the channel, view the icon used to
represent the channel in the tree, and view whether the channel is hidden or
shown in the tree.
In Driver mode, opens a Web page for configuring the channel’s
driver-specific properties (L
ON W ORKS , Modbus, or M-Bus). The following
describes the properties you can set on a channel for each driver type:

L ON W ORKS . Opens the Setup - LON Channel Driver Web page.
You can use this page to change the channel type (FT, IP, PL, RF, or
TP), enable repeating on PL-20 channels, enable and set a round-trip
delay time, set the minimal offline time for devices, set an offline delay
for devices, and modify advanced properties (transmit timer and recount
tries).
 
Modbus . . Opens the Setup - Modbus Channel Driver Web page. You
can use this page to change the channel type (TCP/IP, RS-485, or
RS-232), select the baud rate, select the transmission mode, and select
the size of start and parity bits, and set a stop bit.

M-Bus. Opens the Setup - M-Bus Channel Driver Web page. You
can use this page to change the channel type (RS-485 or RS-232) and
select the baud rate.
You can also a channel’s Driver Web page to enter an optional description
of the channel, change the icon used to represent the channel in the tree, and
select whether the channel is hidden or shown in the tree.
Expand Displays the devices attached to the channel in the navigation pane.
Delete Removes the channel and all of its devices, functional blocks, and data
points from the network. If the SmartServer is synchronized with an
OpenLNS network database, this also deletes the channel and all of its
devices, functional blocks, and data points from the OpenLNS network
database.
Rename Opens the Enter Name dialog where you can enter a new name for the
channel.
Create External
Channel This option is only available in the OpenLNS tree when there are no remote
SmartServers on the LAN. Adds the channel, all of its child devices, and
optionally the devices’ child functional blocks and data points to the local
SmartServer tree (if the local SmartServer is synchronized with the
OpenLNS database in which the copied objects are stored). After the
objects are added to the local SmartServer tree, they can be managed with
the local SmartServer.
When you click this command and there are one or more devices on the
channel that do not already exist in the local SmartServer’s internal
database, the Omit FBs? dialog opens. By default, only the device is copied
to the SmartServer tree. Click Omit FBs to accept the default and copy only
the device, or click Copy All to also copy the functional blocks and data
points on the device to the SmartServer tree. The time required to complete
the copy operation depends on the number of functional blocks and data
points on the device.
If you click Copy All to copy the device and all of its functional blocks and
data points to the SmartServer tree, and there are more items than can be
cached by your Web browser, the Automatic Submit? dialog opens. Click
Auto Submit to continue copying the items to the SmartServer tree, or click