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Lose Changes to stop the copy operation. If you click Auto Submit,
additional copies from the OpenLNS tree will be sent to the local
SmartServer tree when a batch is ready.
Copy External
Channel This option is only available in the OpenLNS tree when there are one or
more remote SmartServers on the LAN. Copies the channel and all of its
children devices. The copied objects can then be pasted to a target
SmartServer using the Paste External shortcut command on any network
object in the target SmartServer tree (if the target SmartServer is
synchronized with the OpenLNS database in which the copied objects are
stored). After the copied objects are pasted to the SmartServer tree, they
can be managed with the target SmartServer.
Paste External This option is only available in the SmartServer tree when there are one or
more remote SmartServers on the LAN, and it only appears after you have
used the Copy External <object> on an object in the OpenLNS tree. Adds
an object copied from the OpenLNS tree and all of its parent and child
objects to the network tree of the target SmartServer.
If you click this command after copying a channel or device in the
OpenLNS tree 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
Lose Changes to stop the copy operation. If you click Auto Submit,
additional copies from the OpenLNS tree will be sent to the local
SmartServer tree when a batch is ready.
For example, you can copy a device and paste it to a channel branch in a
SmartServer tree. The device, its parent channel (if different than the
selected channel), and optionally its functional block and data points are
added to the network tree. You can then use the target SmartServer to
manage the objects.
Note: The target SmartServer must be synchronized with the OpenLNS
network database in which the copied object is stored in order to perform
this operation.
Add Device Opens the Add Device dialog in which you create a new device from a XIF
or device template (.XML file). See Creating and Configuring L
ON W ORKS
Devices in Chapter 5 for more information.
Add Router This option is only available for L ON W ORKS channels. Opens the Add
Router dialog in which you enter a name for the router, select the router
type, and select the target channel to be connected to the far side of the
router. See Creating and Configuring L
ON W ORKS Routers in Chapter 5 for
more information.
Note: To add a router to a L ON W ORKS channel in a SmartServer tree, the
SmartServer must be operating in LNS mode (LNS Auto or LNS Manual).