Managing device objects – Echelon SmartServer 2.2 User Manual
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Using the SmartServer Web Interface
Overview
Opens a shortcut menu that includes options for opening Overview Web
pages for the devices, functional blocks, and bindings (Web connections in
the SmartServer tree or L
ON
W
ORKS
connections in the OpenLNS tree) in the
network, and an option for opening the Lon Command Queue and Power
Line Repeating Analysis Web page. See Chapter 5 for more information
on using the Overview Web pages and the Lon Command Queue and
Power Line Repeating Analysis Web pages.
Synchronize with
LNS
This option is only available in the SmartServer tree when the SmartServer
is synchronized to an OpenLNS network database. Transmits changes made
to the channel to the OpenLNS network database, and updates the
SmartServer’s internal database with changes made to the channel with
OpenLNS CT, OpenLNS tree, or other OpenLNS application. This option is
only available in the SmartServer tree. Note that this synchronization does
update the LON driver properties of the channel (for example, timing
parameters, description) in the SmartServer’s internal database.
Refresh
This option is only available in the OpenLNS tree. Updates the devices,
functional blocks, and data points displayed under the channel in the
OpenLNS tree.
Managing Device Objects
The shortcut menu for devices has the following options:
Properties
In General mode, opens the Configure Network page. You can use this
page to enter an optional description of the device, view the icon used to
represent the device in the tree, and view whether the device is hidden or
shown in the tree.
In Driver mode, opens a Web page for configuring the device’s
driver-specific properties (L
ON
W
ORKS
, Modbus, or M-Bus). The following
describes the properties you can set on a device for each driver type:
L
ON
W
ORKS
. Opens the Setup - LON Device Driver Web page. You
can use this page to manage and self-install the device. The network
management tasks you can perform from this page include acquiring the
device’s Neuron ID, configuring the device, setting the device
application online or offline, selecting an application image file and
device interface to download to the device, and resetting the device (see