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Creating and Configuring L ON W ORKS Devices in Chapter 5 for more
information). You can self-install the device using the Smart Network
Management feature on this page (see Installing Devices with Smart
Network Management in Chapter 5 for more information).
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Modbus . . Opens the Setup - Modbus Device Driver Web page. You
can use this page to view and set the logical address of the device and
view and set the maximum number of data elements on the device.
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M-Bus. Opens the Setup - M-Bus Device Driver Web page. You can
use this page to change the baud rate, set the primary and/or secondary
address, and view and set the manufacturer ID, medium, and version.
You can also a device’s Driver Web page to enter an optional description of
the device, change the icon used to represent the device in the tree, and
select whether the device is hidden or shown in the tree.
Expand Expands the device to show all of the static and dynamic functional blocks
defined for the device, and expands the functional blocks to show all of the
static and dynamic network variables and configuration properties in the
functional blocks. Deleted functional blocks, network variables, and
configuration properties are not displayed.
Delete Removes the device and all of its functional blocks, data points, and
bindings from the channel.
If the SmartServer is synchronized with an OpenLNS network database,
selecting this option opens the Keep LNS Copy? dialog. In this dialog,
click Yes to delete the external device only from the SmartServer’s internal
database, or click No to delete the external device from both the
SmartServer’s internal database and the OpenLNS network database to
which the SmartServer is synchronized.
If any data points in the device to be deleted are bound, a dialog appears
prompting you to confirm that you want to delete the device even though it
has bound data points.
Rename Opens the Enter Name dialog where you can enter a new name for the
device.
Save as Template Opens the Save as Template dialog where you can save an .XML file
documenting the current properties of the device and the child functional
blocks and data points currently displayed under the device. You can then
create new devices from this template. See Using Device Templates later in
this section for more information.
Change Channel Opens a shortcut menu in which you can select a different channel on the
network where the device is to be moved logically.
Create External
Device This option is only available in the OpenLNS tree when there are no remote
SmartServers on the LAN. Adds the device, its parent channel, and
optionally all of its children 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, 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.
Note that the time required to complete the copy operation depends on the