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Managing functional block objects – Echelon SmartServer 2.2 User Manual

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Add Functional
Block

Opens the Add Functional Block dialog in which you select a static
functional block defined by the device interface (XIF) file, or create a
dynamic functional block from a standard functional profile template
(SFPT) or user-defined functional profile template (UFPT).

Overview

Opens a shortcut menu that includes options for opening Overview Web
pages for the functional blocks, data points, and connections (Web
connections in the SmartServer tree or L

ON

W

ORKS

connections in the

OpenLNS tree) in the network. See Chapter 5 for more information on
using the Overview Web pages.

Manage

This option is only available for L

ON

W

ORKS

devices. Opens a shortcut

menu from which you can select the following network management
commands: Send Service Pin Message, Replace, Commission,
Decommission, Set Online, Set Offline, Fetch Program ID, Download
Image
, Activate Template, Download CP File, Query Status, Clear
Status
, Wink, Reset, and Self-Install. See Issuing Network Management
Commands
later in this chapter for more information on using these
commands.

Synchronize with
LNS

Transmits changes made to the device in the SmartServer tree to the
OpenLNS network database, and updates the SmartServer’s internal
database with changes made to the device 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 device (for example, commission status, application
status) in the SmartServer’s internal database.

Refresh

This option is only available in the OpenLNS tree. Updates the functional
blocks and data points displayed under the device in the OpenLNS tree.

Managing Functional Block Objects

The shortcut menu for functional block icons has the following options:

Properties

In General mode, opens the SmartServer embedded application
corresponding to the selected functional block. If the functional block does