Echelon SmartServer 2.2 - Manual (Page 163)

164 Using the SmartServer Web Interface
devices created from the device template are instantiated. See step 1 for configuring your device
template for automatic installation.
This option is selected by default, meaning that network management commands are not saved in
the template and therefore not executed on new devices when they are created from the device
template.
8. Click OK. An .XML file documenting the driver properties of the device and its functional
blocks, and the configuration and driver properties of the device’s data points is created. The
XML file is saved to the SmartServer flash disk or your EES 2.2 computer at the path specified in
step 5. It may take a few minutes for the SmartServer to create the device template.
Note: The current values of the device’s configuration properties are saved in the Default Value
property on the configuration properties’ Configure – Data Point Web pages.
9. When the template has been created, a message appears above the application frame informing
you that the template is ready.
10. Click Submit. You can now create new devices from the template you created as described in the
next section.
Creating Devices from Templates
After you create a device template, you can use it to add new devices to the network in the
SmartServer tree or OpenLNS tree. The new device and its functional blocks will have the same driver
properties as the template, and the device’s data points will have the same configuration and driver
properties as the template. You can then further configure the device to meet the needs of the network
and even create a new template that has a more specific configuration of that device.
To create a device from a template, follow these steps:
1. If you completed step 1 in the previous Creating Device Templates section to automatically install
devices created from the device template, logically attach the network interface to the network.
To do this, click Driver, click the network in the navigation pane, select the Use Network
Interface check box in the Setup – LON Network Driver Web page, and then click Submit.
2. In the SmartServer tree, right-click the channel on which the new device is to be attached and then
click Add Device in the shortcut menu.