Echelon SmartServer 2.2 - Manual (Page 165)

166 Using the SmartServer Web Interface
7. Click OK to return to the SmartServer Web interface.
8. Click Submit. The new device and the functional blocks and data points included in the device
template are added below the device’s parent channel. The default driver properties of the device
and its functional blocks match those of the selected template, and the default configuration and
driver properties of the device’s data points match those of the selected template. You can use
these default settings or modify them as necessary.
Note: When you create a device from an LNS device template (.XML file), the configuration
property values are set to the values saved in the template. This differs from creating a device
from a XIF file, which sets the configuration property values to their defaults.
Creating External Data Points from Device Templates
You can copy an external device in the OpenLNS tree and then use a device template to paste specific
data points to the SmartServer tree. You can use this feature to automatically create a large number of
external data points on the SmartServer. This feature essentially provides the functionality of the
i.LON 100 PointFactory Plug-in, which is compatible with the e2 and e3 releases of the i.LON 100
software.
This feature is ideal for larger networks containing multiple devices of a single type. With it, you can
use a single copy and paste to add multiple devices with the same program ID to the SmartServer and
then select a device template that you previously created for the device. The SmartServer will then
automatically copy the data points in the selected device template from the OpenLNS tree to the
SmartServer’s internal database. You can then use the SmartServer’s built-in application and your
custom Web page to monitor and control these external data points.
Example: A network is managed with OpenLNS CT or other OpenLNS application that has 100 of the
same VAV controllers. Each VAV controller has the same set of six network variables that need to be
monitored and controlled with the SmartServer. In this case, you can expand one of the VAV devices
in the OpenLNS tree, copy the six desired network variables to the SmartServer, and then create a
template of the device in the SmartServer tree. You can then select the 99 other VAV devices in the
OpenLNS tree and then copy them to the SmartServer using the VAV device template you created.