Echelon SmartServer 2.2 - Manual (Page 243)

244 Using the SmartServer as Network Management Tool
(subnet). For a second channel created on the network, the
subnet/node IDs would begin with an address of 2/1 and increase
sequentially to 2/2, 2/3, and so on.
This property is only displayed in Driver mode; it is not displayed in
General mode.
Node Displays the unique ID assigned to the device on the channel (subnet).
This property is only displayed in Driver mode; it is not displayed in
General mode.
Network Displays the name of the device's parent network. This field is
read-only. This property is only displayed if you opened this Web
page by right-clicking the network icon.
Channel Displays the name of the device's parent channel. This field is
read-only.
Device Displays the name of the device. In Driver mode, you can change the
name. In General mode, this field is read-only.
Neuron ID Displays the Neuron ID of the device. The Neuron ID is a unique
48-bit number that is manufactured into an external device or assigned
to one of the SmartServer's 16 internal devices. This property is only
displayed in Driver mode; it is not displayed in General mode.
If the device is uncommissioned, 000000000000 is displayed. To get
the Neuron ID of the device, select Auto-Assign Devices to
Placeholders and then click Scan if the device is already attached to
the network, or click the Continuously option if you are incrementally
attaching the devices to the network.
A message is broadcast to all the devices on the network that triggers
the uncommissioned devices to identify themselves by their Neuron
IDs. The SmartServer matches the uncommissioned devices on the
network to the logical devices that you have added to the SmartServer
or OpenLNS network based on program ID. The Neuron IDs of the
uncommissioned devices appear in the Replacement ID properties,
and under construction triangles appear to the right of their device
icons.
Click Submit to save the assignments of the discovered Neuron IDs to
the devices.
For more information on using the Overview – Devices Web page to
get the Neuron IDs of uncommissioned devices, see Automatically
Acquiring the Neuron ID with Overview Devices Web Page later in
this chapter.
Replacement ID Displays the Neuron ID of an uncommissioned device on the network
that the SmartServer has discovered.
This property is only displayed in Driver mode; it is not displayed in
General mode.
You can use the Overview - Devices Web page to replace devices
quickly. You can attach a replacement device to the network, acquire
its Neuron ID automatically using device discovery, and then assign
the replacement device to the original device in the SmartServer or
OpenLNS database. The SmartServer will then automatically
exchange the configurations of the replacement and original devices,
preserving the configuration of all the data points and configuration