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General mode.
Channel Displays the name of the functional block's parent channel. This field
is read-only.
Device Displays the name of the functional block's parent device. This field
is read-only.
Fb Displays the name of the functional block. In Driver mode, you can
change the name. In General mode, this field is read-only.
Functional Block
Type Displays the functional profile that is valid for this functional block in
the following format: #< device program ID >[scope selector].
<functional profile name>. This field is read-only.
For dynamic functional blocks, you can change the functional profile
used by the functional block in the Select Type dialog that you can
open from the functional block's Setup – Functional Block Driver
Web page. To open this Web page, click the Driver option above the
navigation pane on the left side of the SmartServer Web interface, and
then click the data point.
The scope selector specifies the context in which the data points
within a functional block are interpreted. The scope selector may be
any of the following values:

0. Standard functional profile defined in the standard resource
file set.

3. User-defined functional profile, defined in a
manufacturer-specific resource file set.

4. User-defined functional profile, defined in a manufacturer and
device class specific resource file set.

5. User-defined functional profile, defined in a manufacturer and
device class/subclass specific resource file set.

6. User-defined functional profile, defined in manufacturer, and
device class/subclass/model number specific resource file set.
This property is only displayed in Driver mode; it is not displayed in
General mode.
6. Click Submit to save any changes.
Creating, Configuring, and Connecting L
ON
W
ORKS
Data Points
L ON W ORKS data points (network variables and configuration properties) allow an application device to
send and receive data over the network to and from other devices. L ON W ORKS data points are data
items (such as temperature, the state of a switch, or actuator position setting) encapsulated within
functional blocks that a particular device application expects to receive from other physical devices (an
input network variable) or expects to make available to other physical devices (an output network
variable).
The SmartServer can support up to 3,000 L ON W ORKS data points. L ON W ORKS data points include
data points defined on external devices (formerly referred to as NVEs) and the data points defined on
the internal devices stored on the SmartServer including the SmartServer itself (formerly referred to as
NVLs).
There are two types of L ON W ORKS data points: static and dynamic. A static data point is defined by
the device application and is always available in the functional block. Most L ON W ORKS devices have