Echelon SmartServer 2.2 - Manual (Page 260)

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4. Configure the following data point properties:
Name Displays the network path of the data point in the following format:
<network>/<channel>/<device>/<functional block>/<data point>. This
field is read-only.
Description Enter an optional description of the functional block. This description has
no effect on network operation, but you can use it to provide additional
documentation for as-built reports.
Data Point
Property
Icon Displays the icon used to represent the data point in the SmartServer or
OpenLNS tree. This field is read only.
You can change the icon by clicking Driver, clicking the data point in the
tree, and selecting a different icon in the Icon property on the Setup -
<Driver> Data Point Driver Web page.
Hidden Indicates whether the data point icon is hidden or shown in the
SmartServer or OpenLNS tree. This field is read only.
You can hide the data point icon in the tree by clicking Driver, clicking
the data point, and selecting the Hidden check box on the data point’s
Setup - <Driver> Data Point Driver Web page.
To show a hidden data point icon, click Settings. In the Global Settings
dialog, select the Data Points option in the Display Hidden property and
then click Close.
Alias Name Select this option to enable the data point alias name to be made available
to the navigation pane, SmartServer built-in applications (for example,
Alarm Notifier), and i.LON Vision objects. If you select this option, you
can edit the default alias name or create an alias name by entering a
unique string that describes the data point.
The alias name was the naming convention used for data points in the e3
release of the i.LON software. The data points in the tree were organized
by their source devices.
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The data points on the i.LON App (Internal) device under the LON
channel have default alias names that begin with the “NVL” prefix.
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The virtual data points on the i.LON System (Internal) device under