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Note: You can select two or more M-Bus devices or functional blocks and view all the data points
on those devices or functional blocks in the same Overview – Data Points page; however, the
SmartServer’s performance may be impacted by trying to create large lists of objects.
3. The Overview - Data Points Web page opens.
4. By default, the M-Bus data points are listed by the Start Address column in ascending order.
You can sort the data points by clicking a property header. You can view and configure the
following properties for each data point on the M-Bus device:
Icon/Status
Displays the icon used to represent the M-Bus data point in the
SmartServer tree and in the application frame. If the data point is offline,
this box is highlighted red.
Handle
Displays the handle assigned to the M-Bus data point by the SmartServer.
This field is read-only, and is only displayed in Driver mode; it is not
displayed in General mode.
Device
Displays the name of the M-Bus data point’s parent device.
Functional Block
Displays the name of the M-Bus data point’s parent functional block.
Dp
Displays the name of the M-Bus data point. In Driver mode, you can
change the name. In General mode, this field is read-only.
Format Description
Displays the data type (SNVT, UNVT, or built-in type) of the data point in
the following format: #<program ID>[scope selector].<type name>. You
can click the button to the right to change the data type to any of the
SNVT, UNVT, or built-in data types defined in the resource files in the