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18. In the SmartServer Web interface, click View and then click Data Logger to verify that the Data
Logger recorded updates to the nviSwitch and nviSwitch1 data points when the Scheduler
changed their values.
Binding SmartServer FBs with Dynamic NVs in Stencils
The SmartServer’s internal automated systems device (i.LON App, iLON SmartServer- 1, or other
user-defined name) includes four functional blocks/applications that have dynamic network variables
in their stencils: the Alarm Generator, Alarm Notifier, Analog Functional Block, and Real-Time Clock
functional blocks.
You can bind the dynamic network variables in these functional blocks to compatible network
variables on other devices with L
ON W ORKS connections in OpenLNS CT or other OpenLNS
application. You can then select the dynamic network variables as input, output, and compare data
points in the functional blocks’ corresponding configuration Web pages in the SmartServer Web
interface.
Consider a scenario in which you want to connect a thermostat, a SmartServer Alarm Generator, a
SmartServer Alarm Notifier, and an AC unit so that an alarm is triggered when the temperature is x
degrees below a given setpoint, an e-mail notification is sent by the Alarm Notifier, and the AC unit is
turned off.
To create the solution for this scenario, you could follow these steps: