Echelon OpenLNS Commissioning Tool - Manual (Page 7)

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Saving Browser Customization ...................................................... 173
Monitoring Network Variables ............................................................... 173
Enabling Network Variable Monitoring ........................................... 173
Disabling Network Variable Monitoring .......................................... 173
Getting Network Variable Values ................................................... 173
Using Bound Updates ........................................................................... 174
Binding Network Variables to the Host ................................................. 174
Updating Network Variable and Configuration Property Values........... 175
Setting Values ................................................................................ 175
Setting Values for Structured Objects...................................... 175
Setting Values for Configuration Property Arrays .................... 177
Clearing Values .............................................................................. 178
Getting Values ................................................................................ 178
Changing a Network Variable or Configuration Property Type............. 178
Changing a Network Variable or Configuration Property Format ......... 179
Displaying Error Messages ................................................................... 181
Managing Functional Blocks ................................................................. 181
Using Data Point SmartShapes................................................................... 182
Adding and Monitoring a Data Point SmartShape ................................ 182
Updating a Data Point ........................................................................... 185
Updating a Scalar Data Point ......................................................... 186
Updating a Structured Data Point................................................... 186
Updating an Enumerated Data Point.............................................. 187
Getting a Data Point Value ................................................................... 187
Creating and Using a Custom Data Point Master SmartShape............ 188
Creating a Custom Data Point Master SmartShape ...................... 188
Using a Custom Data Point Master SmartShape ........................... 188
Copying and Creating a Data Point SmartShape ................................. 189
Deleting a Data Point SmartShape ....................................................... 189
Creating an HMI with Data Point SmartShapes.................................... 189
Writing Data Point SmartShape Values ......................................... 190
Using an Add-On to Write Values ............................................ 190
Using a Macro to Write Values ................................................ 191
Reading Data Point SmartShape Values ....................................... 192
Using an Add-On to Read Values............................................ 192
Using a Macro to Read Values ................................................ 193
Organizing HMIs............................................................................. 194
7 Maintaining Networks ................................................................... 195
Maintaining Networks Overview .................................................................. 196
Loading Devices .......................................................................................... 196
Selecting the Devices to Load .............................................................. 197
Selecting or Creating a Device Template ............................................. 197
Selecting an Application Image and a Neuron Firmware Image .......... 198
Selecting Initial Device State and Source of Configuration
Property Values..................................................................................... 200
Replacing Devices....................................................................................... 202
Attaching a New Device to the Network................................................ 202
Replacing a Device in the OpenLNS CT Network ................................ 202
Removing the Old Device ..................................................................... 205
Decommissioning Devices .......................................................................... 205
Resynchronizing Configuration Properties .................................................. 205
Using OpenLNS CT as a Passive Configuration Tool................................. 207
Backing up an OpenLNS CT Network Design............................................. 207
Manually Backing Up an OpenLNS CT Network .................................. 208
Creating a Backup from an OpenLNS CT Drawing........................ 208