Echelon LonScanner FX Protocol Analyzer - Manual (Page 40)

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Figure 23. LNS Names Import Wizard – Page Four
5. Select a format for device and network variable names. Examples for each
option are shown on the dialog.
6. Click Next. The LonScanner software imports the names from the LNS
database. When it finishes the import, a completion dialog appears. Click
Finish to exit the wizard. You can also click Save from the completion dialog
to save the imported names into an .RTF file.
7. You can now use the imported names. You can also use the Names menu to
add new names, or to customize the ones that you imported. See Creating
and Customizing Names on page 36 for more information.
Importing Names from a Local Names File
You can import names from a local names file on your computer. Names files
contain predefined sets of names. You can create a names file by importing
names from an LNS database or from a network channel, and then saving them
to a file. You can also create a names file manually. See Managing Names Files
on page 41 for information about how to save names files.
A names file can be useful if you are using multiple network interfaces to monitor
the same network. You could define one names file containing all the names for
the network, and then import the names from that file whenever you start a
LonScanner session with any of the network interfaces on that network.
To import names from a names file, perform the following steps: