Echelon NodeBuilder FX - Manual (Page 108)

94 Creating and Using Device Templates
install and register the resource files on the target computer. User-defined resource files include the
network variable types, configuration property types, functional profiles, enumerations, languages, and
formats that you have created in your resource file set. To copy resource files to another computer,
follow these steps:
1. On the source computer, copy the resource folder containing your user-defined resource files to a
USB drive, another removable media, or a shared network drive with read/write permissions. By
default, your resource folder is in the C:\LonWorks\types\user directory on your computer.
2. Copy the user-defined resource file backup to the C:\LonWorks\types\user directory on the target
computer.
See Using the Resource Pane in Chapter 6 for more information on resource folders, resource file sets,
and resources.
Viewing and Printing NodeBuilder XML Files
Many of the files created by the NodeBuilder tool are XML files. These files can be viewed and
printed using a variety of tools including Internet Explorer or Microsoft Excel. This can be useful for
generating printed summaries of the options contained in these files. Do not change the contents of
these files. To open one of these files, right-click the file in Windows Explorer and then click Open
With on the shortcut menu. Choose Microsoft Excel, Internet Explorer, or another XML browsing
tool.
The following XML files are created and maintained by the NodeBuilder tool:
Project File (*.NbPrj) Contains a project definition including the project version and a
list of the device templates and the hardware templates for a
project. There is one project file per project. This file is stored
in the project folder (C:\Lm\Source\<NodeBuilder Project>).
Options File (*.NbOpt) Contains the NodeBuilder project options for a project. There is
one options file per project. This file is stored in the project
folder (C:\Lm\Source\<NodeBuilder Project>).
Device Template File
(*.NbDt) Contains a device template, including the options specified for
the device template and device template targets. There is one
device template file per device template. This file is stored in
the project folder (C:\Lm\Source\<NodeBuilder
Project>\<NodeBuilder Device Template> folder).
Hardware Template File
(*.NbHwt)
Contains a hardware template, including the options specified
for the hardware template. There is one hardware template file
per hardware template.
Standard hardware template files are stored in the
C:\LonWorks\NodeBuilder\Templates\Hardware\Standard
folder.
User-defined hardware template files are stored in the
C:\LonWorks\NodeBuilder\Templates\Hardware\User folder.
Hardware templates specific to the project can also be contained
in the project folder.