Echelon NodeBuilder FX User Manual

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NodeBuilder FX User's Guide

Creating a NodeBuilder Project from the LonMaker Tool

You can create a NodeBuilder project by starting the NodeBuilder Project Manager from the
LonMaker tool. To do this, follow these steps:
1. Create or open a LonMaker drawing. See the LonMaker User’s Guide for more information on

creating and opening LonMaker drawings. If you will want to load the application you develop
into a device, make sure the LonMaker computer is attached to the network.

2. Open the LonMaker menu then click NodeBuilder. The NodeBuilder Project Manager starts. If

you have not previously created a NodeBuilder project for this network, the New Project wizard
automatically starts.

Note: If you have previously created a project for this network and you want to create a new
project, click File and then click Create Project.

3. Enter project information into the wizard as described in steps 5–9 in the next section, Creating a

NodeBuilder Project from the NodeBuilder Project Manager.

Note: You can also start the NodeBuilder tool from the LonMaker tool’s New Device Wizard. See
Starting the NodeBuilder tool from the New Device Wizard later in this chapter for more information
on how to do this.

Creating a NodeBuilder Project from the NodeBuilder Project
Manager

You can create a NodeBuilder project by starting the NodeBuilder Project Manager standalone. To do
this, follow these steps:

1. Open the NodeBuilder Project Manager. To do this, click Start on the taskbar, point to

Programs, point to Echelon NodeBuilder, and then click NodeBuilder Development Tool. The
NodeBuilder Project Manager starts.

2. Click File and then click Create Project. The New Project wizard starts with the Select Network

dialog.

3. To associate an existing LonMaker network with your NodeBuilder project, clear the Do Not

Open Any Network check box if it is selected, select an existing LonMaker network in the