Echelon LonMaker - Manual (Page 124)

108 Designing Networks
2. Enter the following information:
Channel Definition
Select whether the shape represents a new or an existing channel.
• Select Shape Represents a New Channel if you are adding a
new channel to your LonMaker drawing.
• Select Shape Represents an Existing Channel to place devices
in different subsystems on the same channel. Each subsystem
may have only one channel shape for a given channel, but the
same channel shape may appear in many subsystems.
Source Channel Name
If you are creating a channel from a copy (a custom master shape that
includes a channel or an existing channel), this field displays the
name of the source channel.
Channel Name
If you are creating a new channel, enter the channel name. The name
must be unique within the network and may be up to 85 characters
long. The name may include embedded spaces, but it may not include
periods, backslashes, colons, forward slashes, or double quotes.
If you are adding an existing channel to the current subsystem, select
which channel you want to add from the Channel Name list.
Transceiver Type
If you are creating a new channel, select the channel type from the
list.
If you are adding an existing channel to the current subsystem, the
channel type will be displayed in a read-only box.
Maximum Number of
Priority Slots
Displays the maximum number of priority slots available on the
selected channel. This is a read-only box unless Transceiver Type is
set to Custom.
Channel Bit Rate Specifies the typical performance (packets per second) of the