Echelon LonMaker - Manual (Page 270)

254 Managing Networks
Using the LonMaker Device Manager
You can manage application devices, functional blocks, and routers using the LonMaker Device
Manager. You can switch between performing management tasks and making changes in your
LonMaker drawing without having to close the LonMaker Device Manager.
You can perform the following tasks using the LonMaker Device Manager:
• Test application devices, functional blocks, and routers to ensure they are operating and are
configured correctly. Testing generates an error log that you can use to evaluate the performance
of the object, and it updates the shape status of the tested objects in the LonMaker drawing.
• Wink application devices to identify them on the network and verify that they are communicating
properly.
• Place application devices and routers online and offline.
• Disable application devices and functional blocks to isolate network problems.
• Force functional blocks into an override state to keep segments of the network running while
disabling others portions of the network.
To use the LonMaker Device Manager, the LonMaker tool must be attached to the network. The
LonMaker tool can either be OnNet or OffNet for testing, winking, and setting the application state of
devices and routers, but it must be OnNet to disable application devices, and to disable and override
functional blocks.
Opening the LonMaker Device Manager
To open the LonMaker Device Manager, right-click the application device, functional block, or router
you want to manage and then click Manage on the shortcut menu.
You can perform management tasks on multiple objects at one time. You can use any of the following
methods to select the objects to be managed:
• To select multiple devices within a subsystem, hold down CTRL and click the devices, or click an
empty space in the drawing page and drag a selection net around them. Then right-click one of the
selected devices and click Manage on the shortcut menu.
• To select all the devices within a subsystem, select the Exclude Nested Subsystems from
Subsystem Operations check box for the subsystem (to access this option, right-click the
subsystem shape, or an empty space in the network if you are in the top-level subsystem, and
select Subsystem Properties from the shortcut menu). Then right-click the subsystem shape, or
an empty space in the drawing page if you are in the top-level subsystem, and click Manage on
the shortcut menu.
• To select all the devices within a subsystem and all of its nested subsystems, clear the Exclude
Nested Subsystems from Subsystem Operations check box for the subsystem, right-click the
Subsystem shape, or an empty space in the drawing page if you are in the top-level subsystem, and
click Manage on the shortcut menu.
• To select all the devices within a network, right-click an empty space in the drawing page of the
top-level subsystem and then click Manage on the shortcut menu.
The LonMaker Device Manager contains individual tabs with distinct functions for managing
application devices, functional blocks, and routers. The tab that appears when you initially open the
LonMaker Device Manager depends on the objects selected.
Managing Devices
To manage a device, right-click a device (or select multiple objects including at least one application
device or functional block and right-click one of them), and then select Manage on the shortcut menu.