Echelon LonMaker - Manual (Page 8)

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Table of Contents
Preface .................................................................................................... iii
Purpose .......................................................................................................... iv
Audience......................................................................................................... iv
Related Reading ............................................................................................. iv
Content ........................................................................................................... iv
For More Information and Technical Support.................................................. v
Table of Contents .......................................................................................... viii
1 Introduction ....................................................................................... 1
Introduction to the LonMaker Tool................................................................... 2
What’s New for LonMaker Turbo Editions....................................................... 2
LonMaker Design Manager....................................................................... 3
One-Click Network Creation ............................................................... 4
New Network and LonMaker Default Options Tabs ........................... 4
Network Wizard Accelerator ............................................................... 4
LonMaker Shape Tooltips ......................................................................... 4
Application Devices and Routers .............................................................. 4
Simplified Wizards .............................................................................. 4
Automatic Channel Selection ............................................................. 5
Channel Reassignment with the Connector Tool ............................... 5
Simplified Shape Menus..................................................................... 5
Firmware Upgrade.............................................................................. 5
Device-Specific Configuration Property Support ................................ 5
Passive Configuration Mode .............................................................. 6
Enhanced Subsystem Recovery ........................................................ 6
Active Device Template and Resource File Updates......................... 6
Accelerated Device Interface Verification........................................... 7
Functional Blocks ...................................................................................... 7
One-Page Functional Block Wizard ................................................... 7
Automatic Device Selection................................................................ 7
Device Re-assignment with the Connector Tool ................................ 7
Simplified Shortcut Menu.................................................................... 7
Creating Dynamic Functional Blocks.................................................. 8
Connections .............................................................................................. 8
Creating a Connection with the Connector Tool ................................ 8
Automatic Connection Description Selection ..................................... 8
Fast Connection Property Modification .............................................. 8
New Connection Descriptions ............................................................ 8
Hiding and Showing Connector Shapes............................................. 8
Automatic Reference Connection Shape Alignment .......................... 9
Monitoring—Data Point Shape ................................................................. 9
Network Explorer....................................................................................... 9
Network Variable Access.................................................................... 9
New Channel and Device Template Views ........................................ 9
Device Template Menu....................................................................... 9
Multi-User Modification............................................................................ 10
Automatic Drawing Synchronization................................................. 10
LNS Event Tracking.......................................................................... 10
LonMaker Event Log ........................................................................ 10
Resource Usage Reports........................................................................ 10
Network Resource Report ................................................................ 10
Alias Table Summary ....................................................................... 11
Application Integration and XML Export/Import ...................................... 11