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8. Select a LonMaker network to open. If a connection to this network has already been established,
click Next, and skip to Step 10. If you are accessing the selected network over an LNS/IP
interface for the first time, click Add/Remove. The Remote Networks Collection dialog box
appears.
9. Under Remote Network Properties, the Address box displays the address of the LNS Server,
and the Port box displays the port used for the LNS/IP connection (the default is 2540, which is
the default port for the LNS Server). Both boxes are read-only. Click Add or Edit to create a
new remote network or modify an existing one. Click OK, select the newly created remote
network, and then click Next. The User Logon window appears if user profiles have been set up
for the network. Otherwise, skip to setting the management mode in step 11.
10. On the User Logon window, enter your user Name and Password if user profiles have been set
up.
11. On the Management Mode page, select OnNet to automatically propagate changes made to your
LonMaker network design to the physical devices. Select OffNet if you want changes made to
your LonMaker network saved to the LNS database and not propagated until you set the
LonMaker tool OnNet. Click Next. The Plug-in Registration page appears.
11. Plug-ins registered for the LNS Server are already registered for clients as well. To use plug-ins
on a remote client, you must install the plug-in executables on the remote client. You can add the
unregistered plug-ins that are listed under the Not Registered label. For each plug-in to be
registered, click the plug-in and then click Register. You can select all the plug-ins by clicking
the Not Registered category and then clicking Register. Plug-ins that are registered on the LNS
Server computer but not installed on the remote client will be listed under the Not Installed
Locally category. Click Finish.
Using Network Service Device Shapes
A network service device (NSD) is a local or remote client capable of monitoring and controlling the
network. Every LNS Server and LonMaker remote full client in a network may be represented in a