Echelon LonMaker - Manual (Page 98)

82 Designing Networks
4. Enter the following information:
Location Specifies a 6-byte location string that documents the device’s
location within the network.
Select the Set Location Property to Subsystem ID check box in the
network properties: Recovery options category to store the device’s
subsystem ID in
this field, which will be read-only. The LonMaker
tool can then use this information to place devices in their correct
subsystems in the event you need to use the LNS Database Recovery
Wizard to recover a lost network database. See Recovering a
LonMaker Network in Chapter 7, Maintaining Networks, for more
information on the network recovery process.
If the Set Location Property to Subsystem ID check box is
cleared,
you can enter an optional location description for the device.
You can enter up to 6 ASCII text characters, or up to 12 hex digits.
Set the first bit (0x80 or higher for the first byte) to enter a hex
value.
If you do not specify a value and the Set Location Property to
Subsystem ID check box in the network properties: Recovery
options category is cleared, the current value in the device will be
uploaded into this field and stored in the LNS database when the
device is commissioned.
Ping Interval Enables the LNS Server to ping the device periodically. Pinging
verifies that a device is still operating and communicating with the
network.
Set the ping interval based on the expected movement of the device.
Select Never to disable pinging. To enable pinging, change the ping
interval to 15 minutes if you expect the device will seldom move or