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Authentication Key
This field allows you to enter the authentication key for the LNS network. This is
required if you are accessing the network as a remote Full or remote Lightweight
client and the network uses authentication. The authentication key is a hexadecimal
value of 12 characters, for example "a327ff27ba24".
Network Interface
Network Attached
Select this setting if the PC is attached to the physical network and you want to
communicate with the physical devices. The LNS DDE Server may be simultaneously
attached to any number of local or remote networks. If this option is selected and you
have more than one network interface in your PC, you must also select the name of
the network interface in the Network Interface Name field.
The default is Attached. If the network is not attached, you can use only
configuration properties. If you are communicating as a Lightweight client over an
LNS/IP Channel (see Remote Settings, earlier in this Chapter), this option will not be
available.
Network Interface Name
If you are communicating over a L
ON
W
ORKS
or L
ON
W
ORKS
/IP Channel, this setting
selects the network interface to be used to communicate with the devices in the
network. If you are communicating as a Lightweight client over an LNS/IP Channel
(see Remote Settings, earlier in this Chapter), this option will not be available.
Attach to Network when Exploring
Select this setting to open a network when you click its name. If you do not turn on
this setting, you can explore a network without being attached. The default setting is
On. If you are communicating as a Lightweight client over an LNS/IP Channel (see
Remote Settings, earlier in this Chapter), this option will not be available.
Set Management Mode OnNet
This setting allows you to determine whether the management mode will be OnNet
or OffNet. If you select OnNet, changes to configuration properties will be
propagated to the physical devices of the network immediately. Network variables
and LONMARK object changes are always immediately propagated. The default is
On.
If you turn off OnNet mode (i.e. go OffNet), the changes you make to configuration
properties will not be propagated until you reselect OnNet mode. This allows you to
make many configuration property changes rapidly without having to wait for every
change to propagate to the devices.
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