Owner's manual

iv Preface
Ad-Hoc System Scenario .................................................................27
Determining User Permissions ...............................................................27
Optimizing OpenLNS CT Network Performance .................................... 27
Drawing Files....................................................................................27
Network Changes.............................................................................28
Connections......................................................................................28
Sharing the OpenLNS Interface with the LNS DDE Server .............28
Functional Blocks .............................................................................28
Subsystems ......................................................................................29
OpenLNS CT Design Manager Overview ..................................................... 29
Options....................................................................................................32
New Network Options .............................................................................34
OpenLNS CT Stencils.............................................................................36
OpenLNS CT Default Options.................................................................37
Setting Up a Network Interface......................................................................38
Optimizing Network Interface Performance ............................................38
Using an IP-852 Network Interface.........................................................38
Creating and Opening OpenLNS CT Networks.............................................40
Creating an OpenLNS CT Network Design ............................................ 40
Working with Digital Signatures........................................................46
Creating an OpenLNS CT Network from an Existing OpenLNS
Database..................................................................................................
47
Copying an OpenLNS CT Network Design.............................................51
Opening an OpenLNS CT Network Design ............................................53
OpenLNS CT Client Types .....................................................................55
Local Client.......................................................................................55
Remote Full Client............................................................................56
Remote Lightweight Client................................................................60
Using Network Service Device SmartShapes ...............................................63
Listing Network Service Devices ......................................................64
Upgrading Network Service Devices................................................ 65
Replacing a Local Network Service Device......................................66
User Profiles ..................................................................................................66
Creating a New User Profile ...................................................................67
Changing Passwords ..............................................................................69
Modifying and Deleting User Profiles......................................................70
Changing User Profiles in an OpenLNS CT Drawing .............................70
Using OpenLNS CT Remotely with User Profiles...................................71
4 Designing Networks........................................................................ 73
Creating a LONWORKS Network.....................................................................74
Creating an OpenLNS CT Drawing...............................................................74
Creating Application Devices..................................................................75
Using Automatic Channel Selection for Devices..............................79
Changing the Channel of an Application Device..............................80
Creating Functional Blocks ..................................................................... 81
Using Automatic Device Selection ...................................................85
Reassigning a Functional Block .......................................................85
Configuring a Functional Block.........................................................86
Copying a Functional Block Configuration ....................................... 86
Creating a New Functional Block from a Configured
Functional Block.........................................................................
86
Updating a Functional Block from a Configured Functional
Block ..........................................................................................
86
Creating a Functional Block Master SmartShape ............................89
Creating Dynamic Functional Blocks................................................89