Owner's manual

OpenLNS CT User’s Guide vii
Saving Browser Customization ......................................................173
Monitoring Network Variables...............................................................173
Enabling Network Variable Monitoring ...........................................173
Disabling Network Variable Monitoring ..........................................173
Getting Network Variable Values ...................................................173
Using Bound Updates ........................................................................... 174
Binding Network Variables to the Host .................................................174
Updating Network Variable and Configuration Property Values...........175
Setting Values ................................................................................175
Setting Values for Structured Objects......................................175
Setting Values for Configuration Property Arrays....................177
Clearing Values ..............................................................................178
Getting Values................................................................................178
Changing a Network Variable or Configuration Property Type.............178
Changing a Network Variable or Configuration Property Format .........179
Displaying Error Messages...................................................................181
Managing Functional Blocks.................................................................181
Using Data Point SmartShapes...................................................................182
Adding and Monitoring a Data Point SmartShape................................182
Updating a Data Point...........................................................................185
Updating a Scalar Data Point .........................................................186
Updating a Structured Data Point...................................................186
Updating an Enumerated Data Point..............................................187
Getting a Data Point Value ...................................................................187
Creating and Using a Custom Data Point Master SmartShape............188
Creating a Custom Data Point Master SmartShape ......................188
Using a Custom Data Point Master SmartShape...........................188
Copying and Creating a Data Point SmartShape .................................189
Deleting a Data Point SmartShape.......................................................189
Creating an HMI with Data Point SmartShapes.................................... 189
Writing Data Point SmartShape Values .........................................190
Using an Add-On to Write Values............................................190
Using a Macro to Write Values ................................................191
Reading Data Point SmartShape Values .......................................192
Using an Add-On to Read Values............................................192
Using a Macro to Read Values ................................................193
Organizing HMIs.............................................................................194
7 Maintaining Networks ................................................................... 195
Maintaining Networks Overview ..................................................................196
Loading Devices..........................................................................................196
Selecting the Devices to Load ..............................................................197
Selecting or Creating a Device Template .............................................197
Selecting an Application Image and a Neuron Firmware Image ..........198
Selecting Initial Device State and Source of Configuration
Property Values.....................................................................................
200
Replacing Devices.......................................................................................202
Attaching a New Device to the Network................................................202
Replacing a Device in the OpenLNS CT Network ................................202
Removing the Old Device .....................................................................205
Decommissioning Devices ..........................................................................205
Resynchronizing Configuration Properties..................................................205
Using OpenLNS CT as a Passive Configuration Tool.................................207
Backing up an OpenLNS CT Network Design.............................................207
Manually Backing Up an OpenLNS CT Network ..................................208
Creating a Backup from an OpenLNS CT Drawing........................ 208