Owner's manual

viii Preface
Creating a Backup from the OpenLNS CT Design Manager .........210
Scheduling Drawing Saves and Database Backups.............................210
Scheduling Backups with OpenLNS CT ..................................210
Scheduling Backups with the Windows Task Scheduler .........212
Restoring an OpenLNS CT Network.....................................................214
Restoring a Network Database Backup .........................................214
Restoring an OpenLNS CT Drawing Backup .................................216
Restoring a Full Network Backup ...................................................217
Recovering an OpenLNS CT Network ........................................................221
Subsystem Recovery Options...............................................................222
Using Subsystem Paths .................................................................224
Using Subsystem IDs .....................................................................224
Using the OpenLNS Database Recovery Wizard.................................225
Network Recovery vs. Database Backup ............................................ 234
Resynchronizing an OpenLNS CT Network................................................235
Automatic OpenLNS CT Drawing Synchronization ..............................235
OpenLNS Event Tracking...............................................................236
OpenLNS CT Event Log.................................................................236
Viewing the OpenLNS CT Event Log ......................................236
Exporting the OpenLNS CT Event Log....................................237
Manual Network Resynchronization .....................................................239
Refreshing the OpenLNS CT Network..................................................247
Merging OpenLNS CT Networks.................................................................247
Network Merge Considerations.............................................................248
Limitations ......................................................................................248
Information Loss.............................................................................248
Merging OpenLNS CT Networks .......................................................... 249
8 Managing Networks ...................................................................... 253
Using the OpenLNS CT Device Manager ...................................................254
Opening the OpenLNS CT Device Manager ........................................254
Managing Devices.................................................................................255
Managing Functional Blocks.................................................................256
Managing Routers.................................................................................258
Device Manager Settings......................................................................259
Using OpenLNS CT Styles Overview..........................................................260
OpenLNS CT Device Styles..................................................................260
OpenLNS CT Functional Block Styles ..................................................261
Network Variable and Message Tag SmartShape Styles.....................263
OpenLNS CT Connector SmartShape Styles.......................................263
Generating a Device Status Summary Report ............................................264
Using Resource Usage Reports..................................................................267
Network Resource Report.....................................................................267
Alias Table Summary............................................................................268
9 Exporting and Importing Networks with XML............................ 271
Using XML Export/Import Overview ............................................................272
Exporting a LONWORKS Network XML File ...........................................272
Viewing an OpenLNS CT Network Report............................................274
Importing a LONWORKS Network XML File............................................277
10 Managing OpenLNS CT Licenses................................................ 279
Commissioning Devices with OpenLNS CT................................................280
Overview of OpenLNS CT Licensing...........................................................280
Maintaining OpenLNS CT............................................................................280