User Guide

Chapter 11 - System Configuration
Database Manager
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Overview of FLN Application and Database
Management
FLN Devices must first be configured with appropriate tools outside of the FPWeb UI.
WCIS is used to configure PTEC FLN device properties such as MAC address, Device
ID, Device Name, Location, Description, and Base Application. See the WCIS Getting
Started
(125-3180) document.
Commissioning Tool/HMI is needed to set up a UEC/PANEL FLN device including
upgrading firmware, and to configure its properties such as MAC Address, Device ID,
Device Name, Autorestore, Autosave, Device Password, and to make the UEC/PANEL
ready. See
Commissioning Tool Help information.
NOTE:
When using Commissioning Tool to load a database to a UEC/PANEL, disable
Autorestore. After Commissioning Tool is finished loading the database, it is strongly
recommended to enable Autosave and Autorestore.
Once FLN devices are configured using these appropriate tools, the FLN Discovery
features that are part of the FLN Editor in the FPWeb UI make it possible to quickly
add FLN devices to the panel’s FLN database. See the
FLN Device Editor section.
Once an FLN device is added to the panel’s database, the Initial Value Editor features
in the FPWeb UI make it possible to view/modify the initial values for an FLN device.
See the
Initial Value Editor section.
Once an FLN device is added to the panel’s database, the Point Editor and PPCL
Editor features in the FPWeb UI make it possible to manage a programmable FLN
device’s custom application. Database Manager allows you to back up a
programmable FLN device database and perform FLN custom application
management.
CAUTION
Resident Points (that is, !DeviceName:PointName ) used in PPCL programs will retain
their DeviceName through a replication.
If replicating a UEC database to multiple devices, you must manually update the
DeviceName for these points in the replicated PPCL Program.
User Interface Description for the Database Manager
The
Database Manager window can be accessed by clicking the Database Manager
icon in the
System Configuration bar in the Navigation pane on the left side of the
screen.