Echelon IzoT Commissioning Tool - Manual (Page 124)

If you did not select the Commission Device check box on the first page of the wizard, click
Finish to add the router SmartShape to your OpenLNS CT drawing.
Using Automatic Channel Selection for Routers
You can use automatic channel selection to enable IzoT Commissioning Tool to automatically select
the appropriate channels for a new router, skipping the New Router Wizard. This feature lets you
create a new router with a single click and drag. To enable automatic channel selection in your
OpenLNS CT drawing, see Using Automatic Channel Selection for Devices earlier in this chapter.
Changing a Router Channel
You can change one or both of the channels assigned to a router SmartShape. You can do this to
assign a router to a channel different from the one that was automatically selected by IzoT
Commissioning Tool, or to physically move a router to a different compatible channel. To move a
router to a different channel, you can either right-click the router and then click Move Device on the
shortcut menu, or you can use the Connector tool on the Visio Standard toolbar to graphically move
the router.
To use the Move Device command, right-click the router SmartShape and click Move Device on the
shortcut menu. See Moving IzoT Commissioning Tool SmartShapes in this chapter for moving a
device using the Move Device command.
To use the Visio Connector tool to move the device, follow these steps:
1. Select the Connector tool ( ) on the Visio Standard toolbar.
2. Position the Connector tool over the “x” connection point of the router so that a red box opens
over the “x”.
3. Click and hold the mouse button.
4. Drag the Connector tool to the center of the SmartShape of the desired channel so that a red box
opens around the channel SmartShape.
5. Release the mouse button.
6. Select a different tool on the Visio Standard toolbar if you will not be making additional
connections or reassignments (if you continue to use the Connector tool to add new devices,
routers, or functional blocks SmartShapes to your drawing, Visio will attempt to connect the
SmartShapes, which may not be the desired action or could be an action that generate errors).
Creating a Channel
A channel is the physical media upon which devices communicate between each other. When you
initially create an OpenLNS CT drawing, it contains one channel named Channel 1 by default. You
can add additional channels to your OpenLNS CT drawing. Doing so allows you to use different
media within the same network, isolate network traffic for performance, isolate devices for reliability,
and increase the number of devices beyond the limit of a specific transceiver.
To add a channel to an OpenLNS CT drawing, follow these steps:
1. Drag the Channel SmartShape ( ) from the IzoT Commissioning Tool Basic Shapes stencil to
your OpenLNS CT drawing. The Channel Definition dialog box opens.
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