Echelon IzoT Commissioning Tool - Manual (Page 342)

Device Options
The Device category contains the following options.
Device Options
XIF Search Path Specifies the path that IzoT Commissioning Tool uses to search for
device interface (XIF) files. You can enter multiple directories by
separating them with semicolons.
Scope: All networks, current IzoT Commissioning Tool computer
NXE/APB Search Path Specifies the path that IzoT Commissioning Tool uses to search for
device application files (.NXE and .APB extensions). You can enter
multiple directories by separating them with semicolons.
Scope: All networks, current IzoT Commissioning Tool computer
Enable Automatic
Channel Selection Automatically assigns the appropriate channel to a new device
SmartShape, thereby skipping the Device Wizard. This option is
cleared by default.
The device SmartShape must contain both the definition of the
device template that will be used and the channel type information.
This feature will therefore not work for the Device SmartShape in
the IzoT Commissioning Tool Basic Shapes stencil. To accelerate
network design, create custom device master SmartShapes for each
of the device types that you typically use.
The order of the criteria used by IzoT Commissioning Tool to select
the appropriate channel is as follows: (1) closest qualified channel to
device SmartShape where the channel is within 1 ½ times the width
of the device SmartShape; (2) most recently used or created channel;
and (3) other available defined channels. If no channel can be
326 Appendix A - Setting IzoT Commissioning Tool Default Options