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Using Network Service Device SmartShapes
A network service device (NSD) is a local or remote client capable of monitoring and controlling the
network. Every OpenLNS Server and IzoT Commissioning Tool remote full client in a network may
be represented in an OpenLNS CT drawing with an NSD SmartShape. When an IzoT Commissioning
Tool network is created, it initially contains an NSD SmartShape for the OpenLNS Network Interface
that represents the OpenLNS Server.
If a remote full client is connected to a network, you can add an NSD SmartShape that represents the
remote full client to the OpenLNS CT drawing. Creating an NSD SmartShape makes that remote full
client permanent in the drawing; otherwise, OpenLNS automatically creates and deletes it each time
you open and close the network.
After you have added a network service device, you can add a virtual functional block to that NSD,
add network variables to the virtual functional block, and then connect the network variables. This
enables the NSD to monitor devices directly as described in Binding Network Variables to the Host in
Chapter 6, Monitoring and Controlling Devices. Additionally, this lets you perform the network
management tasks described in Chapter 8, Managing Networks.
To add a NSD SmartShape to an OpenLNS CT drawing, follow these steps:
1. Drag the Network Service Device SmartShape ( ) from the IzoT Commissioning Tool Basic
Shapes stencil to your OpenLNS CT drawing.
2. A dialog opens that allows you to select whether the network service device being added
represents the local NSD (only available if you are a remote client and you are using a NSD that
does not have a SmartShape associated with it) or a remote NSD.
3. If you selected Remote Device in step 2, a dialog opens which allows you to select the local or
remote network service device to be associated with this network service device SmartShape. If
there is only one network service device with no corresponding SmartShape, it will be
automatically selected.
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