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SmartShapes that will be used with the newly created device SmartShape. See
5
Additional Functional
Block User Cells for more information.
Functional Block Master SmartShapes
You can include one or more OpenLNS CT Functional Block SmartShapes in a custom master
SmartShape. Each of these is called a functional block master SmartShape. Each functional block
master SmartShape includes the device template and/or program ID as well as the network variable
and configuration property types, formats, and values associated with the original functional block. To
eliminate configuration property values, clear Copy Values on Functional Block Copy. See
Configuration Property Properties for more information.
By default, custom functional block master SmartShapes always apply to the device type for which
they were created. For example, if you create a master functional block SmartShape to be used with a
specific manufacturer’s analog output device, that SmartShape can only be used with those analog
output devices. To create a functional block SmartShape that can be used with multiple device types,
edit the SmartShape as described in Editing Master SmartShape User-Defined Cells.
When you drag a custom master SmartShape that includes any functional block SmartShapes to a
drawing, the following conditions apply:
• If a custom master SmartShape contains functional blocks, but not their associated devices, you
must create the devices to be associated with the functional blocks before dragging the custom
master SmartShape to the drawing.
• If you drop a custom master SmartShape containing a functional block and its associated device,
the functional block wizard does not appear because it knows its associated device.
• If a custom master SmartShape contains several functional blocks associated with the same device,
but not the device itself, the functional block wizard opens for the first functional block only. You
must associate the functional block with its device. The remaining functional blocks are assigned
to the same device, unless no more functional blocks of the correct type are available on the
device. To be prompted for the device to be assigned to each functional block, set Force Wizard
Prompts in the Network Properties: General options category.
Subsystem or Supernode Master SmartShapes
You can include one or more OpenLNS CT subsystem or supernode SmartShapes in a custom master
SmartShape. When you create a custom OpenLNS CT SmartShape from a subsystem or supernode
SmartShape, OpenLNS CT copies the information for all the devices, functional blocks, connections,
routers, channels, and nested subsystems and supernodes to the master.
If you create a custom subsystem or supernode master SmartShape that contains one or more channels
the New Channel Definition dialog box opens.