Echelon OpenLNS Commissioning Tool - Manual (Page 322)

306 Creating and Using Custom OpenLNS CT Shapes and Stencils
For each channel listed, click anywhere in the Method field and then select how the channel is to be
defined when the subsystem or supernode master SmartShape is added to your OpenLNS CT drawing.
You have four choices:
• Prompt User. The Channel Definition dialog box will appear, enabling you to select whether
the channel represents a new or an existing channel. This is the default.
• Automatic. OpenLNS CT will define the channel based on where you drop the subsystem
SmartShape in the OpenLNS CT drawing. If you drop the subsystem master SmartShape on top
of an existing channel, the channel will be created as an instance of the existing channel. If you do
not drop the subsystem master SmartShape on top of an existing channel, the Channel Definition
dialog box will appear and you select whether the channel represents a new or an existing channel.
Only one channel can have this option selected.
• Match by Name. OpenLNS CT will attempt to match the channel with an existing channel in the
network that has the same name. If it finds a match, the channel will be created as an instance of
that existing channel. If OpenLNS CT cannot find a match, the channel will be created as a new
channel.
• Create New. The channel is created as a new channel. The channel name will be modified if
there is a naming conflict (if the channel name ends with a number, the channel number will be
incremented; if the channel name does not end with a number, an index, starting at 1, will be
appended to the channel name).
Notes:
• When creating a subsystem or supernode master SmartShape, OpenLNS CT requires that the
stencil has a name. If you just created a new blank stencil, save it before creating the master
SmartShape.
• When creating a subsystem or supernode master SmartShape, OpenLNS CT creates one or more
hidden master SmartShapes that are placed in the same stencil as the original master SmartShape.
Therefore, you cannot copy subsystem or supernode master SmartShapes from one stencil to
another.
Connection Master SmartShapes
You can include one or more OpenLNS CT Connector SmartShapes in a custom master SmartShape.
Each of these is called a connection master SmartShape. Each connection block master SmartShape
includes the connection attributes for the original connection. One connection master SmartShape can
represent several connections in your OpenLNS CT drawing, allowing you to quickly and easily
establish multiple network connections with one operation.