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8. Select an OpenLNS CT network to open. If a connection to this network has already been
established, click Next, and skip to step 10. If you are accessing the selected network over an
OpenLNS/IP interface for the first time, click Add/Remove. The Remote Networks Collection
dialog box opens.
9. Under Remote Network Properties, the Address box displays the address of the OpenLNS
Server, and the Port box displays the port used for the OpenLNS/IP connection (the default is
2540, which is the default port for the OpenLNS Server). Both boxes are read-only. Click Add or
Edit to create a new remote network or modify an existing one. Click OK, select the newly
created remote network, and then click Next.
10. Follow steps 9–12 in Creating an OpenLNS CT Network Design.
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 OpenLNS CT remote full client in a network may be
represented in an OpenLNS CT drawing with an NSD SmartShape. When an OpenLNS CT 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 OpenLNS CT Basic Shapes
stencil to your OpenLNS CT drawing.