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• If you have licensed OpenLNS CT as part of the NodeBuilder tool, the OpenLNS CT Basic
Shapes stencil is replaced with a NodeBuilder Basic Shapes stencil that includes Release Target
Device and Development Target Device shapes.
Creating Application Devices
An application device consists of hardware and software that runs an application and communicates
with other devices using the ISO/IEC 14908-1 Control Network Protocol. An application device in an
OpenLNS CT drawing corresponds to a physical device on the network.
To add an application device to the network, you choose the device SmartShape and name, as well as
the template, location, channel, and optional description for the device. You can add a device to
without OpenLNS CT being attached to the network.
When you add a device to your OpenLNS CT drawing, you must define it, but you do not have to
commission the device until you are ready to install it. This is how you design an engineered system.
You define and configure devices offsite; bring the network database onsite; and then commission the
devices. Under the ad-hoc installation scenario, you define and commission the devices in one step
while onsite.
You can create an application device in one step. To do this, you enable automatic channel selection
and then drag a custom device master SmartShape to your OpenLNS CT drawing, near the channel on
which the device will be attached. Otherwise, the New Device Wizard opens when you add a device
SmartShape to your OpenLNS CT drawing. See Using Automatic Channel Selection for Devices in
this section for how to enable this feature. See Chapter 12,
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Creating and Using OpenLNS CT
SmartShapes and Stencils, for how to create and use custom device master SmartShapes.
The first page of the New Device Wizard includes a Commission Device check box for
commissioning the device. Commissioning a device associates the physical device on the network
with the device SmartShape that you added to the OpenLNS CT drawing. To commission the device
immediately after defining it, select this check box.
To add a device to an OpenLNS CT drawing, follow these steps:
1. Drag a Device SmartShape ( ) from the OpenLNS CT Basic Shapes stencil or other stencil to
the drawing page. The New Device Wizard opens unless you enabled automatic channel selection
and dropped a custom device master SmartShape near a channel SmartShape.