Echelon OpenLNS Commissioning Tool - Manual (Page 92)

76 Designing Networks
2. Enter the following information for the device.
Device Name Enter the name of the device. This name must be unique within the
currently displayed subsystem. The device name may be up to 85
characters and it may include embedded spaces; however, the name
may not include period, backslash, colon, forward slash, or double
quote characters.
The default device name is the abbreviated device SmartShape
name followed by a dash, a space, and the instance number “1”.
The instance number in the default device name is incremented one
for each subsequent device of that type you create. For example,
the default device name of the first analog input device you create
is “AI- 1”, the second is “AI- 2”, and so on.
You can change this default naming convention by clicking
Add-ins, clicking OpenLNS CT, clicking OpenLNS CT Options,
and then selecting Naming from the Options Category list. See
Naming Options in Appendix A for information on how to use the
options on this page to change the default naming convention.
Number of Devices to
Create Select the number of devices to be created. If you create more than
one device, OpenLNS CT will automatically increment the instance
number in the default names of the additional devices and place
them on the drawing adjacent to the first SmartShape. If the device
name does not contain an instance number at the end, OpenLNS CT
will append the instance number 1 to the second device (for
example, “Device” for the first device becomes “Device 1” for the
second device), and it will increment the instance number for
additional devices.
Commission Device Select this check box to commission the device after defining it.
This option is disabled if you are creating more than one device.
Device Template