Echelon OpenLNS Commissioning Tool - Manual (Page 94)

78 Designing Networks
4. Enter the following information:
Location Specifies a 6-byte location string that documents the device’s
location within the network.
To store the device’s subsystem ID in this field, follow these steps:
1. Click Add-ins, point to OpenLNS CT, and then click
OpenLNS Options. Select Recovery from the options category
list and then select the
Set Location Property to Subsystem ID
check box under Subsystem Recovery Options.
2. Resynchronize the network. When you resynchronize the
network, select the Update Location Path and ID in Devices
check box in the Synchronize OpenLNS CT Drawing dialog.
The device’s current subsystem ID will be stored in this field.
The OpenLNS CT tool can then use this information to place
devices in their correct subsystems in the event you need to use
the OpenLNS database Recovery Wizard to recover a lost
network database.
See Recovering an OpenLNS CT Network in Chapter 7,
Maintaining Networks, for more information on the network
recovery process.
If the Set Location Property to Subsystem ID check box is
cleared,
you can enter an optional location description for the device.
You can enter up to 6 ASCII text characters, or up to 12 hex digits.
If you do not specify a value and the Set Location Property to
Subsystem ID check box in the Network Properties: Recovery
options category is cleared, the current value in the device will be
uploaded into this field and stored in the OpenLNS database when
the device is commissioned.
Ping Interval Enables the OpenLNS Server to ping the device periodically.
Pinging verifies that a device is still operating and communicating