Echelon LonScanner FX Protocol Analyzer - Manual (Page 36)

30 Logging Data
Names are not included in the packets sent over the network, nor are they saved
in log files. However, you can use names to identify the devices that are sending
or receiving messages on the channel that you are monitoring, to identify the
network variables that are being updated by these messages, or to identify the
domains and groups that exist on your network.
When you start a LonScanner session, you can import names from an LNS
database or from another channel. You can also manually add and customize
names. You can import and modify names at any time, for example, when you
are actively monitoring a channel or when you are viewing a saved log file.
When you import or create a set of names for a channel, the protocol analyzer
saves those names in a channel names file . These names are used each time you
open a connection to that channel, even after you have stopped and re-started the
protocol analyzer. The channel names file is updated and saved automatically
each time you modify the names that apply to a channel.
You can also save the names into a
local names file on your computer after you
import or create a set of names to use . You can import the names saved in the
file and use them at any time, for example, if you are using multiple network
interfaces to monitor the same network. You could define one names file that
contains all the names for the network, and then import the names from that file
whenever you start a LonScanner session with any of the network interfaces on
that network. You can also copy the local names file to another computer with
the protocol analyzer, and then import the names file on the second computer.
Importing Names
This section describes how to import names from an LNS database, a local names
file, or a channel names file.
Importing Names from an LNS Database
You can import the names that are stored an LNS database for your network.
The network database must be stored on the same computer as the protocol
analyzer, and you must have an LNS Turbo Edition Server or an LNS 3 Server
installed on the computer.
To import names from an LNS database, perform the following steps:
1. Select Names → Import from LNS Database to open the LNS Names
Import Wizard, as shown in Figure 20 on page 31.