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The Network Explorer provides separate subsystem, channel, and device template views, each on its
own tab. To change views, click the appropriate tab.
• In the subsystem view, the top-level subsystem and all the subsystems it contains are displayed,
and all the other objects in your LonMaker drawing are listed below their respective subsystems in
a hierarchal structure (in the order of nested subsystems, devices, functional blocks, and then
network variables).
• In the channel view, the channels in your LonMaker drawing are listed alphabetically, and the
objects in the LonMaker drawing are listed in a hierarchal structure under the channels on which
they are connected (in the order of devices, functional blocks, and then network variables).
• The device template view is similar to the channel view except that the device templates are listed
alphabetically and the devices (and their functional blocks and network variables) are listed under
the device templates they use. From the device template view, you access the Device Template
menu and the Device Template Properties dialog box. See Device Template Options in this
chapter for more information on updating and setting validation options for device templates.
Navigating a Network with the Network Explorer
You can navigate the subsystems, devices, device templates, and other objects in your network with
the Network Explorer. Expand an object to display the objects below it in the network hierarchy;
collapse an object to hide the objects beneath it. Double-click an object to open the drawing page
containing the object. The object you double-clicked in the Network Explorer will be selected when
the drawing page opens (if you double-clicked a subsystem, no object will be selected when the
drawing page opens).
For example, in the subsystem view, the Network Explorer initially displays the nested subsystems and
devices in the top-level and current subsystems. You can expand one of the devices to reveal its
functional blocks and then expand one of the functional blocks to reveal its network variables. When
you double-click a functional block of a device in the top-level subsystem, the drawing page for the
top-level subsystem will open and the functional block will be selected.
Managing a Network with the Network Explorer
To use the Network Explorer as a network management tool, right-click a subsystem, device, router,
functional block, or network variable shape and select a command from the shortcut menu. The
shortcut menu that opens is the same shortcut menu you can access in the drawing page. See the
sections on subsystems, devices, routers, functional blocks, and network variables in this document for
a description of the commands
Managing and Editing Device Templates with the Network Explorer
You can edit, update, and delete a device template with the Network Explorer. A device template
contains all the attributes of a given device type, such as its functional blocks, network variables, and
configuration properties. You can create a device template by importing a device interface (XIF) file
supplied by the device manufacturer, or by uploading the interface definition from the physical device.
A device template is identified by its name and its program ID. Both must be unique within a
network—you cannot have two device templates with the same name or the same program ID in a
single network.
Managing Device Templates
You can manage device templates from the Device Templates tab. To edit, update, or delete a device
template, click the Device Templates tab and then right-click the device template. The Device
Template shortcut menu opens.