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Moving an LNS Computer to a Different Channel
You can move an LNS computer (LonMaker computer, LNS Server, or other LNS client) to a different
channel following these steps:
1. Right-click the LNS Network Interface shape for the LonMaker computer, or the NSD shape for
another LNS computer, and then click Change Channel from the shortcut menu.
2. Change the channel on which the LNS computer is attached following step 2 in Moving a Device
or Router to a Different Channel.
3. If you are moving a LonMaker computer and you will be using a different network interface, open
the LonMaker menu, select Network Properties, select the Network Interface tab, and then
select the name of the new network interface.
4. Click OK.
Copying a LonMaker Shape
You can copy a LonMaker shape in your LonMaker drawing to create a new shape with the same
properties of the original. For example, if you copy a device shape, the LonMaker tool creates a new
device shape with the same device template, configuration properties, and device properties as the
shape from which it was copied. Extension records (data records created by LNS tools such as the
LonMaker tool to store tool-specific information) that indicate they can be copied will also be copied.
You can copy a LonMaker shape in two ways:
• Right-click the LonMaker shape, select Copy from the shortcut menu, right-click an empty space
in your LonMaker drawing, and then click Paste.
• Select the LonMaker shape, hold down CTRL, and then drag the shape to a new location within
the current drawing page.
You can copy multiple shapes at the same time by holding down CTRL and clicking the shapes you
want to copy, or clicking an empty space in the drawing page and dragging a selection net around the
shapes.
If you copy a device shape, the copy represents a different physical device than the original. You must
assign a new Neuron ID to the new device shape when it is commissioned. You cannot use this
method to copy a network variable or message tag shape. See Creating a Network Variable Shape for
instructions on how to copy a network variable shape. You can only copy a connection reference
shape in conjunction with the attached Connector shape.
Tip: To copy a LonMaker shape from one to network to another, create a custom master shape in the
current LonMaker drawing and then drag the master shape to the destination drawing. See Chapter 12,
Creating and Using a Custom LonMaker Master Shape, for more details on creating master shapes.
Deleting a LonMaker Shape
You can delete a LonMaker shape. To do this, either right-click the shape and then click Delete on the
shortcut menu, or click the shape and then press DELETE. If you selected the Confirm Deletes check
box in the network properties: General options category (see Appendix A), click Yes to confirm the
change.
If you remove a shape that requires deleting other shapes associated with it (a device with one or more
functional blocks assigned to it, for example), a message appears warning you that the associated
shapes will also be deleted. Click Yes to delete the shape and the additional shapes; click No to cancel
the operation.
When you delete a LonMaker shape, the physical devices on the network may be affected. In this
case, the LonMaker tool and LNS Server change the network configuration of the devices when the
LonMaker tool is OnNet and the LNS server can communicate with the devices. The following table
summarizes how physical devices are affected when you delete various LonMaker shapes.