Echelon LonMaker - Manual (Page 164)

148 Installing Networks
different XIF file. If an application image file is found in the same
directory as the XIF file of the device template, that directory is the
default.
XIF Name If you are loading an application file with an .nxe extension, select
the pathname of the XIF file.
The LonMaker tool only requires the binary application file (.apb
extension) and the binary device interface file (.xfb extension);
however, it automatically creates binary files from existing text files
(.nxe and .xif) and saves them in the application file folder that
contains the corresponding .nxe file.
Note: If you are working on a remote client, the LonMaker tool
looks for the application and device interface files on the LNS
Server. Make sure you specify the full pathname (including drive)
of the application and device interface files on the LNS Server. You
cannot load an application file directly from a remote client
computer onto a device.
2. Click
Next to continue. If you are commissioning multiple devices with different device
templates, additional windows for each device template and the associated devices will open.
Repeat this process for each device template. When there are no more device templates, the
Setting the Device Initial State window appears.
When you load an application image, verify that the Device Name field contains the name of the device
to be loaded to ensure that the application is being loaded into the correct device. If the device
already has an application, the LonMaker tool will compare the program ID of the new application
with the program ID of the application in the device. If both applications use a type 8 or 9 program
ID, a warning message is displayed if the device Class or Subclass are different. A warning message
is also displayed if a program ID that is not a type 8 or 9 program ID will be overwritten with a type 8
or 9 program ID, or vice versa. If you see this warning, verify that you have the correct device and
application. If you do, you can safely ignore the warning message.
Setting the Initial Device State and Source of Configuration
Property Values
You can set the initial device state and the source of configuration property values (application devices
only) when you commission a device. You can also specify how device-specific configuration properties
are managed. Unlike other configuration properties, device-specific configuration properties have values
that can be modified by tools not based on LNS or by the device itself.
Alternatively, you can have the LonMaker tool skip the Setting the Device Initial State window and
use the default settings in the network properties: LonMaker Options dialog. You can set the default
initial state of devices under the New Device State box in the network properties: Device options
category. You can set the default source of the configuration property values under the CP Value
Source box in the network properties: Configuration Properties options category.
When commissioning a router, this window contains only the options to set the initial state of the
router application, as routers do not have configuration properties. When you are commissioning
application devices and routers together, the initial state window will appear for the devices first and
then for the routers.