Echelon LonMaker - Manual (Page 182)

166 Monitoring and Controlling Networks
dialog by opening the LonMaker menu, clicking LonMaker Options, and selecting NV Browser/
Monitoring from the Options Category list.
Using the LonMaker Browser
You can use the LonMaker Browser to monitor and control the network variables and configuration
properties in your network. The LonMaker Browser provides a table view of the selected network
variables and configuration properties. You can add all the network variables and configuration
properties for a functional block or device to the Browser, and you can delete selected network
variables and configuration properties from it.
The LonMaker Browser is an LNS plug-in included with the LonMaker tool. To use the LonMaker
Browser, you must register it when you open a network as described in Creating a New LonMaker
Network Design in Chapter 3, Getting Started, or you can register it after you open the network, as
described in Re-registering Plug-ins in Chapter 9, Using LNS Plug-ins. You only have to register the
LonMaker Browser once per computer. This is because once the LonMaker Browser is registered on
one computer, it is available to all other networks on the same computer.
Many functional blocks, such as those provided with Echelon’s LonPoint devices, may come with their
own device plug-ins that provide a custom interface for their network variables and configuration
properties. A device plug-in provides an application-specific view of a functional block or device.
The LonMaker Browser, though, is a generic plug-in that you can use with any functional block or
device.
Starting the LonMaker Browser
To start the LonMaker Browser, select one or more functional block and device shapes, right-click one
of the selected shapes, and then click Browse on the shortcut menu. When the LonMaker Browser
opens, it lists all the network variables and configuration properties for the selected functional blocks,
and it lists all the network variables and configuration properties on all the functional blocks for the
selected devices.
After the LonMaker Browser is open, you can invoke the Browse command on other functional blocks
and devices. The network variables and configuration properties are added to the bottom of the
existing LonMaker Browser window.
Once a browser window is opened, it remains open until you close it. Even if you close the LonMaker
drawing, the browser continues to run until you close it. If you open a Browser window, close the
LonMaker drawing, then open another browser, both Browser windows run concurrently.
Note: If a plug-in other than the LonMaker Browser opens when you click Browse, the other plug-in
was registered after the LonMaker Browser, and it is currently specified as the default browser. To
change the status of the plug-in as the default browser, follow these steps:
1. Right-click a functional block, point to Plug-ins, then click Plug-ins on the shortcut menu. The
LonMaker Plug-ins dialog opens.
2. Locate and select the current default browser and then click Info. The LonMaker Information
dialog opens.
3. Under the
Options box, clear the Default Plug-in check box, and then click OK. The selected
plug-in is no longer the current default browser.