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ION 7500 / ION 7600 User’s Guide Customizing Frameworks in Designer
Chapter 4 - Using ION Software Page 111
Creating New Modules
To add a module, locate its icon in the Designer toolbox, press and hold the left
mouse button over the icon, and drag it onto the node diagram. Once you release
the mouse button, the module becomes part of the diagram and is ready to be
configured and linked.
Choosing the Module
The Designer toolbox displays icons for all the meter’s available module types. If
the toolbox is not displayed, choose Show Toolbox from the Options menu.
As you drag the mouse over the icons in the toolbox, the status bar at the bottom
of the Designer window displays the module type.
Creating the Module
Follow these steps to create an ION module in the meter:
1. On the ION Modules toolbox, press the mouse button down on top of the icon
of the module you want to create, and drag it onto the node diagram. As you
drag the icon, the cursor changes shape to indicate you are placing an object.
2. Release the mouse button to place the module in the diagram. When you release
the mouse button, Designer places a pending module icon into the diagram
(pending modules appear with a dashed outline).
3. Once you have configured the node to your liking, choose Send & Save from the
File menu to download the configuration to the node. The dashed outline is
replaced with a solid outline, indicating that your changes have been saved.
After a Send & Save, ION modules that are offline (or inactive) appear with a red
border. This can mean that the ION module’s setup is incomplete. Refer to the
online ION Enterprise Help for more details.
The web site has information about the setup register defaults a module has when
it is initially created, as well as the ranges or options each setup register supports.
Deleting Modules
To delete a module, select it by clicking its icon, then press the Delete key. Use
caution when deleting modules – any dependant modules will be affected.
Designer informs you of dependant modules if they exist on the same node.
Linking Modules
Module linking involves clicking on one module’s output register symbol,
choosing the output register you want to link, then clicking the input of a second
module and selecting the input to link to. This operation can be performed in
reverse – you can start with one module’s input and link to another module’s
output register if desired.
You can link modules that reside on different nodes, provided that you are linking
between software nodes, or from meter to software node. You cannot link modules
between meters. The following section describes how to link modules that reside
on the same node. The online ION Programmer’s Reference or the online ION
Enterprise Help have instructions on linking modules that reside on different nodes.
Each ION module available to a
meter appears in the toolbox.