LOYTEC L-INX - 6.4.3 Configure without LNS

L-INX User Manual 117 LOYTEC
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Add L-INX
Section 6.4.6
Start the Configurator as a plug-in
Section 6.7.1
Scan network variables
Section 6.7.4
START
DONE
Download configuration to device
Section 6.7.9
Select NVs and use on device
Section 6.7.5
Figure 91: Basic design-flow with LNS.
To add more NVs when all bindings are in place and the L-INX is already being used,
simply repeat the steps described above. The Configurator software will back up the
bindings, create or delete the dynamic NVs, and re-create the bindings again.
6.4.3 Configure without LNS
The flow diagram in Figure 92 shows the steps that need to be followed in order to
configure the device without LNS 3.x. In this scenario the device will use external NVs and
polling. The advantage of this solution is that no bindings in the non-LNS tool (or self-
binding nodes) need to be changed. This comes at the cost of a constant network load
caused by polling.
Start the Configurator in stand-alone mode and connect to the device via the FTP method
(see Section 6.6.1). If changing an existing configuration, upload the current configuration
from the device (see Section 6.6.2). In the Configurator, import data points from a CSV
import file (see Section 6.7.3) or from an XIF file (see Section 6.8.1). If the other devices
are already connected to the network you may also scan them (see Section 6.7.4). Select the
data points that the device shall expose (see Section 6.7.5). Alternatively, you can create
external NVs manually (see Section 6.7.8). Finally, the configuration needs to be
downloaded to the device (see Section 6.6.4). It is recommended to backup the device
configuration to a file for being able to replace the device in the network (see Section
6.6.6).