NetLinx Security within the Web Server
98 NI-3101-SIG Signature Series NetLinx Integrated Controller
Manage Other Devices Page
Feature Description
Dynamic Device Discovery links: These links direct the user to additional Dynamic Device
Discovery (DDD) configuration pages which include:
•Manage Device Bindings page is used for configuring
application-defined Duet virtual devices by using discovered
physical devices.
- If your current NetLinx program (running on the target Master)
has been written, and you have notified the Master of a set of
Dynamic Devices on your system, you will then want to start
by managing those devices through this page.
•Create User Defined Device page provides a Web interface
used in creating and managing the values necessary to add a
dynamic physical device to the system. The devices added on
this page do not support the DDD beaconing technology.
- If after confirming the presence of your programmed Dynamic
Devices (provided to the Master via the NetLinx code), and
have allowed the Master to confirm the presence of any other
Dynamic Devices, manually enter those remaining devices on
the system via the UserDefined Device page.
Note: IR-controlled devices (such as a VCR or Receiver)
must always be User-Defined devices.
•View Discovered Devices page displays a listing of all the
dynamic devices that have been discovered within the system.
- After confirming the presence of those previously coded
Dynamic Devices within the Manage Device Bindings page,
navigate to the View Discovered Devices page to continue the
process of detecting Dynamic Devices which have been
detected by the system, and then assign Module/drivers to
those devices via the View Discovered Devices page.
Configure Binding Options: This section contains configuration settings regarding the DDD
process.
Enable Auto Bind • This selection allows an end-user to toggle the state of the
automatic binding for DDD (On/Off).
• When auto-binding is enabled, the Master automatically
attempts to connect any newly discovered device with an
associated application device (defined in the running NetLinx
application).
• Auto-binding can only be accomplished if the Master's firmware
determines a one-to-one correlation between the newly
discovered device and a single entry within the list of defined
application devices (accessed by pressing the Manage Device
Bindings button at the top of the page).
• For example, if the application only has one VCR defined and a
VCR is detected in the system, auto-binding can then be
accomplished.
- If there were two VCRs defined within the application,
auto-binding could not be completed due to the lack of
a clearly defined one-to-one correspondence.
• When the Enable Auto Bind option is not selected, no
auto-binding activity takes place and all binding of the newly
discovered devices must be accomplished manually via the
Web control interfaceManage Other Devices - Manage Device
Bindingssection on page 102.