AMX NI-3101-SIG manual What are Application Devices and their association status?

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What are Application Devices and their association status?

There are two types of application devices: Static Bound application devices and Dynamic application devices.

Static Bound application devices specify both a Duet virtual device and its associated Device SDK class type, as well as a NetLinx physical device port to which the application device is ALWAYS associated (i.e. statically bound).

Dynamic application devices specify both the Duet virtual device and its associated Device SDK with no association to a physical port. Binding of an application device to a physical device/port occurs at run-time either via auto-binding or manual binding.

Application devices that have a "bound" physical device display their physical device ID within the Physical Device column. If an associated Duet module has been started to communicate with the device, its associated property information is then displayed in a mouse-over popup dialog when the cursor hovers over the physical device ID.

Each entry in the table has one of four values appear within the far right of the Manage Device Bindings page (FIG. 68).

Static bound application devices will either be blank or display a Release button.

-Static application devices that have not yet detected a physical device attached to their associated port are left blank. Once a physical device is detected and

its associated Duet module has been started, a Release button is then displayed.

-By selecting Release, the administrator is forcing the associated Duet module to be destroyed and the firmware then returns to detecting any physical devices attached to the port.

Dynamic application devices either display a Bind or Unbind button.

-Dynamic application devices that have been bound display an Unbind button. When the user selects Unbind, any associated Duet module is then destroyed and the "link" between the application device and the physical device is then broken.

-Dynamic application devices that have not been bound to a physical device display a Bind button. When this button is selected, a secondary display appears with a listing of all available unbound physical devices that match the application device's Device SDK class type (FIG. 69).

-If a currently bound device needs to be replaced or a Duet Module needs to be swapped out, the device should be unbound and the new module/driver should then be bound.

List of available unbound physical devices

Discovered physical device properties (displayed via a mouse-over popup dialog)

FIG. 69 Manage Device Bindings - showing a listing of all unbound devices

The administrator/user can then select one of the available physical devices to bind with the associated application device. When the Save button is selected, the binding is created and a process begins within the target Master to find the appropriate Duet Module driver. Once a driver is found, the Duet Module is then started and associated with the specified application device (Duet

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