This is the recommended way to add Dust proxy points under a SmartMeshClient. Use the following procedures:
If your DustNetwork has multiple SmartMesh Clients, repeat both procedures (discover and add) for each SmartMeshClient, until you have all needed points proxied in the station.
To discover Dust data items
Perform this task to discover Dust data items.
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In the Smart Mesh Device Manager, double-click the Points icon
in the Exts column of the row representing the SmartMesh Client you wish to explore.This brings up its Dust Point Manager.
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Click the Discover button
to learn the Motes and data items under the SmartMesh Client.When the discovery job completes, discovered Motes are listed in the top pane as folders, in the “Discovered” table. Initially, each Mote folder occupies one row (see Figure 4).
If you double-click (or select and click ) on a discovered Mote folder, this automatically creates an empty DustPointFolder for that Mote in the station database. If desired, you can do this for all discovered Motes (the Dust Point Manager view is available on each DustPointFolder—in the lower Database pane, simply double-click the folder). -
Beside any discovered Mote, click the plus (+) to see its data channels (Figure 5).
Channels that are listed in the Discovered table with “false” in the Enable column mean that they are disabled in the server. Any of these you add as proxy points will be unable to receive values. -
To add Dust proxy points, see add.
To add discovered Mote channels as proxy points
Perform this task to add Dust proxy points.
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Select the Mote channel(s) in the (top) Database pane of the DustPointManager.
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You can map selected items in the station in different ways:
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Drag from the Discovered pane to Database pane (brings up an Add dialog).
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Double-click an item in the Discovered pane (also brings up an Add dialog).
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Click to select in Discovered, then press “a”. (“Quick Add”, meaning no Add dialog).
This works the same as in other driver’s Point Manager views.
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When the Add dialog appears, you often accept default values, except for Name and possibly Type. For complete details, see Dust Point Manager notes.
The following brief summaries explain Add dialog fields:
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Name is the Dust proxy point name—you typically change this as needed.
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Type is Niagara control point type to use for the proxy point.
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Mote Id is the Mote in which the point is located.
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Channel Id is the channel within the Mote (identified by Mote Id) for the point.
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Mode specifies whether the data item is read-only (RO), read-write (RW), or write-only (WO).
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Enabled determines whether Niagara communications occur (Enabled) or not (Disabled).
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Facets are the Dust proxy point’s facets, for how the value should be displayed in Niagara.
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Device Facets reflect any facets learned from the Mote about this channel.
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When you have Mote channel(s) configured properly for your usage, click .
The proxy points ares added to the station, and appear listed in the Database pane. See Figure 6. For more details, see Dust Point Manager notes.