If the JACE is connected to the PUP network, this is the easiest way to accurately populate the station with the necessary PupDevice objects. Use the following procedures:
To discover PUP Devices
Perform this task to discover PUP devices.
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Double-click the PupNetwork to bring up the Pup Device Manager.
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Click the button to automatically learn what devices are on the network.
A popup dialog appears. By default, discovery occurs for all possible PUP devices, by address range (unit numbers), from 0 to 65534. Typically, you make changes before initiating the discovery.
To learn what devices are on the wire, it is recommended that you narrow the Start Address and Stop Address range, because the learn process has to loop through and attempt to talk to each and every address in the range. Attempting communications to 65535 devices would take a long time!The “Search By” item defaults to “search using unit number,” but may be changed to a “back door” search using the American Auto-Matrix method of serial number access. For more details, see About PUP Device Discovery Config
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Click to initiate the discovery process.
A progress bar appears at the top of the view, and updates as the discovery occurs.
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When the discovery job completes, discovered PUP devices are listed in the top pane of the view, in the “Discovered” table. The bottom pane, labeled “Database,” is a table of devices that are currently mapped into the Niagara station—initially, this table will be empty.
This works the same as in most Device Manager views. For details, see the section “About Device Discover, Add and Match (Learn Process)” in the Drivers Guide.
To add learned devices, see the next procedure: To add discovered PUP Devices.
To add discovered PUP Devices
Perform this task to add discovered PUP devices to your station database.
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You can map a discovered device in the station in a number of ways:
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Drag it from the Discovered pane to Database pane (brings up an Add dialog).
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Double-click it in the Discovered pane (also brings up an Add dialog).
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Click to highlight in the Discovered, then press “a”. (“Quick Add”, meaning no Add dialog).
This works the same as in other driver’s Device Manager views.
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When the Add dialog appears, you can edit the configuration of the PupDevice object before it is added in the Niagara station, to tweak display name, enabled state, and/or address of selected devices.
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For PUP-specific details, see Pup Device Manager discover notes.
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For general details, see the Device Manager section “Add” in the User Guide.
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When you have a PupDevice component configured properly for your usage, click .
The PupDevice is added to the station, and appears listed in the Database pane—and is now dimmed in the Discovered pane.
For further details, see PupDevice .