Properties
Settings
| Field name | Description | Applies for device's medium type |
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| Individual Address |
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| Description |
User-friendly, longer description (max. 64k characters). The content is included in exports and imports. |
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| Last Modified |
Last edit date; blank if it has never been edited (pasting a device into a project is not taken into consideration). |
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Last Download |
Last download date; blank if no download has ever been carried out. |
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| Serial Number |
Unique Device Hardware ID
See Download functions on how to handle the Serial Numbers.
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Secure Commissioning |
Activates/deactivates KNX Secure for supported devices. Enabled by default when supported.
When Secure Commissioning is activated and there is no Device Certificate added, then the button 'Add Device Certificate' is shown, else it's grayed out. |
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Secure Group Addresses |
For a specific tunneling interface, it can be set whether the tool to be connected to, supports secure group address communication or not, so that the group address security can be set accordingly.
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Export Interface Information |
Triggers the keyring export for a specific tunneling interface, containing only group address information that has been assigned to that interface |
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Secure Tunneling |
Activates/deactivates KNX Secure tunneling for supported devices. Enabled by default when supported.
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| Status |
Optional status of the currently selected item (for the purpose of sorting information in multi-user applications).
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IP (Visible only on IP devices)
Tab for setting IP communication parameters for IP devices, IP interfaces and IP couplers. The prerequisite for this is that a KNX IP device also supports this type of direct* input.
- Addressing Method (automatic / DHCP or static IP address assignment)
- Assigned IP Address (This will allow the user to add the assigned IP address of an interface and enable the automatic use of interfaces via Unicast)
- MAC address (read only, fixed device ID, is read from IP devices/ IP couplers and displayed here when the individual address for these are written)
- Routing Multicast Address (read only; defined in the IP line)
- Commissioning Password (key for device commissioning)
- Authentication Code
*For historical reasons, IP configuration data is also entered in the Device Parameters dialog and every manufacturer has defined their own look and feel for this. The data, however, is required for all devices in identical form, and therefore, it makes sense to standardize how this information is entered. Furthermore, there is the benefit of avoiding faulty configurations (e.g. the Routing Multicast Address is now obtained from the line and no longer has to be entered one device at a time). KNX manufacturers must indicate the new type of management or data input in IP devices/ IP couplers. This is also possible for existing IP devices/ IP couplers using a new or updated KNX product database entry.
Comments
Installation hints and comments. Here you can add a comment with the formatting options BOLD; ITALIC; UNDERLINED (max. 64k characters). The content is included in project reports.
Information
Catalog tab
The following information is shown here:
- Product name
- Manufacturer name
- Order number
- DIN rail mounted (Yes/No)
- Bus current
Furthermore, if the manufacturer has provided additional information, e.g. picture, description, comments, etc. will be also shown here.
Application tab
The following information is shown here:
- Manufacturer name
- Product name
- Application Program name
- Device type
- Application Program
- Certification status
- Fingerprint (For more information, see here)
- Change Application Program (For more information, see here)
- Update Application Program version (For more information, see here)
Add/Edit elements
When clicking on an 'Add' button, a modal dialog is shown, in which the number and the names of the elements to be added can be defined.
Use the + button in the input window to add several elements at once but give them different names.
In the Tree View, select the top line (Devices) in order to add devices by...
- ...clicking the 'Add Devices' button in the Context Tool Bar
- ...using the menu Edit>Add Devices
In the List View, when the top line (Devices) from the Tree View is selected, by...
- ...right-clicking on any white space and then > Add Devices
All the elements regardless of their availability can be edited by...
- ...slow double-clicking on the element, which allows a direct modification in the List View.