Workbench with nano EDGE ENGINE

Being as advanced a tool as the Workbench is, the nE2 Link primarily supports functions native to the nano EDGE ENGINE, and so the Workbench options may occasionally differ from the ones native to the Niagara environment. This section describes new functions deriving from the nano EDGE ENGINE and existing native Niagara functionalities that were confirmed to work by iSMA CONTROLLI.

Basic Context Menu Options

Context menu options normally differ between components, for example, in terms of available views or actions. However, there is a set of basic options, which are supported regardless of the type of component the context menu is invoked on.

• Views: allows to display component’s data in one of the defined standard views (Wire Sheet, Property Sheet), or in other views if they are available for a particular component (more on Views below);

• Actions: shows a list of actions that may be invoked for the given component;

• Cut: (shortcut Ctrl+X) removes a selected component from an original location and allows it to paste in a new location (applicable only within the Applications container);

• Copy: (shortcut Ctrl+C) remembers and copies a selected component along with all its properties, settings, and links information;

• Paste: (shortcut Ctrl+V) pastes a previously remembered component into a specific place and possibly recreates internal links;

• Duplicate: (shortcut Ctrl+D) duplicates the selected components in the same location;

• Delete: (shortcut Del) removes the selected components;

• Link Mark: allows to define the component from which a link will be led (used along with the Link From option) or to which a link will be led (used along with the Link To option);

• Link From: allows to create a link from the marked component to the selected component;

• Link To: allows to create a link from the selected component to the marked component;

• Reorder: allows to reorder components in the tree;

Reordering

Reordering helps organize the contents of the application (the option is available only within the Applications container). It is invoked from the context menu on the tree, wire sheet, or property sheet and is executed in a pop-up:

• Rename: allows to change a component’s name (can be applied to one or more components);

• Export: allows to initialize the Workbench export to a file;

• Refresh Tree Node: allows to update the tree;

• Go Into: allows to simplify the view in the nav section by making the item, on which the the action is invoked, the top level of visibility.

Go Into

Using the nE2 Link in the station requires adding the device in the BACnet network, which results in a complex structure of the tree when unfolding elements to reach the nE2DeviceExt. Go Into function allows to simplify the view and display only the contents of the extension:

Specific Context Menu Options

• Add: the function offers an expedited way of adding certain type of components to the application.