Adding a component

Adding a component to your building model involves dragging the component from a palette, possibly setting the Config Flag on the component slot, and configuring the component to assign it to a category. A component may be a new network, device or service.
Prerequisites:
  • If required, you have a license to add the component to your model.
  • Any categories, roles (permissions) to assign to the component have been set up.
  • The users who will access the component exist in the system.
  1. Open the palette that contains the component module.
  2. Expand the Nav tree to view the Services or Drivers container.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • Drag the component from the palette to the Property Sheet or Driver Manager.
    • Drag the component to the appropriate Services or Driver container in the Nav tree
    The Name window opens.
  4. Change the name of the component, or use the default name and click OK.
  5. If you need to configure the permission level for the new component slot, right-click the component in the Nav tree and click Slot Sheet, then right-click the slot and click Config Flags.
    • Leave the Operator config flag unchecked for the admin permission level (this level allows read and write access).
    • Toggle this flag (checked) for the operator permission level (this level restricts user access to a minimum of read-only permission).
  6. To assign the component to a category, do one of the following:
    • Add the component to the category using the Category Browser.
    • Add the component to the category using the component’s Category Sheet.
  7. If you created a new basic category, update the role assigned to users of this component to include permissions for the new component, otherwise confirm that the role includes the category.
  8. Confirm that component Status is {ok}.
You are ready to configure the component.