A network component (“generically”: DriverNetwork) is the top-level component for any driver, and by default has mandatory (frozen) component slots, such as:

Access these slots in the DriverNetwork’s property sheet (Figure 3).

Depending on the specific driver, there may be additional slots in the DriverNetwork. For example, if a field bus network, there may be “PollScheduler” and/or “CommConfig” slots. Some of these may require proper configuration before driver communications occur. See Additional network components.

The DriverNetwork is also the parent container for all device-level components. Devices list in tabular format in the default view for that network, the DeviceManager. See Device Manager. You use the Device Manager to create and manage device components, and (if the driver provides this), use discover features.