About Spyder Library

You can use a Spyder library to store devices, ControlPrograms, applications, macros, and/or SBus Wall modules. A default library is automatically created at the location <Drive>:/Niagara/AppLib. This library is available when you open the Spyder Library the first time. You cannot close this default library.

You can, however, create your own library to create and store macros, applications, devices, and/or SBus Wall modules. Each library comes with the default folders: Device(s), Application(s) and SBus_WM_Config(s).

All the devices you create and save are stored in the Device(s) folder of a library. All macros and applications you create and save are stored in the Application(s) folder of a library. All the SBusWall modules you add and save are stored in the SBus_WM_Config(s) folder of a library.

Display Spyder Library Palette

To display the Spyder Library palette on the left side of the window:

The Spyder Library palette appears on the left side of the screen with the contents of the default library. Every library contains the default folders: Device(s), Application(s) and SBus_WM_Config(s). The path to the application libraries present in the default parent folder are displayed in the drop-down list box.

To change the current parent folder path:

  1. Click the options button on the Spyder Library palette to get a list and select Select Parent Folder. The Advance Options dialog box appears. 
  2. Click the browse button on the right side of the Advance Options dialog box. The Directory Chooser dialog box appears.
  3. Browse through to the location where you have stored your library files and click Choose.
  4. Select the Save as default parent path option if you want to make this folder the default folder for future use.The libraries available in the default parent folder path are displayed when the workbench is restarted. On subsequent uses, the libraries available in the last selected parent folder path are listed. Even while uploading items, the default library path is invoked.
  5. Click OK. The drop-down list box in the Spyder palette then displays the application libraries in the selected folder. If you select an application library from the drop-down list box, all the devices and applications present in that library in the tree is displayed in the sidebar.

Note: The parent folder path selected in a workbench is not applicable when the library is opened from a browser. The parent folder selected in the browser is applicable only when the library is opened from a browser and is not reflected when the library is opened from a workbench.

Close Spyder Library Palette

Click the down arrow on the menu bar of the Spyder Library palette and click Close to close the library palette.

Related Topics

Open Spyder Library

Add Items to Library

Delete Library Items

Export Library Items

Import Items to Library

Load Library Items

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