Add Items to Spyder Library

You can add devices, macros, Sbus wall modules and/or applications to a library.

Add New Item to Library

From the Spyder Library Palette

To add a new Macro, Device, SbusWallModule, ControlProgram, or Application to a library:

  1. Open the Library in which you want to add the new application logic.
  2. Click the options button on the Spyder Library palette to get a drop-down list and select New > Application/LonDevice/BacnetDevice/Macro/SBusWallModule.
  3. The App/LonDevice/BacnetDevice/Macro/SBusWallModule Name dialog box appears.
  4. Type a name for the item and click OK. The new item is added to the library in the Application(s) folder of the library in case of macros and applications, and to the Device(s) folder in case of Lon and Bacnet devices, and displayed in the library palette.

From the Nav Palette

To add a new Macro, Device, Application, ControlProgram, or SBusWallModule to a library:

  1. Right-click the device, macro, application, ControlProgram, or SBusWallModule in the Nav palette and select Save to Library. The Save Library Item dialog box appears.

Note: The Library list displays all libraries in the Parent folder. The Parent folder is indicated by the Parent Folder Path.
The Save to Library function is possible only in the Engineering mode and applies to macros, applications, devices, SBusWallModules, and control programs.

  1. You have options to:
    Save as New App: If you are adding this item for the first time to a library, this is the only option available. If not saving an item for the first time, this option creates a new item in the specified library.
    or
    Overwrite App (New Version): If you are adding an item for the first time to a library, this option is disabled. If not saving an item for the first time, this option overwrites the existing item and increments the version number.
  2. Select the library to which you want to save this item from the Library list and proceed to step 7 of this procedure.
  3. Alternatively, if you want to create a new library and save the changes in the newly created library, click the + button. The Library Name dialog box appears.
  4. Type the name of the library and click OK. The location where the new library is saved is displayed in the Parent Folder Path. The default location is <Drive>:/Niagara. If you want to change the location, click Advanced Settings to display the Advanced Options dialog box.
  5. Click the ellipsis (...) button and browse through to the location where you want to save this new library and click Choose. The new library is created at the location you have specified.
  6. Type or select:
  1. Click OK. The new item is stored at the desired location.

Saving Library Items

You can add or modify devices, applications, SBusWallModules, or macros to a library. Items such as Applications and macros are saved to the Application(s) folder in a library while a new device or changes to a device are added to the Device(s) folder in a library. Once you have done all the changes to a library, you must save them so that they are available for subsequent use.

Note: You do not have the option to save these items to a different library.

The Save to Library function is possible only in the Engineering mode and applies to macros, applications, devices, and control programs.

To save the changes you have made to a library:

  1. Click the options button on the Spyder Library palette to get a drop-down list and select Save Library. The Save Library Items dialog box appears with the unsaved changes listed..
  2. Select the items on the list you want to save. A check mark appears across each item you have selected.
  3. Click OK.The Save Library Item dialog box appears with the library name and folder where the library is being saved. The default library path is displayed in the Parent Folder Path field when the workbench is restarted. On subsequent uses, the last selected library is listed.
  4. Select one of the two options to save the changes you have made. You have options to:
    Overwrite App (new version): This creates a new version of the existing library. By selecting this option, all changes are saved as a new version.  .
    Save as New App: This creates a new library and saves the library with the changes as a new library.
  5. If you have chosen to:
  1. Overwrite the existing version, type or select:
  1. Save as a new application, enter or select:
  1. Click OK to complete saving the items to the library. The newly added items along with the attachments are displayed in the library palette.

Alternatively, you can save a device/macro/application/SBusWallModule that you have created from the Nav palette. For additional information, refer to From the Nav Palette section of this topic.

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Related Topics

Open Spyder Library

Add Items to Library

Delete Library Items

Export Library Items

Import Items to Library

Load Library Items