Edit a device type

If you want an edited version of a locked device type, you must create a new device type from it. Certain “standard” device types can be used to create new types, but they cannot be deleted. Examples: Circuit Monitor 4000, Power Meter 800, and Sepam S42.

NOTE: You cannot edit any locked device type. When a device type is locked, the locked icon displays on the Define Device Type Tags tab:

To edit a device type:

1. Open Add / Edit Device Type: In Profile Editor, click Define Device Type Tags, then click Add / Edit (to the right of the Device Type Name field.)

There are two ways to edit device types:

1. In Define Device Type Tags, select a device type and then make the following changes:
   1. Edit the functional address (see Edit functional addresses).
   2. In Real Time Tags you can edit the address (see Editing tag addresses) and choose a different format.
2. In Define Device Type Tags, select the device type you want to edit, then click Add / Edit. Follow through the screens to edit additional information:
   1. In the Device Type Options box, click Edit Existing.
   2. Click the Device Type to Edit list to display the Select Device box. Select the device type that you want to edit.
   3. You can change the device type name, category, subcategory, and driver.
   4. Select tags and tag groups and move them into or out of the Selected Tags list.
   5. If a device type is associated with a device profile, you cannot deselect tags.
   6. After all of the appropriate changes are made, click Save to save your current settings.
   7. To create additional custom tags, click Add / Edit Custom Tags; otherwise, click Save & Exit to save your settings and close the window.

If you add a tag to a group that is already included in a device type, you must then individually add the tag to that device type.