Using the Create Light Device option, you can create a new template.
Follow the below steps to create a device template:
- On Add Device window, click Create Light Device. This opens the Add Device dialog box.
- Enter the details in the following fields and configure the device core type.
- Reference ID: Enter the reference ID of the template.
- Device ID: Enter the initial value of the Device ID field for the first device instance created out of that template Device template name.
- Device Name: Enter the device name.
- Brand: Enter the brand name required for legacy AA infrastructure.
- Family: Enter the family name required for legacy AA infrastructure.
- Number of Channels: Enter the number of channels supported by the device.
- Max Tuning Data Size: Enter the maximum count of bytes included in a single tuning data message.
- Communication Type: Select ID-based tuning or address-based tuning.
- IdBasedTuning –
- AddressBasedTuning –
- Core(s): Each device template exposes one or more physical cores.
For the xAF library before the O release: multiple cores from the given list can be selected.
For the xAF library from O release: Cores can be added/removed. Core types and Data-formats supported by xAF will be listed for configuring the core.
- Click Add Core, select core type and date format from the drop-down list, and then click Ok.
When the default xAF library version is < 15 (O dll), GTT displays a static set of core types with corresponding data formats.
Based on the default xAF library selected, you can add multiple cores, and two modes of core selections (Core Type and Date Formate) are available. Below is the example showing the available core type supported by respective xAF dll versions.
While configuring the core type of the device, if you want to remove any core, select the core, and click Remove Core.
- Click OK. The new template is added to the device templates list.