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2. Click on the Rediscover button to the right of the drop-down lists. The list
is filtered.
If you wish to show all items for a particular parameter, choose the asterisk from the drop-
down list.
Editing a device
When you can see the device that you require, you can proceed to edit. Only one device
can be edited at a time.
1. Either click once on the device name and click on the Select button, or
double-click on the device name.
2. A password dialog box appears. The default name is admin and the pass-
word is also admin. (You can change the password in the Device Configu-
ration dialog box). Enter your name and password, and click OK.
3. If your password allows you to edit this device, the
Device Configura-
tion
dialog box appears (see figure 9).
Understanding the Device Configuration dialog box
This dialog box uses Subjects and Items. For each NEST device, various properties or
items
can be configured. Related items are grouped into
subjects
, and each device has several
subjects.
Displaying an item and its description
1. Click on a subject in the subject box. Its items appear in the item box.
2. Click once on the item name, and its description appears in the descrip-
tion box.
Editing an item
1. Click on the item name in the item box. Its name appears at the bottom
of the Item Value area, and an appropriate means of changing its value
appears in the center of the area. If the item name is grayed out and no
means of changing the value appears, this item is read-only.
2. Make your changes and click on the Set Item button.
Restoring the default values of an item, subject, or device
1. Click on the appropriate button in the “Restore Defaults” section.
