Echelon SmartServer 2.2 - Manual (Page 13)

xiv Preface
 SmartServer XMPP Client Developer’s Guide. Describes how to use XMPP to enable the
SmartServer and client applications to communicate bi-directionally when they are located behind
firewalls.
Related Reading
The following additional documents may be useful if you are using certain features of the SmartServer.
You can download these documents from Echelon’s Web site at
www.echelon.com/docs .

LNS ® Programmer’s Guide. Describes how to write OpenLNS applications that take advantage of
the network design, installation, maintenance, and control/monitoring capabilities provided by the
SmartServer.

OpenLDV
™
Programmer’s Guide, xDriver Supplement. Describes how an LNS or OpenLDV
application can use the xDriver software to manage communications with multiple L ON W ORKS
networks over a TCP/IP network. The xDriver software is used to communicate with the
SmartServer when it is functioning as a Remote Network Interface (RNI).

OpenLNS Commissioning Tool User’s Guide. Describes how to use the OpenLNS
Commissioning Tool (OpenLNS CT), which you can use to install the SmartServer in a
L
ON W ORKS network.

NodeBuilder FX User’s Guide. Describes how to use the NodeBuilder tool to develop and test the
applications for Neuron-hosted devices.
Content
This guide includes the following content:

Introduction: Provides an introduction to the SmartServer, summarizes the new features in the
release of the SmartServer software, describes the SmartServer built-in applications, and
summarizes how data points are named and organized on the SmartServer.

Installing the SmartServer Products. Describes how to install the Echelon SmartServer 2.2
software, Echelon Enterprise Services 2.2, the Echelon i.LON Vision 2.2 software, and Echelon
NodeBuilder Resource Editor 4.02.

Configuring and Managing the SmartServer. Describes how to connect your SmartServer to a
TCP/IP network. Describes how to use the Setup Web pages to configure the SmartServer’s
properties, which you should do before using any of its built-in applications. Describes how to
reboot the SmartServer. Explains how to connect host devices such as remote SmartServers,
OpenLNS Servers, time servers, e-mail servers, and Web Connection Target servers to your local
SmartServer. Explains how to configure your SmartServer as an IP-852 router and as a remote
network interface (RNI), and how to add dial-up connections to your SmartServer. Describes how
to manage your SmartServer, including how to view the SmartServer’s system information, view
and configure the SmartServer’s system health monitoring, backup and upgrade the SmartServer
firmware, restore the SmartServer to its factory default settings, copy an i.LON 100 e3 server
network configuration to the SmartServer, and replace a SmartServer.

Using the SmartServer Web Interface. Describes how to use the navigation pane in the new Web
interface to access the SmartServer setup Web pages, switch between General and Driver modes,
open the SmartServer built-in applications, add data points to SmartServer built-in applications,
manage network objects, manage devices, and use device templates. Explains how to configure
the Web interface and check error messages.
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Using the SmartServer as a Network Management Tool. Describes how to use the SmartServer to
design, install, and maintain L
ON W ORKS , M-Bus, and Modbus control networks. Describes how
to create networks, channels, devices (application devices and routers), functional blocks, and data
points. Explains how to synchronize the SmartServer to an OpenLNS network database. Explains
the differences between LNS and standalone network management and how to switch between the