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5
Using the SmartServer as a Network
Management Tool
This chapter describes how to use the SmartServer to design, install,
and maintain L ON W ORKS , M-Bus, and Modbus control networks. It
describes how to create and configure networks, channels, devices
(application devices and routers), functional blocks, and data points. It
explains how to synchronize the SmartServer to an OpenLNS network
database. It explains the differences between LNS and standalone
network management and how to switch between the two network
management service modes. It describes how to use device discovery
to automatically acquire the Neuron IDs of the devices on the network.
It describes how to use the smart network management feature to
install networks. It details how to upgrade, replace, decommission,
and test devices with the SmartServer.