Connecting the smartserver – Echelon SmartServer 2.2 User Manual
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You can configure your SmartServer as an IP-852 router (if IP-852 routing is activated on your
SmartServer) to integrate the network attached to your SmartServer into a single large L
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network that runs over a high-speed IP backbone. You can also configure your SmartServer as an
IP-852 router or as a remote network interface (RNI) to connect an OpenLNS or OpenLDV-based
application to a L
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network remotely via a TCP/IP connection.
You can manage your SmartServer by viewing its performance with the Setup – System Info Web
page; viewing the configuration of its system health monitoring with the systemhealth.conf file on the
SmartServer flash disk; testing its connections with the Setup – Verify Web page; backing it up to
protect your network configuration and your custom SmartServer Web pages; upgrading the firmware
when service packs become available; restoring the SmartServer from a backup or restoring it to its
factory default settings with the SmartServer Web pages or the console application; replacing your
SmartServer if there is a hardware failure; and activating the V40 interface so that you can add
dynamic functional blocks to the i.LON App (Internal) device. You can also migrate an i.LON 100
e3 server network to the SmartServer.
This chapter describes how to perform the following tasks:
1. Connect the SmartServer.
2. Configure the SmartServer.
3. Create modem connections.
4. Add host devices to the LAN.
5. Select a network management service.
6. Configure the SmartServer as an IP-852 router or an RNI.
7. Manage the SmartServer.
Connecting the SmartServer
After you install the SmartServer software on your computer, you need to connect your SmartServer to
a TCP/IP network. To connect your SmartServer, follow these steps:
1. Assemble, mount, and wire the SmartServer as described in the SmartServer Hardware Guide.
Open the SmartServer Web pages using IPv4 or IPv6.
2. If you are using IPv4 to open the SmartServer Web pages, follow these steps:
a. If your computer is not on the same subnet as the SmartServer (192.168.1.x by default), open
a Windows command prompt with administrator privileges on your computer and enter the
following command:
route add 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 %computername%
Note: To open the command prompt with administrator privileges, click Start, type cmd in
the search box, right-click the cmd.exe, and then select Run as Administrator. If you
receive a “The parameter is incorrect” error after entering the route command, replace
%computername% with the IP address of your computer.
b. Open a Web browser and enter the IP address of your SmartServer. The default address is
3. If you are using IPv6 to open the SmartServer Web pages, follow these steps:
a. Enable the IPv6 interface on your computer. For more information on doing this on a
Windows 7 computer, see
b. Set up a DNS entry to create a hostname for the SmartServer. When setting up the DNS
entry, use the default IPv6 address shown by the installation wizard (see step 18 in Installing
Echelon SmartServer Software in Chapter 2)
c. Create the hostname for the SmartServer.