Using the smartserver as an ip-852 router – Echelon SmartServer 2.2 User Manual
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Configuring and Managing the SmartServer
network that runs over a high-speed IP-852 backbone. You can also configure your SmartServer as an
IP-852 router or as an RNI to connect an OpenLNS, LNS, or OpenLDV-based application to a
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network remotely via a TCP/IP connection. The SmartServer’s IP-852 connection is
represented by router icons (
) that are listed under both its internal LON and LON IP channels
below the network icon in the tree. The LON IP channel only appears in the tree if an IP-852 router
license is installed on your SmartServer. The SmartServer’s RNI connection is represented by an RNI
device icon (
) that is listed under the LON channel.
Using the SmartServer as an IP-852 Router
You can activate the IP-852 routing service on your SmartServer to enable the network attached to
your SmartServer to be integrated with the networks attached to other IP-852 routers into one large
network that runs over a high-speed IP-852 backbone. With IP-852 routing, you can use an OpenLNS,
LNS, or OpenLDV application to access the networks attached to IP-852 routers remotely and use
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connections to bind the devices on the networks together, regardless of the distance
between the networks. You just need to make sure that your SmartServer and the other IP-852 routers
are on the same IP-852 channel as the OpenLNS or LNS Server and the computer running the
OpenLNS, LNS, or OpenLDV application.
To use your SmartServer as an IP-852 router, an IP-852 license must be installed on your SmartServer.
The Professional models of the SmartServer include an IP-852 router license. If an IP-852 license is
not pre-installed on your SmartServer, you can order one (Echelon model number 72160) from the
Echelon Web site
To use your SmartServer as an IP-852 router, you do the following:
1. Activate IP-852 routing if an IP-852 license is not pre-installed on your SmartServer.
2. Add your SmartServer to an IP-852 channel using the IP-852 Configuration Server application.
3. Configure your SmartServer as an IP-852 router using an OpenLNS or LNS application such as
OpenLNS CT or the SmartServer (from the OpenLNS tree using the LNS Proxy Web service).
4. Use your SmartServer on the IP-852 channel.
Notes:
The IP-852 router on the SmartServer does not support routing between devices using IPv6.
However, you can use the IP-852 router with IPv4 devices simultaneously with other SmartServer
applications that are using IPv6.
IP-852 routing cannot be used on a power line repeating channel.
The SmartServer’s capabilities are not restricted when using IP-852 routing. All the other
application features of the SmartServer are available when it is operating as an IP-852 router.