Commissioning with the lonmaker tool, Defining an mpr-50 router, Commissioning with the lonmaker integration tool – Echelon MPR-50 Multi-Port Router User Manual

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The LonMaker tool is an easy-to-use integration tool that supports both routers and

application devices. According to the protocol specification, devices on separate

channels cannot communicate unless the channels are connected by a router. This

section describes how to create a router in a LonMaker network design.

These instructions assume the use of LonMaker 3.1. Newer versions of the

LonMaker tool may operate differently; in particular, there may be fewer dialogs

presented to the user during router definition and commissioning.

Routers, like devices, are created in two steps: definition and commissioning.

To define the MPR-50, follow these steps:

1. If the Multi-Port Router Shapes stencil is not open, open it from File->Stencils.

2. Drag a MPR-50 master shape

from the Multi-Port Router Shapes stencil

onto the drawing.

3. The Channel Definition dialog appears. Most users will want to click OK

repeatedly thus accepting all of the defaults presented. The most common

exception to accepting the defaults is choosing to connect to a pre-existing

channel. Accept all other default values in this case. The routers are defined in

reverse order, from Router 5 to Router 1.
Note: When defining multiple MPR-50 routers within a drawing, make certain

that the Internal Channel of each MPR-50 is defined as a separate channel.

4. To monitor and control the status and logging objects on the Monitor, drag the

MPR-50 Node Object and MPR-50 Channel Monitor objects onto the drawing.

Note that there is one Node Object and five Channel Monitor objects. Drag onto

the drawing Channel Monitor objects that correspond to the channels you are

using with the MPR-50.

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