Figure 10 – Echelon i.LON 600 LonWorks/IP Server User Manual
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Section 1: Setting Up and Using the i.LON 600 L
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FT-10
FT-10
TP/XF-1250
LonWorks
FT-TP Router
LonWorks
FT-TP Router
FT-10
LonWorks
FT-TP Router
Figure 10. A L
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Network with a Traditional TP-1250 High Speed Backbone
The i.LON 600 routing engine is designed to deal with the potentially large latencies
introduced by large IP networks such as the Internet. Without this intelligent routing
engine, certain L
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network services, such as the ability to detect duplicate
packets, could be compromised.
Note that in
or
, a PC running LNS 3.01, MIP, or other mechanism
could be attached to any of the FT-10 channels.
FT-10
FT-10
TP/XF-1250
LonWorks
FT-TP Router
LonWorks
FT-TP Router
FT-10
LonWorks
FT-TP Router
PC Running
LNS 3.01/MIP
Figure 11. PC Connected to an FT-10 Channel
PCs running LNS 3.01 incorporate the same routing intelligence as an
i.LON 600. Therefore, PCs running LNS version 3.01 or better can be directly connected
as a member of the LonMaker/IP channel side of any i.LON 600. This allows topologies
like the one shown in
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/IP Channel Background & Definition