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Introduction

environments, you must port the LonBridge Server to that Linux

distribution (see the source code comments for more information).

Starting the LonBridge Server

For the Windows platform, the service for the LonBridge Server generally starts

automatically when the operating system starts, although you can configure the

service to start manually (see Chapter 2,

Configuring the LonBridge Server

, on

page 9, for more information about configuring the LonBridge Server).
For either Windows or Linux platforms, you can start the LonBridge Server from

the command line.

Command Line Usage for Windows

To start the LonBridge Server, if it is not already running as a service:

1. From the Windows command prompt, change directories to the

LonBridge directory: C:\Program Files\Echelon\LonBridge.

2. Enter the LonBridge command.

See

Command Line Switches

for a listing of the available command-line switches

for the LonBridge command.

Command Line Usage for Linux

To start the LonBridge Server:

1. From the Linux command prompt, change directories to the LonBridge

directory.

2. Enter the lonbridge command.

See

Command Line Switches

for a listing of the available command-line switches

for the lonbridge command.

Command Line Switches

Table 1 lists the available command-line switches for the Windows LonBridge

command and the Linux lonbridge command.

The switches for the Windows LonBridge command are not case sensitive; you

can use either lower or upper case. However, the switches for the Linux

lonbridge command are case sensitive.

Table 1. Command-Line Switches for the LonBridge Command

Windows

Switch

Linux Switch Description

/C

-c

Enables console logging; copies all logged events to the

console.

You can use this option to watch log events in real-time

during development and debugging of your application or of

the LonBridge Server.