Echelon LonMaker User Manual

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Introduction

Selecting a Network Installation Scenario .............................................. 34

Engineered System Scenario ........................................................... 34

Ad-Hoc System Scenario ................................................................. 35

Determining User Permissions ............................................................... 35

Optimizing LonMaker Network Performance .......................................... 35

Drawing Files .................................................................................... 35

Network Changes ............................................................................. 36

Connections...................................................................................... 36

Sharing the LNS Interface with the LNS DDE Server ...................... 36

Functional Blocks ............................................................................. 36

Subsystems ...................................................................................... 37

LonMaker Design Manager Overview ........................................................... 37

General ................................................................................................... 38

Options .................................................................................................... 40

New Network Options ............................................................................. 42

LonMaker Stencils................................................................................... 44

LonMaker Default Options ...................................................................... 45

Setting Up a Network Interface...................................................................... 46

Optimizing Network Interface Performance ............................................ 46

Using an IP-852 Network Interface ......................................................... 46

Creating and Opening a LonMaker Network ................................................. 47

Creating a New LonMaker Network Design............................................ 47

Working with Digital Signatures........................................................ 52

Creating a New LonMaker Network from an Existing LNS Database ........... 53

Copying an Existing LonMaker Network Design..................................... 56

Opening an Existing LonMaker Network Design .................................... 57

LonMaker Client Types.................................................................................. 61

Local Client ............................................................................................. 61

Remote Full Client................................................................................... 62

Remote Lightweight Client ...................................................................... 63

Using the LonMaker Tool on a Remote Client .............................................. 64

Using the LonMaker Tool on a Remote Full Client ................................. 64

Using the LonMaker Tool on a Remote Lightweight Client .................... 67

Using Network Service Device Shapes......................................................... 69

Listing Network Service Devices ...................................................... 71

Upgrading Network Service Devices................................................ 71

Replacing a Local Network Service Device...................................... 72

User Profiles .................................................................................................. 72

Creating a New User Profile ................................................................... 72

Changing Passwords .............................................................................. 74

Modifying and Deleting User Profiles...................................................... 74

Changing User Profiles in a LonMaker Drawing..................................... 74

Using the LonMaker Tool Remotely with User Profiles .......................... 75

Designing Networks........................................................................ 77

Creating a L

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Network..................................................................... 78

Creating a LonMaker Drawing....................................................................... 78

Creating Application Devices .................................................................. 79

Using Automatic Channel Selection ................................................. 83

Changing the Channel of an Application Device .............................. 83

Creating Functional Blocks ..................................................................... 84

Using Automatic Device Selection ................................................... 87

Re-assigning a Functional Block ...................................................... 88

Configuring a Functional Block......................................................... 88

Copying a Functional Block Configuration ....................................... 88