Echelon LonMaker - Manual (Page 3)

LonMaker User’s Guide iii
Preface
The LonMaker Integration Tool is a software package for designing, installing, and
maintaining multi-vendor, open, interoperable L ON W ORKS
®
control networks. Based
on Echelon's LNS
®
network operating system, the LonMaker tool combines a
powerful, client-server architecture with an easy-to-use Visio user interface. The
result is a tool sophisticated enough to design, commission, operate, and maintain a
control network, yet economical enough to be left behind as an operation and
maintenance tool. The LonMaker tool complies with the LNS plug-in standard,
making it compatible with the wide variety of LNS plug-ins available from Echelon
and many other vendors.