Echelon LonMaker - Manual (Page 30)

14 Introduction
Standard Edition
The standard edition ships with Visio 2003 Standard, comes with 5 LonMaker credits, and does not
expire. You can purchase additional LonMaker credits for the standard edition (see Adding LonMaker
Credits).
Trial Edition
The trial edition ships with a 30-day evaluation copy of Visio 2003 Professional, does not come with
any LonMaker credits, and requires licensing the professional or standard edition to continue using the
LonMaker tool after the 30-day trial period ends. The trial edition also has the following restrictions:
• All drawings created with the trial edition include a “LonMaker Demonstration Network” banner
in the background.
• Networks are limited to a maximum of six devices.
• You cannot add LonMaker credits using the trial edition.
LonMaker Network Designs
A LonMaker Network Design consists of an LNS network database and a LonMaker drawing.
LNS Network Database
An LNS network database contains definitions of the devices contained within a LonMaker drawing,
including information such as the name, address, application configuration, and network connections
for each device. Whenever you change a LonMaker drawing, the LonMaker tool automatically uses
LNS services to update the information in the LNS network database associated with the LonMaker
drawing.
Every LonMaker drawing is associated with an LNS network database, and the LNS network database
is always located on the computer with the LNS Server. The LNS Server may be located on the same
computer as the LonMaker tool, or it may be located on a different computer. You can maintain
backup copies of the LNS network database, and you can move the LNS Server and LNS network
database to a backup computer. See Backing Up a LonMaker Network Design in Chapter 7,
Maintaining Networks, for more information.
LonMaker Drawing
A LonMaker drawing contains the graphical representation of the L ON W ORKS network. A LonMaker
drawing consists of one or more drawing files, and the drawing files consist of one or more pages that
each represent a subsystem. One drawing file is designated as the top-level drawing file; this drawing
file is the one created when you create a new LonMaker network design. A subsystem within the
top-level drawing file is designated as the top-level subsystem; this subsystem is represented by the
first page of the drawing that you create when you create a new LonMaker network design.
A LonMaker drawing is always located on the computer running the LonMaker tool. If you are
running multiple LonMaker tools on the same LonMaker drawing, each computer running a LonMaker
tool must have a copy of the LonMaker drawing. The LonMaker tool automatically keeps these
multiple copied synchronized. Multiple-user operation is described in Managing Multiple Remote
Clients in Chapter 3, Getting Started.
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Basics
This section provides an overview of the following topics and defines related terms:
• L
ON W ORKS networks
• LonMaker client types