Echelon LonMaker - Manual (Page 36)

20 Installing and Activating the LonMaker Tool
Hardware Requirements
This section describes the hardware requirements and recommendations for your computer when using
the LonMaker tool. If you are engineering a network with more than 200 devices, see the additional
recommendations for the LNS Server and the LonMaker computer in Enhancements for Engineering
Large Networks.
Minimum Hardware Requirements
The LonMaker tool requires a personal computer that meets the following requirements:
• Microsoft Windows XP (Professional, Home, Tablet PC editions), Windows 2003 server, or
Windows 2000
• Pentium III, Pentium 4, or better
• 350 megabytes (MB) free hard-disk space
• 512 MB RAM minimum
• 1,024 MB page file minimum
• CD-ROM drive
• Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution display with at least 256 colors
• Mouse or compatible pointing device
To commission, configure, replace, monitor, or control devices, a network interface that is compatible
with IP or LNS is required. Compatible network interfaces include the
i .LON 10 and i .LON 100 IP
interfaces; U10 and U20 USB interfaces; PCC-10 PC Card, PCLTA-20 and 21 PCI Cards, SLTA-10
Serial LonTalk Adapter, and an Ethernet card used with an
i .LON 100 with IP-852 routing or an i .LON
600 router.
The memory required is affected by the number of plug-ins, LNS applications, and other Windows
applications that are running simultaneously. More than 512 MB may be required if you are running
multiple plug-ins or applications.
A 100 MB or larger removable or remote storage media drive, such as a USB drive or a remote file
server, is recommended for saving LonMaker backup files.
Enhancements for Engineering Large Networks
High-performance hardware is essential when engineering large networks. The disk for the LNS
Server should have a sustained transfer rate greater than a 20 MB per second with an average seek time
less than an 8 milliseconds (ms). This transfer rate can be met with an IDE drive using an SATA,
UltraATA/100, Ultra SCSI, or faster interface. You can further increase performance and reliability by
using a redundant striped disk configuration such as a RAID 5 disk array.
For large networks, the LonMaker computer should be at least a 2GHz Pentium 4 running Windows
XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows 2000 with at least 1 GB of memory and a 1,500 MB minimum
page file. The speed, operating system, and memory size is not as important for commissioning the
network; therefore, a slower and smaller laptop with at least 512 MB RAM is suitable for
commissioning devices.
Installing the LonMaker Tool
You can install a licensed copy of the LonMaker tool on up to two computers, a primary and a
secondary computer, provided that the following requirements are met: only the LonMaker user on the
primary computer can use the copy of the LonMaker tool on the secondary computer; the LonMaker
software may only be used on one computer at a time; and the secondary computer cannot be used to