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Appendix G – Glossary
Local Client
A LonMaker computer that is also running the LNS Server.
LonMaker Browser
An LNS plug-in that provides a table view of the network variables and configuration properties of
selected devices and/or functional blocks. The LonMaker Brower can be used to monitor and control
the network variables and configuration properties in a network.
LonMaker Credit
A pre-paid fee for commissioning an application device.
LonMaker Device Manager
A modeless dialog that lets you test, wink, disable, change the application state, and override
application devices, functional blocks, and routers. When one of the aforementioned management
commands is selected, the LonMaker Device Manager generates a report listing the status of the object
and describing any errors.
LonMaker Drawing
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LonMaker Event Log
A shared log in which the LonMaker tool stores every change made to a LonMaker drawing by every
user. All LonMaker tools check the log when they open a LonMaker drawing and periodically
thereafter, and update their copies of a LonMaker drawing based on the log entries. The LonMaker
Event Log enables multiple LonMaker tools to stay synchronized with the LNS database and with each
other, and it reduces instances in which a LonMaker drawing needs to be manually resynchronized.
LonMaker Integration Tool
An LNS network tool that uses Visio as its graphical user interface. The LonMaker tool is used to
design, commission, maintain, and document distributed control networks comprised of both
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LonMaker Layers
Separate views for the physical, logical, and data components in a LonMaker network that can be used
to hide and show parts of a LonMaker drawing. The physical layer includes devices, routers, channels;
the logical layer contains the functional blocks, network variables, and unmonitored connections; and
the data layer consists of monitored connections. Subsystems and supernodes belong to both the
physical and logical layers.
LonMaker Network Design
A LonMaker network design consists of an LNS network database and a LonMaker drawing.
LonMaker Shape
A reusable drawing object related specifically to a L
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LonMaker Style
A defined shape style indicating the state of a device, functional block, connection, or network
variable/message tag.
LonManager Protocol Analyzer
A protocol analyzer for field use that provides L
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users with a rich set of Windows-based tools and a high performance PC interface card to allow users
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networks. This card accepts
any two SMX compatible transceivers, so that you may diagnose protocol-related problems on any