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Mini EVK Example Applications
The Mini EVK includes the following example applications:
• MGDemo
• MGSwitch
• MGLight
• MGKeyboard
• Monitoring & Control
The MGDemo, MGSwitch, MGLight, and MGKeyboard applications are Neuron
C applications that you can load into your evaluation boards and use to create
simple L ON W ORKS networks. For more information on these applications, see the
Neuron C Example Applications section below.
These examples use the Interoperable Self-installation (ISI) library. ISI is an
application-layer protocol that allows installation of devices and connection
management without using a separate network management tool. For more
information on ISI, see the ISI Protocol Specification and ISI Programmer’s
Guide documents.
The Monitoring & Control Example Application is a C# application that you can
use to monitor and control evaluation boards running the MGDemo application.
You do not need to load the Monitoring & Control Example Application into the
evaluation boards, as with the Neuron C example applications, but you do need a
3150 EVB with the MGDemo example loaded to use all the features of the
Monitoring & Control Example Application. For more information on the
Monitoring & Control Example Application, see Monitoring & Control Example
Application on page 29.
Neuron C Example Applications
You can use the Neuron C example applications to demonstrate how to use
Neuron C to interface with I/O hardware, how to use network variables in
Neuron C to communicate on a L
ON W ORKS network, and how to use the ISI
library to install devices on a L ON W ORKS network.
You can load the Neuron C example applications into up to 32 evaluation boards
on a L
ON W ORKS network (the ISI protocol supports up to 200 devices, but the
version used in the evaluation boards supports up to 32), connect the evaluation
boards via the ISI protocol, and then use the applications to exchange data
through input and output network variable updates between the evaluation
boards. These steps are summarized below. Exact details are provided in the
sections following this summary:
1. The 3150 EVB is pre-loaded with the MGDemo application, and the 3120
EVB is pre-loaded with the MGSwitch application. You can use these
applications, or you can use the MGLight or MGKeyboard applications
that are also included with the Mini EVK. If you loaded a different
application into either of you EVBs, or if you want to change the demo
application, start the Mini Application, and then load one of the example
applications (MGDemo, MGSwitch, MGLight, or MGKeyboard) into each
EVB, as described in Chapter 2, Using the Mini Application.
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