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Table 3.1 LNS Programmer’s Guide Document Roadmap
Chapter Description
Chapter 4, Programming an
LNS Application
This chapter describes the steps you need to take
when initializing an LNS application, whether you
plan to use that application for network management,
or for monitor and control. This includes all the steps
you need to take to open the LNS Object Server, and
initially access a L ON W ORKS network.
Separate instructions are provided for each of the
client types introduced in this chapter.
Chapter 5, Network
Management : Installation
Scenarios
This chapter begins the discussion of the network
management operations you can perform with LNS. It
starts with an overview of the three basic installation
scenarios you can use when creating a L ON W ORKS
network with LNS, and follows with step-by-step
instructions you can follow when performing each
installation scenario. The tasks included in each step
are described in more detail in Chapters 5, 6 and 7 of
this document.
Chapter 6, Network
Management : Defining,
Commissioning, and
Connecting Devices
Chapter 5 introduces the tasks you need to take when
installing and defining a network, and explains when
you should perform each task. Chapter 6 provides
additional details on these tasks. This includes topics
such as installing, configuring, commissioning, and
connecting devices.
Chapter 7, Network
Management : Optimizing
Connection Resources
This chapter contains guidelines you may find useful
when planning connections between devices on large
networks.
Chapter 8, Network
Management : Advanced
Topics
This chapter provides information on advanced topics
that may be of use to you when writing a network
management application. This includes how to
properly manage a Network Service Device, how to
manage a network with multiple channels, and how
you can take advantage of the dynamic device
interface features added to LNS for Turbo Edition.
Chapter 9, Monitor and
Control
This chapter describes how to write applications to
monitor and control the devices on your L ON W ORKS
network.
Chapter 10, LNS Database
Management
This chapter provides information about how you
should manage your LNS databases, and describes
the LNS features you can use to do so. This includes a
description of the LNS database validation and online
database backup features that have been added to
LNS for Turbo Edition, how to move LNS databases,
and how to perform a network database recovery with
LNS.