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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LonWorks\LonWorks Path
The following table lists and describes the files that your installation application should install:
Programmable
Application Image
Files
(.APB and .NXE)
The IzoT Commissioning Tool and other IzoT, OpenLNS, and LNS
network tools use programmable application image files to download
the compiled application image to a device. The programmable
application image files have .APB, .NDL, and .NXE extensions.
On an IzoT NodeBuilder computer, the programmable application
image files are stored in the Development or Release target folder
within the device template folder. For example, the application image
files for the development target in the quick-start exercise in this
chapter are stored in the
C:\Users\Public\Documents\LonWorks\OpenLnsCt\Source\IzoT
NB Exercise\IzoT NB Example Device\Development folder.
Your installation executable must install the .APB files. The .NDL
file is used to support manufacture-time loading of devices and
therefore does not need to be installed; the .NXE file is used to
support legacy network tools and is usually not required. The .APB
file should be installed in a folder where it can be found by the IzoT
network tool on the target computer. For the IzoT Commissioning
Tool, you can find this location in the Windows registry in the
following location (by default, this location is C:\Program Files
(x86)\LonWorks\Import):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LonWorks\LonMaker for
Windows\NxeSearchPath
Your installation executable should install your .APB file in a
subdirectory labeled with your company name (C:\Program Files
(x86)\LonWorks\Import\YourCompany, for example). Your
installation should search for your company’s folder and, if not found,
it should create a folder with your company’s name.
See Building an Application Image in Chapter 8 for more information
on these programmable application image files.
Device Interface Files
(.XIF, .XFO*, and
.XFB)
* .XFO file is
optional.
The IzoT Commissioning Tool and other IzoT, OpenLNS, and LNS
network tools use device interface files (also known as external
interface files) to create IzoT device templates. Device interface files
have .XIF, .XFO, and .XFB extensions.
On an IzoT NodeBuilder computer, the device interface files are
stored in the same Development or Release target folder that contains
the programmable application image files for the device.
Your installation executable must install the .XIF and .XFB files.
Installing the .XFO file is optional; however, it speeds up device
template importing for tools that support it such as the IzoT
Commissioning Tool.
Your installation executable should install these device interface files
in a folder where it can be found by the IzoT network tool on the
target computer. For the IzoT Commissioning Tool, you can find this
location in the Windows registry in the following location (by default,
this location is C:\Program Files (x86)\LonWorks\Import):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LonWorks\LonMaker for
Windows\XifSearchPath
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