Echelon LonWorks USB Network Interface - Manual (Page 12)

6 L ON W ORKS USB Network Interface User’s Guide
Connecting the USB Network Interface
After you have installed the OpenLDV software, you can plug the USB interface
into your PC and connect to a TP/FT-10 or PL-20 channel (as appropriate). To do
so, follow these steps:
1. Insert the USB interface into an available USB port on your PC, with or
without the included USB extension cable.
NOTE: If you inserted the USB interface into the USB port before
installing the OpenLDV software, see Appendix B, Troubleshooting, for
instructions on how to complete the installation.
On Windows 2000, you can proceed directly to step 5.
2. On Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, the Found New Hardware
Wizard starts. Choose any of the three Windows Update options, and
then click Next to continue.
3. Select Install the Software Automatically (Recommended), and
then click Next to continue.
4. When the completion window appears, click Finish.
5. If you are using a U10 interface, connect the detachable network
connector to the TP/FT-10 channel wiring. If you are using a U20
interface, plug the included wall-plug coupling circuit/power supply into a
power outlet, and connect the barrel connector into the U20 interface’s
barrel jack.
6. The USB interface is now ready to use. If this is the only L ON W ORKS
interface installed on your PC, it will automatically use the default name
LON1, and you can proceed directly to your software application and
begin using the interface as LON1.
NOTE: Because of the auto-configuring nature of the USB Network
Interface software, most users will not need to use the L ON W ORKS
Interfaces application in the Control Panel. However, you may need to do
so if you have more than one network interface installed, or if you need to
change the interface’s buffer sizes and counts. For more information on
the L ON W ORKS Interfaces application, see the next section, Using the
LONWORKS Interfaces Application.
Using the L
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Interfaces Application
The USB Network Interface software is designed for your ease of use, and so
most users will not need to use the L
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Interfaces application. If the USB
interface is the only L ON W ORKS network interface attached to your PC, it will be
automatically use the default name LON1, and you can proceed directly to your
software application and begin using the interface as LON1.
If you want or need to, you can use the L ON W ORKS Interfaces application to
configure, test, reset, identify or remove a USB interface. These procedures are
described in the following sections.
Each USB interface is serialized during manufacture, and the L ON W ORKS
Interfaces application keeps track of each L ON W ORKS network interface plugged