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networks at the same time by creating a template of your LNS network database and deploying it on
multiple SmartServers as described in Using Rapid Deployment in Chapter 2.
After you install the network, you can maintain it by upgrading, replacing, decommissioning, and
testing devices. See Maintaining L
ON W ORKS networks in Chapter 5 of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0
User’s Guide for how to do this.
When you configure a network in the LNS tree, the LNS Proxy Web service directly propagates the
network configuration changes to the LNS network database. The following graphic demonstrates the
SmartServer operating as a LNS network management tool:
Using the LNS Proxy to Integrate the SmartServer with LNS Tools
You can use the LNS Proxy Web service to integrate the SmartServer with the LNS network tools such
as the LonMaker tool, the LNS tree in the SmartServer Web interface, or another LNS network tool so
that you can keep the SmartServer synchronized with the LNS network database and monitor and
control the network.
The following sections describe how to synchronize the SmartServer to an LNS network database, and
how to monitor and control the network by adding the data points of external devices to the
SmartServer’s built-in applications and to your custom SmartServer 2.0 Web pages.
Synchronizing the SmartServer
You can synchronize the SmartServer to an LNS network database so that you can configure an LNS
managed network with the SmartServer Web interface and propagate the changes to the LNS network
database. Synchronizing also enables you to update the SmartServer’s internal database with network
configuration changes made with other LNS network tools.
In addition, you must synchronize the SmartServer to an LNS network database before copying the
network variables of the external devices to the SmartServer’s internal database so that you can add the
data points to the SmartServer’s built-in applications and to your custom Web pages.
You can synchronize the SmartServer to an LNS network database using LNS Auto or LNS Manual
mode. The following sections describe how to synchronize the SmartServer using these modes.