Echelon Rapid Deployment Example for EES - Manual (Page 12)

2 Using the Rapid Deployment Example
Introduction
You can use the SmartServer 2.0 to automatically and rapidly install single-channel LNS managed or
standalone networks containing up to approximately 20 devices. Rapid deployment eliminates the
cumbersome manual tasks associated with network installation such as matching up device
configurations in a network tool with the physical devices on the network, and pressing service pins on
the devices to commission them.
To use this rapid deployment feature, you design and configure a network using the SmartServer or an
LNS network tool such as the LonMaker tool, make a template of the SmartServer and the LNS
network database (in an LNS managed network), and then deploy that template on multiple
SmartServers.
To create and deploy the template, you use the new i.LON AdminServer included in the Echelon
Enterprise Services 2.0 on your i.LON SmartServer 2.0 DVD. The i.LON AdminServer is a Web
application that you can use to manage and deploy SmartServers. You can use the i.LON
AdminServer to create a “golden image” of one site and then replicate that image multiple times on
identical sites. For example, if you have several buildings that have the same network, you can create
a template for one building, and then deploy the template to automatically configure and install the
other buildings. You can use the i.LON AdminServer onsite to deploy a network, or you can access it
remotely to deploy the network.
When you deploy the template, the SmartServer searches the physical network for uncommissioned
devices, automatically acquires the Neuron IDs of the discovered devices, and then matches the
discovered devices based on program ID to the devices logically defined in a SmartServer or LNS
network database. The SmartServer then automatically installs the discovered devices.
Using the Demonstration Network
You can assemble a demonstration network over a twister-pair free-topology (TP/FT-10) channel to
test the rapid deployment feature. The RapidDeploymentExample folder on the root directory of the
i.LON SmartServer 2.0 DVD contains pre-defined i.LON templates that include the configuration and
custom Web pages for an LNS managed and standalone demonstration network.
The demonstration network includes a set of common L ON W ORKS devices that provide a
cost-effective, energy-efficient solution for small networks. These L ON W ORKS devices include two
switches, two thermostats, one energy meter, and one FT-10 SmartServer. The i.LON templates
already include the application image files, external interface files, and resource files for these devices.
The network also includes two generic lamp outputs, a power supply, and a transformer.
You can order the devices used in the demonstration network, and then wire them following the
diagram in the Assembling and Wiring the Devices section later in this document. The following
photograph displays the specified devices assembled and wired on a mounting board.