Echelon i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line - Manual (Page 16)

2 Preparing a Power Line Repeating Network for Installation
Preparation Overview
Before a PL-20 power line repeating network can be installed, you need to perform a few tasks to
prepare your Pocket PC (if you are using one to install the power line repeating network) and the
SmartServer to be attached to the network for the installation.
If you are using a Pocket PC as an installation tool, you need to install the Street Lighting Helper
application (or your own custom Street Lighting Helper application) and the iLONPocketProxy
application to your Pocket PC.
You need to upload to the SmartServer flash disk the application image files (.apb extensions) of the
devices to be attached to the network, the external interface files (XIFs) of the devices, and resource
files.
Using the SmartServer Web pages, you need to place the SmartServer in standalone mode and
configure the L
ON W ORKS channel attached to the SmartServer for power line repeating. In standalone
mode, the SmartServer serves as a network manager that can directly load, commission, set
online/offline, wink, test, and reset the devices attached to its channel without sending any network
management commands through LNS. The SmartServer needs to be in standalone mode in order to
establish and maintain the appropriate repeating chain on the PL-20 channel.
This chapter details the following tasks required for preparing a power line repeating network for
installation:
1. Loading StreetLighting applications on your Pocket PC (if you are using a Pocket PC as an
installation tool).
2. Copying device application image files, XIFs, and resource files to the SmartServer.
3. Setting the SmartServer in standalone mode.
4. Configuring the L ON W ORKS channel attached to the SmartServer for power line repeating.
Loading Street Lighting Helper to the Pocket PC
If you are using a Pocket PC as an installation tool for collecting device Neuron IDs and coordinates
and transmitting this data to the SmartServer, you need to install the Street Lighting Helper file on the
Pocket PC. The Street Lighting Helper file contains the following two applications:
• Street Lighting Helper. This application collects the Neuron IDs acquired with the bar code
scanner, lists the Neuron IDs and corresponding coordinates (if acquired with GPS receiver), and
saves them to XML and CSV (comma separated value) files.
• iLONProxyPocket. This application is used to transmit the device file created with the Street
Lighting Helper program to the SmartServer via an RS-232 or Bluetooth serial connection.
To install the Street Lighting Helper on the Pocket PC, follow these steps:
1. Install the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 software from the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 DVD following the
steps described in Chapter 2 of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide.
2. Download the .NET Compact Framework 2 Service Pack 2 to your Pocket PC. This service pack
is required to run the Street Lighting Helper program. To download the service pack, go to
www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=AEA55F2F-07B5-4A8C-8A44-
B4E1B196D5C0&displaylang=en
.
3. Download Microsoft ActiveSync to your computer. You can use this program to copy the Street
Lighting Helper file from your computer to your Pocket PC. To download the latest version of
ActiveSync, go to
www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/activesync/default.mspx.
4. Start Microsoft ActiveSync. To do this, click Start on the taskbar, point to Programs, and click
Microsoft ActiveSync.