Echelon i.LON 600 LonWorks/IP Server - Manual (Page 76)

Section 2: Advanced Topics
Introduction
The EIA-852 standard requires that an i.LON 600 devices have a free-standing method of
configuration. You can manually configure your i.LON 600 without using the
Configuration Server software by uploading an XML file (containing configuration data)
directly to your i.LON 600.
Echelon recommends using the Configuration Server to setup and specify
parameters for your i.LON 600. Changes made to your network using a network
management tool (such as LonMaker) could invalidate the XML setup file.
Creating and Uploading an XML Configuration File
To create an XML-based configuration file for you i.LON 600, perform the following
steps:
1. Connect the console port to your PC (see Chapter 2) and run the
console application.
2. Type the command
dump lwipconfig
. This will generate an XML
file containing the current L ON W ORKS /IP configuration of the i.LON
600 called LTIP_Config.xml. The file is located in the
/ItConfig/XmlDump directory on the i.LON 600.
3. Use FTP to upload the file to your PC.
4. Modify the appropriate XML file fields (such as
<LOCAL_PORT>,
<CONFIG_SERVER_IP_ADDR>, and
<CONFIG_SERVER_PORT>
) using a text editor.
5. Using an FTP software program, download the LTIP_Config.xml file
to the i.LON 600’s /ItConfig directory. Note: you may not be able to
drag and drop the file directly to the i.LON 600 file folder. If this fails,
download the file using the Windows command line FTP client.
6. Reboot your i.LON 600 for the changes to take effect. Upon startup, the
i.LON 600 will use the configuration parameters specified in the XML
file.
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