Echelon OpenLNS Commissioning Tool - Manual (Page 20)

4 Introduction
OpenLNS CT Versions
There are five versions of OpenLNS CT: OpenLNS CT Professional, OpenLNS CT Professional
Without Visio, OpenLNS CT Standard, OpenLNS CT Standard Without Visio, and OpenLNS CT
Trial. OpenLNS CT Professional Without Visio and OpenLNS CT Standard Without Visio require a
separate purchase of Visio 2010 or 2003.
The advantage of OpenLNS CT Professional is that you can have an unlimited number of OpenLNS
networks—OpenLNS CT Standard is limited to five networks. In addition, OpenLNS CT Professional
includes Visio 2010 Professional, which contains all of the business diagramming tools of the Visio
2010 Standard edition, as well as additional comprehensive technical and drawing solutions. You can
purchase OpenLNS CT Standard and then upgrade it later to OpenLNS CT Professional by purchasing
the OpenLNS CT Standard to Professional Upgrade Key (Echelon model number 38070-400). The
upgrade key does not include and upgrade to Visio 2010 Professional—it only upgrades the number of
networks that you can access with OpenLNS CT. See Upgrading OpenLNS CT Standard Edition to
OpenLNS CT Professional Edition in Chapter 10 for more information.
OpenLNS CT Professional and OpenLNS CT Standard each include one-year maintenance during
which you can download and install OpenLNS CT software updates and upgrades for free. You can
renew your annual maintenance anytime before it expires by purchasing an OpenLNS CT Professional
One-Year Maintenance Renewal (Echelon model number 93800) or an OpenLNS CT Standard
One-Year Maintenance Renewal (Echelon model number 93810). Renewing your license enables
you to continue installing software updates and upgrades. If you do not renew the product's
maintenance, you can still use the product; however, you will not be able to install updates or upgrades
released after your annual maintenance expired.
You can download a free trial edition of OpenLNS CT from the Echelon Web site at
www.echelon.com/openlns . The trial edition is limited to 2 five-device networks, runs for a maximum
of 60 minutes at a time, and expires after 60 days. Visio 2010 is required to use the trial edition, but it
is not included with the trial edition. The DVD version of the trial edition does include a trial version
of Visio 2010. You can convert the trial edition to OpenLNS CT Professional or OpenLNS CT
Standard by purchasing the OpenLNS Commissioning Tool Professional Edition Without Visio
Activation Key (Echelon model number 38060-400), OpenLNS Commissioning Tool Professional
Activation Key (Echelon model number 38050-400), OpenLNS Commissioning Tool Standard Edition
Without Visio Activation Key (Echelon model number 38160-400), or the OpenLNS Commissioning
Tool Standard Activation Key (Echelon model number 38150-400).
OpenLNS CT Network Designs
An OpenLNS CT Network Design consists of an OpenLNS network database and an OpenLNS CT
drawing.
OpenLNS Network Database
An OpenLNS network database contains definitions of the devices contained within a L ON W ORKS
network and an OpenLNS CT drawing, including information such as the name, address, application
configuration, and network connections for each device. Whenever you change an OpenLNS CT
drawing, OpenLNS CT automatically uses OpenLNS services to update the information in the
OpenLNS network database associated with the OpenLNS CT drawing.
Every OpenLNS CT drawing is associated with an OpenLNS network database, and the OpenLNS
network database is always located on the computer with the OpenLNS Server. The OpenLNS Server
may be located on the same computer as OpenLNS CT, or it may be located on a different computer.
You can maintain backup copies of the OpenLNS network database, and you can move the OpenLNS
Server and OpenLNS network database to a backup computer. See Backing Up an OpenLNS CT
Network Design in Chapter 7, Maintaining Networks, for more information.