Echelon OpenLNS Commissioning Tool - Manual (Page 54)

38 Getting Started
• Synchronization
• Warnings
Appendix A details the defaults you can set under each network properties options category.
Setting Up a Network Interface
To attach your OpenLNS CT computer to a L ON W ORKS network, you must define and configure an
OpenLDV 4.0-compatible network interface or an IP-852 network interface before starting OpenLNS
CT. Network interfaces include the following:
• RNIs: SmartServer, i.LON 100 Internet Server, i.LON 600 IP-852 Router, and i.LON 10 Ethernet
Adapter.
• IP-852 network interfaces: SmartServer (with IP-852 routing option), i.LON 100 Internet Server
(with IP-852 routing option), and i.LON 600 IP-852 Router.
• Local USB network interfaces: U10/U20 USB network interfaces.
• Local PC card network interfaces: PCC-10 and PCLTA-10, 20, and 21 PCI network interfaces
(32-bit versions of Windows only).
• Serial network interface: SLTA-10 serial interface (32-bit versions of Windows only).
You can use the L ON W ORKS Interfaces application in the Control Panel to define, configure, and test
these OpenLDV 4.0 network interfaces.
Optimizing Network Interface Performance
To optimize the performance of OpenLNS CT when your OpenLNS CT computer is attached to a
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ON W ORKS network, use an OpenLNS high performance network interface (RNI, U10/U20 USB
network interface, IP-852 network interface, or other network interface with a Layer 2 MIP), if
available. If you are using a PL-20 power line channel or another slow channel, you can use a legacy
interface to limit network overhead (a high performance network interface may saturate the channel).
Using an IP-852 Network Interface
You can use an IP-852 channel to implement a L ON W ORKS control network over an IP network and
integrate multiple native L ON W ORKS networks into one large network that uses a high-speed IP-852
channel as a backbone. If you are attaching your OpenLNS CT computer to an IP-852 channel, you
can set up an IP-852 interface and create the IP-852 channel following these steps:
1. Ensure that all of your IP-852 devices (for example, the OpenLNS Server computer, one or more
OpenLNS CT computers, and one or more IP-852 routers) all have static IP addresses or have
dynamic IP addresses that do not change. A static IP address is an address that is not dynamically
assigned by a DHCP server.
2. Create an IP-852 interface on each computer that is to be connected to the IP-852 channel. This
may include the OpenLNS Server computer and one or more OpenLNS CT computers. To create
an IP-852 interface, follow these steps on each of the computers:
a. Open the L ON W ORKS Interfaces application in the Control Panel.
b. Click the IP-852 tab.
c. Click Interface, point to Add, and then either click IP-852 Interface or click New Interface
and then click IP-852 in the Select Interface Type dialog.
d. The Add Network Interface Wizard dialog opens.
e. Specify the name of the new IP-852 network interface; the IP address, port, and channel
timing parameters; and authentication parameters. Click OK.