Echelon LonBridg Server - Manual (Page 3)

LonBridge Server User’s Guide iii
Welcome
The Echelon LonBridge™ Server is a software tool that provides an interface
between a TCP/IP network and a network of L ON W ORKS ® interoperable self-
installation (ISI) devices. This interface allows you to create a control
application, such as a graphical user interface (GUI), to manage devices on a
L ON W ORKS network from a device that is connected to a TCP/IP network.
This document describes the LonBridge Server, including how to install it,
configure it, and use the LonBridge application programming interface (API) to
manage and communicate with devices.
Audience
This document assumes that you have a good understanding of the L ON W ORKS
platform and microcontroller or microprocessor programming.
Related Documentation
The following manuals are available from the Echelon Web site
(
www.echelon.com ) and provide additional information that can help you develop
LonBridge applications:
• Introduction to the L
ON
W
ORKS
System (078-0183-01A) . This manual
provides an introduction to the ISO 14908 (ANSI/CEA-709.1 and
EN14908) Control Networking Protocol, and provides a high-level
introduction to L
ON
W
ORKS
networks and the tools and components that
are used for developing, installing, operating, and maintaining them.
• ISI Programmer's Guide (078-0299-01F). Describes how you can use the
Interoperable Self-Installation (ISI) protocol to create networks of control
devices that interoperate, without requiring the use of an installation
tool. Also describes how to use Echelon's ISI Library to develop devices
that can be used in both self-installed as well as managed networks.
• ISI Protocol Specification (078-0300-01F). Describes the Interoperable
Self-Installation (ISI) protocol, which is a protocol used to create
networks of control devices without requiring the use of an installation
tool.
• L ON M ARK ® Application Layer Interoperability Guidelines. This manual
describes design guidelines for developing applications for open
interoperable L ON W ORKS devices, and is available from the L ON M ARK
Web site, www.lonmark.org .
• ShortStack User’s Guide (078-0365-01A). This document describes how
to develop an application for a L
ON
W
ORKS
device using Echelon’s
ShortStack ® 2.1 Micro Server. It describes the architecture of a
ShortStack device and how to develop a ShortStack device.
All of the Echelon documentation is available in Adobe ® PDF format. To view the
PDF files, you must have a current version of the Adobe Reader ® , which you can
download from Adobe at: www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html .