Echelon Mini FX - Manual (Page 22)

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The following sections describe each of the components.
Mini FX CD
The Mini FX CD contains the software required to build and download Neuron C
applications for your L
ON W ORKS devices, and it includes Neuron C example applications
that you can run on your development platform and use to further learn how to develop
your own device applications.
The Mini FX software includes the following programs:
• Mini FX Application. Manage Neuron C code, build Neuron C device applications,
and download the device applications to your development boards. The Mini FX
Application includes the following components:
o
Hardware Template Editor. Specify hardware attributes including platform,
transceiver type, Neuron Chip or Smart Transceiver model, clock speed, system
image, and memory configuration.
o
Standard Program ID Calculator. Specify the device’s 16-hex digit program ID,
which uniquely identifies the device application.
o
Diagnostic Tool. Reset the device application, wink a device, or get the current
device status and statistics related to the device’s performance.
• NodeBuilder Resource Editor. Provides a simple interface for viewing existing
L ON M ARK ® resources and defining your own resources. For more information on the
NodeBuilder Resource Editor, see the NodeBuilder Resource Editor User’s Guide.
• ISI Developer’s Kit. Provides for easy development of devices that do not require
installation tools. Consult the ISI Programmer’s Guide for more information on ISI.
• OpenLDV ™ 3.4. An API used by the Mini kit to send and receive ISO/IEC 14908-1
messages through Echelon’s family of L ON W ORKS network interface products. The
Mini FX Application and the Monitoring & Control C# example application that you
can download from the Echelon Web site uses the OpenLDV API. For more
information on OpenLDV, see the OpenLDV Programmer’s Guide. You can download
the OpenLDV Programmer’s Guide and the OpenLDV Developer’s Kit from the
Echelon Web site at www.echelon.com/openldv .
• Example Applications. The Mini kit include three Neuron C example applications
for the FT 5000 EVBs, and four Neuron C example applications for the PL 3150 EVB
and PL 3170 EVB. You can use these examples to test the I/O devices on your EVBs,
and create simple L
ON W ORKS networks. You can view the Neuron C code used in the
example applications, and then create a new device application by modifying the
existing example applications or by developing the device application from scratch.
For more information on using the FT 5000 EVB example applications, see the FT
5000 EVB Examples Guide. For more information on using the PL 3150 and PL 3170
example applications, see the Mini FX/PL Examples Guide.
Note: Mini FX/PL users can download a Monitoring & Control C# example
application from the Echelon Web site. This application monitors ISI messages and
uses the OpenLDV API to monitor and control network variables on devices,
including the PL 3150 and PL 3170 EVBs, running the MGDemo example.