Echelon Mini FX User Manual

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Installing the Mini FX Evaluation Kit

Figure 2.11 USB 10 Network Interface Connection

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interface installed on your computer, it will

automatically use the default name LON1, and you can proceed directly to your

software application and begin using the interface as LON1.

If you have another network interface installed on your computer, you can check the

name used by the U10 USB Network Interface in the L

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Interfaces

application. You can also use this application to configure the buffer sizes and counts
used by the U10 USB Network Interface. To open the L

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Interfaces

application, and check the name of the U10 USB Network Interface and configure it,

click Start on the taskbar, click Control Panel, double-click L

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Interfaces, and then click the USB tab.
For more information on installing and using the U10 USB Network Interface, see
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USB Network Interface User’s Guide.

Note: You can use a different network interface such as a PCC-10, PCLTA-20, or

PCLTA-21; SLTA-10; remote network interface (i.LON SmartServer, i.LON 100 e3
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-IP Server); or an IP-852 interface (i.LON

SmartServer with IP-852 routing, i.LON 100 e3 plus Internet Server with IP-852
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-IP Server).

To use a PCC-10, a PCLTA-20, or a PCLTA-21 as the network interface, you first
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Plug ‘n Play

application. To do this, click Start on the taskbar, click Control Panel, and then

double-click L

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Plug ‘n Play. In the Device Selected box, select your

network interface. In the NI application box, select PCC10NSI if you are using a

PCC-10, or select NSIPCLTA if you are using a PCLTA-20 or a PCLTA-21. Click
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Plug ‘n Play application.

6. Complete the quick-start exercise in Chapter 3, Mini FX Quick-Start Exercise. In the

quick-start exercise, you will develop a device with one sensor and one actuator. The

sensor is a simple sensor that monitors a push button on the FT 5000 EVB. The

actuator drives the state of an LED on the FT 5000 EVB based on the state of the
button.
This quick-start guides you through all the steps of creating a device with the Mini

kit, including writing the Neuron C code that implements your device functionality,
building the device application, downloading the device application, and testing the

device.

7. Run the Neuron C example applications included with the Mini kit on your FT 5000

EVBs. The Mini kit includes three Neuron C example applications

(NcSimpleExample, NcSimpleIsiExample, and NcMultiSensorExample) that you can
use to test the I/O devices on the FT 5000 EVBs, and create simple self-installed and

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networks. Note that you need the LonMaker tool or other

network tool to create a managed network with the FT 5000 EVB example
applications.

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