Echelon LonMaker - Manual (Page 4)

iv Preface
Purpose
This guide outlines the new features in the Turbo edition of the LonMaker Integration Tool, and it
describes how to use the LonMaker Integration Tool to design, commission, monitor and control,
maintain, and manage a network. The LonMaker Integration Tool includes an online help system that
provides context-sensitive help that supplements the information in this guide.
Audience
This guide is intended for system designers and integrators with an understanding of control networks.
Related Reading
LNS Utilities and L ON M ARK Reference Help File—Describes the LNS utilities included with the
LonMaker tool and provides reference documentation on L ON M ARK resource files, device interface
files, and standard network variable and configuration property type definitions.
i.LON 100e3 User’s Guide—Describes how to install, configure, use, and manage the i .LON 100 e 3
Internet Server as a Web server, network interface, gateway, and controller.
i.LON ™ 600 LonWorks ® /IP Server User's Guide—Describes how to install, configure, use, and manage
the i .Lon 600 L ON W ORKS /IP Server as an IP-852 router, and how to use the Echelon L ON W ORKS /IP
Configuration Server.
Introduction to the L ON W ORKS System—Introduces the basics of the L ON W ORKS system.
NodeBuilder User’s Guide—Describes how to use the NodeBuilder software with the LonMaker tool
to develop and test device applications.
Mini EVK User’s Guide—Describes how to use the Mini EVK Evaluation Kit to develop and test
device applications.
Go to the LonMaker Web site at www.echelon.com/lonmaker for the latest versions of documentation
and any available updates for your software. Go to types.lonmark.org for updated resource file
documentation.
Content
This guide includes the following content:
• Introduction: Provides an introduction to the LonMaker Integration Tool, new features in the
Turbo Editions; and the basics of LonMaker Network Designs, L ON W ORKS , and Visio.
• Installing and Activating the LonMaker Tool: Lists hardware requirements for installing the
LonMaker Integration Tool; describes how to install the various software and components
included in your copy of the LonMaker Integration Tool; and describes how to activate the
LonMaker Turbo Integration Tool.
• Getting Started: Provides information on the planning a LonMaker network design; using the
LonMaker Design Manager; setting up a network interface; creating and opening a LonMaker
network design; LonMaker client types; using the LonMaker tool remotely; using Network Device
shapes; and creating and using user profiles.
• Designing Networks: Describes how to design a network using the LonMaker tool. Covers how
to create the following objects in a LonMaker drawing: application devices, functional blocks,
network variables, routers, channels, and subsystems. Explains how to connect network variables.
Explains working with LonMaker shapes and layers, customizing the LonMaker user interface,
and using LonMaker with AutoCAD drawings.