Echelon LNS - Manual (Page 12)

LNS Programmer's Guide x
Data Source Options .............................................................................................................236
Resynchronizing Configuration Property Values ......................................................................238
Performance Considerations .......................................................................................................240
Data Formatting.................................................................................................................................241
FormatSpec Property...................................................................................................................241
Reading the FormatSpec Object...........................................................................................242
CurrentFormatLocale ..................................................................................................................244
Creating FormatLocale Objects............................................................................................245
Chapter 10 - LNS Database Management ..................................................................................... 249
Overview of LNS Databases ..............................................................................................................250
Automatic Database Upgrade............................................................................................................250
Backing Up Network Databases .......................................................................................................251
Backup Method ............................................................................................................................251
Validating Network Databases .........................................................................................................252
LNS Database Validation Tool ...................................................................................................252
Validate Method...........................................................................................................................253
Special Considerations ................................................................................................................254
Using the CompactDb() Method..................................................................................................255
Removing Network Databases ..........................................................................................................255
Moving Network Databases...............................................................................................................256
Network Recovery...............................................................................................................................257
Network Recovery Inconsistencies .............................................................................................258
Performing a Network Recovery .................................................................................................260
Application-Level Recovery.........................................................................................................262
Recovery and Mirrored Connections...........................................................................................263
Chapter 11 - LNS Network Interfaces ........................................................................................... 265
Network Interfaces Overview............................................................................................................266
Standard and High Performance Network Interfaces .....................................................................266
Addressing .............................................................................................................................269
LonTalk Transactions ...........................................................................................................269
Number of Groups .................................................................................................................270
Supporting Multiple Networks.............................................................................................270
Neuron Ids .............................................................................................................................270
Using xDriver Interfaces....................................................................................................................271
Using LONWORKS/IP Interfaces .....................................................................................................272
Network Interfaces and Network Service Devices...........................................................................273
Chapter 12 - Director Applications and Plug-Ins ........................................................................ 277
Introduction to the LNS Plug-In Model ............................................................................................278
LNS Plug-In API.................................................................................................................................279
Registering Plug-Ins...........................................................................................................................279
Registering a Plug-In in the LNS Database ..............................................................................279
Registering a Plug-In in the Windows Registry ........................................................................279
Registering Plug-In Commands in the Windows Registry........................................................280
Accessing Extension Data..................................................................................................................280
Implementing an LNS Director Application.....................................................................................280
Implementing the Client-Side LNS Plug-In API.......................................................................281
Detecting Existing Plug-Ins ........................................................................................................282
Registering Plug-Ins ....................................................................................................................283
Detecting Applicable Plug-Ins.....................................................................................................284
Launching Plug-Ins......................................................................................................................286
Advanced Plug-In Management Tasks.......................................................................................287
Implementing an LNS Plug-In ..........................................................................................................288