Document Outline

• Quick-Start Guide
  • • Set Option Switches and Make Back-to-Back Connection
      • For the NCB-Etherlon:
      • For the NCB-Fiberlon:
    • Connect LonWorks Network and Power
• 1. Introduction
  • What are NCB Units?
    • Basic Application
    • Block Diagram
      • LonWorks Network Transceivers
      • Router Function
      • Control Neuron Processor
      • Ethernet Port
  • Reference Documents
  • Front Panel
    • Front Panel Indicators – Additional Information
  • Rear Panel
• 2. Installation
  • • Overall Installation Functions
  • Step 1 . Install EtherPlug Configuration Software
    • • • Install EtherPlug on your PC:
  • Step 2. Add NCB Units to the Network Database
    • • • A) Add a CUSTOM channel to the network drawing (this will be the Ethernet WAN channel):
        • B) Add the standard LonWorks router portion of the NCBs to the network drawing:
        • C) Add the Control Neuron Processor of the NCBs to the network drawing:
  • Step 3. Start EtherPlug
  • Step 4. Edit IP Address Parameters
    • • • A) Specify the Channel Global IP Parameters:
        • Specify the “Channel Member List” parameters:
  • Step 5. Download IP Address Parameters to NCBs Via Serial Port
    • • • A) Select the serial communications port that will be used for downloading IP address parameters:
        • B) Download IP address parameters to NCB:
        • C) Exit EtherPlug:
  • Step 6. Physically Install NCBs into the IP Network
    • • • A) Select an Ethernet connector:
        • B) Mount the NCB units (See Appendix B for Mounting Option details):
          • Desk, Wall, or Rack Mounting
        • C) Make electrical connections (See Appendix C for connector details):
          • Grounding
          • LonWorks Network Connection
          • Ethernet Connection
          • DC Power Connection
  • Step 7. Commission the Routers and Control Neuron Processors
    • • • A) Commission the LonWorks routers:
        • Commission the Control Neuron Processors:
        • C) Use the “Ping” function to determine message transit time over Ethernet IP channel:
        • D) Update “CUSTOM Channel Delay” in LonMaker for Windows:
  • Installing Additional NCB Units after Initial Installation
    • • • If using Multicast IP Address Mode:
        • If using Unicast/Replicated IP Address Mode:
• 3. Network Variable (NV) Control
  • Configuration Object
    • Network Variables
      • Pulse Router Pin (Input)
      • Product Name (Output)
      • Ping Request (Input)
      • Ping Results (Output)
      • MAC Address (Output)
• 4. EtherPlug Additional Functions
  • Printing Information from EtherPlug
  • Updating Firmware in the NCB Unit
  • Importing/Exporting EtherPlug Configuration Data
  • Other Right-Click Member Functions
• Appendix
  • Appendix A. Factory Default Configuration
    • Control Neuron Processor
      • Restoring Factory Default Communication Parameters
      • IP Address Parameters
    • Router
      • Address Assignments
      • Buffer Configuration
      • Querying, Defaulting, and Unconfiguring Router Configuration using SETRTR.EXE
        • Querying an NCB’s Router for its Current Configuration
        • Returning an NCB’s Router to Factory Default Configuration
        • Setting an NCB’s Router to Unconfigured Mode
  • Appendix B. Mounting Options
    • Rack Mount Option
    • Wall Mount Option
  • Appendix C. Connector Details
    • DC IN Connector
    • NETWORK Connectors
      • RJ-45 Connectors:
      • 2-Position Screw-Terminal:
    • Ethernet Connectors
      • 10BaseT Connector: AUI Connector:
    • ASYNC Connector
  • Appendix D. Troubleshooting
    • • Table D1
  • Appendix E. Specifications
    • NCB-Etherlon and NCB-Fiberlon
  • Appendix F. IP Addressing
    • Conventions
    • IP Address Classes
      • Subnetting using Subnet Masks
      • Summary of Important Networking Details
    • IP Addressing modes
      • Unicast/Replicated
      • Multicast
    • MAC Addresses
      • Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
    • Ethernet 10BaseT Cables
• Index