Echelon SmartServer 2.2 - Manual (Page 198)

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Internet
Tomcat 6
Application
Server
LNS Proxy Web
Service
Echelon Enterprise
Services 2.2
LNS Network
Databases
SOAP
OpenLNS Server Computer
with OpenLNS CT (local client)
OpenLNS Server
Configuration Plug-in
OpenLNS CT
SOAP
Device
1
Device
2
Device
3
Device
4
Device
5
Device
6
FT-10 or PL-20 Channel
SmartServer Tree in
SmartServer Web Interface
Internal
SmartServer
Network
Database
You can also use OpenLNS CT as a remote OpenLNS client in this scenario as demonstrated in the
following graphic:
Internet Tomcat 6
Application
Server
LNS Proxy Web
Service
Echelon Enterprise
Services 2.2
OpenLNS
Network
Databases
SOAP
OpenLNS Server Computer
OpenLNS Server
SOAP
Device
1
Device
2
Device
3
Device
4
Device
5
Device
6
FT-10 or PL-20 Channel
SmartServer Tree in
SmartServer Web Interface
Internal
SmartServer
Network
Database
OpenLNS CT Computer
(Remote Client)
Configuration Plug-in
OpenLNS CT
Designing a L
ON
W
ORKS
Network
Designing a network with the SmartServer Web interface entails creating and configuring your
network, and then creating and configuring channels, devices (application devices and routers),
functional blocks, data points (network variables and configuration properties), and connections. If
you are designing your network with the OpenLNS tree, you can configure your devices and functional
blocks with LNS plug-ins,.
The following sections describe how to create and configure LonWorks networks, channels, devices,
routers, functional blocks, and data points; how to use LNS plug-ins to configure devices and
functional blocks; and how to create network variable connections.
Creating and Configuring a L
ON
W
ORKS
Network
You can create a new L ON W ORKS network from the SmartServer tree or the OpenLNS tree. Doing so
creates a new OpenLNS network database in the /ilon/db folder on your OpenLNS Server computer
that you can then access with another OpenLNS client such as OpenLNS CT. After you create a new
network, you can configure it and then add channels, devices, functional blocks, network variables to
the network, and bind devices with L
ON W ORKS connections.
If you are operating the SmartServer in LNS mode (LNS Auto or LNS Manual), you can keep the
SmartServer and an OpenLNS network database synchronized. This entails updating the SmartServer
with changes made to the OpenLNS network database by other OpenLNS clients such as OpenLNS
CT.