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If you are using the LonMaker tool, you can use the i.LON SmartServer Configuration Utility
to open the SmartServer’s applications from the LonMaker drawing. To do this, right-click
the functional block shape in the LonMaker drawing representing the SmartServer application
to be configured, and then click Configure on the shortcut menu. For more information on
opening SmartServer applications from a LonMaker drawing, see Opening SmartServer
Applications with the LonMaker Tool in Chapter 12 of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s
Guide.
3. If you are using standalone network management, design the network following these steps.
These steps are ideal for newer SmartServer users, who may need instructions on creating a
standalone network with the SmartServer. You can design your network without following these
steps if you are a more experienced user.
a. Set the SmartServer to standalone mode. To do this, click the Driver option at the top of the
navigation pane on the left side of the SmartServer Web interface, and then click the Net
network in the SmartServer tree. In the Setup - LON Network Driver Web page, click the
Standalone option in the Network Management Service property, and then click Submit.
See Using Standalone Mode in Chapter 5 of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide for
more information.
b. Create the external devices to be installed. In the SmartServer tree, right-click the LON
channel, and then select Add Device on the shortcut menu. In the Add Device dialog, select
the XIF file for the device, enter the device name, and then click OK. See Creating
L
ON W ORKS Devices in Chapter 5 of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide for more
information.
c. Add functional blocks for the SmartServer applications to be used for monitoring and
controlling the external data points of the devices. In the SmartServer tree, right-click the
i.LON App device, and then select Add Functional Block on the shortcut menu. In the Add
Functional Block dialog, select the desired functional blocks, and then click OK. See
Creating Functional Blocks in Chapter 5 of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide for more
information.
d. Configure the SmartServer’s built-in applications in the SmartServer tree. Add the data
points under the external devices that you created in step b to the applications. See Chapters
6–11 in the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide for more information on how to do this.
4. Use i.LON Vision 2.0 to create a Web interface for your sites. See the i.LON Vision 2.0 User’s
Guide for more information on creating custom Web pages for your SmartServer.
Tip: If your source SmartServer is synchronized to an LNS network database and you plan on
deploying a custom Web interface on your target SmartServers, define alias names for the external
data points and internal dynamic data points to be used in your custom Web pages on your source
SmartServer, and use alias names for all the i.LON Vision objects in the custom Web pages.
Otherwise, you will need to manually open all Web pages on all your deployment SmartServers
and update the names of the selected data points. This is because the network names of the source
and deployment SmartServers will be different, breaking the links between the i.LON Vision
objects and their selected data points.
An alias name is a user-defined string that uniquely describes the data point. You can define an
alias name for a data point in its Configure - Data Point Web page in the factory SmartServer
Web interface. To open the Configure - Data Point Web page for a data point, click General and
then click the external data point in the network branch of the SmartServer tree.
The static data points on the SmartServer’s internal App and Virtual devices [iLON App
(Internal) and iLON System (Internal)] have default alias names, with NVL_ and iLON System
prefixes, respectively.
5. Use the i.LON AdminServer to create an i.LON template (“the golden image”) of your
development SmartServer. See Creating an i.LON Template earlier in this chapter for more
information on how to do this.