ProSoft Technology PS56-LON-001 - Manual (Page 3)

SlotServer Supplement – LonWorks Open Profile Page 3 of 16
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 About this product
The SlotServer Start-Up Guide covers information for installing the SlotServer. Depending on the SlotServer
Module ordered, supplementary Driver manuals provide information on how to configure the third party protocols
residing in the SlotServer.
The SlotServer Configuration Manual provides the information necessary to configure the SlotServer, allowing an
Allen Bradley ControlLogix platform to pass data between a ControlLogix CPU and other third party
communications protocols supported by the SlotServer.
This manual is a supplement to the general Configuration Manual and describes the parameters needed for
LonWorks configuration as well as the Open Profile supplied with this product.
1.2 About LonWorks
™
and Profiling
Inherent to the design of LonWorks is the intention that all nodes residing on a LonWorks network possess a
profile which accurately describes the network variables available to the LonWorks network. This profile is
declared to the LonWorks network by means of an External Interface File (XIF). This XIF remains unchanged for
any particular profile. In other words, a change in the XIF is by definition a new profile.
The SlotServer LonWorks Open Profile provides a generic list of SNVT’s that can be used to bind the most common
LonWorks data types to the SlotServer for data transfer. This document describes this fixed Open Interface profile
for the SlotServer. Note that as a LonMark compatible product, the SlotServer platform is also capable of
supporting other profiles. For further information, please contact FieldServer Technologies.
1.3 Connection Capability
SlotServer
Mode LonWorks
Nodes
Comments
Implicit 15
As an implicitly bound object in LonWorks, the LonWorks protocol supports the
binding of active variables in this deviceto a maximum of 15 other Nodes.
™ LonWorks is a trademark of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries