LAST UPDATE: February September 2024
IzoT Commissioning Tool (IzoT CT) is the standard design, commissioning, and network maintenance software for LON/IP and LON networks. Install and commission a community of devices by simply drawing your network with the integrated Microsoft Visio tool. As you draw your network, IzoT CT communicates with your devices and automatically configures them to match your drawing. To make two devices communicate, you draw a line between them. The result is a network drawing that serves as the as-built documentation for your network.
IzoT CT is the newest release of OpenLNS CT , adding and LonMaker. IzoT CT added support for native IP-70 (LON/IP) devices and interfaces in addition to classic LON devices and interfaces. IzoT CT is compatible with the LonMaker Integration Tool, eliminating the CT and OpenLNS CT eliminated the need for per-device fees (credits) , and adding an updated user interface, and support for LON/IP devices on IP-70 channels. The “IzoT Commissioning Tool” name is the current name for the software previously called the OpenLNS Commissioning Tool (CT) and the LonMaker Integration Tool. The “IzoT Net Server” name is the current name for the software previously called the OpenLNS Server and the LNS Server. required by the original LonMaker Integration Tool.
IzoT CT includes IzoT Net Server. IzoT Net Server is a LON network management platform for tools and applications for Windows. IzoT Net Server is the newest release of the OpenLNS Server and the LNS Server. IzoT NetServer added support for native IP-70 (LON/IP) devices and interfaces in addition to classic LON devices and interfaces. IzoT Net Server and OpenLNS Server eliminated the need for per-device fees (credits) required by the original LNS Server.
The product names referred to by the IzoT CT and IzoT Net Server software and documentation are not all updated to the new IzoT names, so you may see references to both sets of names in the software and documentation.
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The IzoT CT download includes IzoT Net Server and OpenLDV Network Driver. Microsoft Visio (Visio 2010 or newer) is required to install and use IzoT CT, but is not included with this download. You must install the Visio software before installing IzoT CT.
Documentation for IzoT CT is available at IzoT CT User's Guide. See Appendix E, Cybersecurity Guidance, for recommendations on how to enhance security when installing and using IzoT CT. The recommendations include the use of the limit_lon Security Enhancement Utility available in the Utilities section on this page.
For additional product documentation and more information, see the IzoT CT product page.
See also the following user guide:
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IzoT CT Software Versions
IzoT CT is the name for the current release of OpenLNS CT and LonMaker.
| Name | Version Number | Date |
|---|---|---|
| OpenLNS CT 4.0 | 4.00.92 | January 2013 |
| IzoT CT 4.1 | 4.12.16 | March 2018 |
| IzoT CT 4.2 | 4.20.17 | March 2019 |
| IzoT CT 4.3 | 4.30.12 | July 2019 |
| IzoT CT 4.4 | 4.40.14 | March 2020 |
| IzoT CT 4.5 | 4.50.10 | August 2021 |
| IzoT CT 4.5 Update 1 | 4.50.38 | February 2024 |
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