(Optional) Add a LON Interface (Release 4.1 and Prior)
For SmartServer 4.2 and higher, see (Optional) Add a LON Interface.
You can use the SmartServer to integrate and manage LON devices. If you are using LON IP-852 or IP-70 devices or routers, you can interface with them using the SmartServer's built-in LON driver and the built-in LAN and WAN Ethernet interfaces. If you are using LON FT, LON TP-1250, or LON PL-20 devices, add a U60 FT, U60 TP-1250, or U70 PL-20 network interface to communicate with them.
You can use the SmartServer as a remote network interface (RNI) for an application or tool using an IzoT Net Server, OpenLNS Server, or LNS Server. Using the SmartServer as an RNI, you can run your application or tool on a remote computer connected to the SmartServer and its attached LON networks via a LAN connection. You can also use the SmartServer as an RNI for the EnOcean LonScanner Protocol Analyzer to monitor all LON network traffic on one of the SmartServer channels.
If you are using a U70 PL-20 network interface to communicate with LON power line devices, you can optionally enable power line repeating to extend the range of the power line communication. Power line repeating requires power line repeating support in all the power line devices to be provisioned by the SmartServer. When you enable LON power line repeating on a SmartServer, the SmartServer is limited to a single U70 power line interface and you cannot add any additional network interfaces. You also cannot use the remote network interfaces (RNI) or routers.
If you are not using power line repeating, you can add up to four U60 FT interfaces, one U60 TP-1250 interface, and four U70 PL-20 interfaces. To attach more than four USB interfaces to a SmartServer, add a powered USB hub to get additional USB interfaces. Always plug any IOX modules directly into the SmartServer and do not plug them into a hub.
You can manage the network of LON devices using any of the following methods:
Use the SmartServer to manage the network. This mode of operation is called SmartServer LON device management mode (DMM). This is the default LON management mode.
Use another tool such as the IzoT Commissioning Tool (CT) to manage the network or allow the LON devices to manage themselves using self-installation. This mode of operation is called SmartServer LON independent management mode (IMM).
This section consists of the following:
Overview
Following are guidelines for using the SmartServer LON interface:
A SmartServer internal router is required for each LON network interface you plan to use. Each U60 or U70 that you attach to the SmartServer creates a new internal router from an internal IP-70 channel in the SmartServer to the channel attached to the network interface. If you enable IP-852 routing, the SmartServer creates an IP-852 to IP-70 router. If you are using LON DMM, the SmartServer automatically provisions all the routers. If you are using LON IMM, you must explicitly commission the routers you require from an external network management tool such as the IzoT Commissioning Tool (CT).
If you are using LON IMM, add a SmartServer IoT device on the SmartServer IP-70 backbone channel. The SmartServer IoT device allows the SmartServer to monitor and control edge devices.
IzoT CT IP-852 LonWorks Network using Two SmartServer IoTs
The LON Configuration page is shown below.
Commissioning an IP-852 router
When commissioning an IP-852 router, you can either use the IP-852 Router Configuration → Service/Connect → Send button on the LON Configuration page, or you can use IzoT CT to manually enter the IP-852 router's MAC ID that appears on the LON Configuration page.
Using Multiple Network Interfaces
Initial U60 Installation
If you are using a single U60 or U70 network interface, you can attach it to the SmartServer regardless of whether the SmartServer is powered or not.
If you are using LON power line repeating, you cannot use more than one network interface.
If you not using LON power line repeating and you are using multiple network interfaces, after attaching the first network interface, attach the additional interfaces while the SmartServer IoT is powered.
If you are plugging the network interfaces into a powered hub, first attach the powered hub with no network attached, and then attach the network interfaces to the hub.
Once you have attached your network interfacers and the SmartServer completes their configuration, you can power cycle the SmartServer at any time and your LON network interface configuration will not change.
Reset to Defaults (applies only after U60s are installed)
You can clear the contents of the SmartServer database. Alternatively, you can restore your SmartServer to its factory default state.
To clear the contents of the SmartServer database, select the Reset Database action from the System Configuration page. You do not have to remove any network interfaces for this action.
To restore the SmartServer to its factory default sate, remove all but one of your LON network interfaces and then select the Restore to Factory action from the System Configuration page. Once the reset is complete, reinstall each network interface that you removed one at a time as explained above.
See the Resetting the SmartServer IoT to Factory Defaults section for more information about these reset operations using the System Configuration page.
RNI Configuration
The LON RNI Configuration area is described below. For more information about how to set up the SmartServer RNI feature, see (Optional) Add a Remote Network Interface (RNI).
To create an RNI for an LNS application, select the checkbox for a lon0 interface to the channel to be connected to the IzoT, OpenLNS, or LNS Server.
As needed, you may change the port number of an RNI. Each RNI created on a SmartServer must use a different port number. By default, a lon0 RNI uses port 1628 (with SmartServer IoT release 2.8, this default port setting cannot be changed). If only one lon0 RNI is being enabled, and the LNS server only uses one RNI, the default port number may be used. If you plan on enabling more than one lon0 RNI on the SmartServer, or if your LNS server uses multiple RNIs, then you must change the port numbers so they are all unique. Any port number for each RNI that is not already in use by the SmartServer may be used. For example, you can use sequential port numbers after 1629. To change the port number for an RNI, enter the new port number for the RNI in the Port field.
The SmartServer can be used with a single LON interface, or with up to eight LON interfaces. If multiple LON interfaces are being used, each interface that you plug in is assigned a new LON interface number, starting with lon0, lon1, lon2, etc. The interface name is associated with the unique ID of the interface so that if you power cycle the SmartServer, the interface numbers stay the same.
For a single LON interface, any LON interface that you plug in will be assigned to lon0. This option makes it easier to replace a failed LON interface with a new one, without change to the interface name. If a single LON interface is being used, select the Single LONTalk Interface Mode checkbox on the LON configuration page. When this option is enabled, any LON interface that you plug in will be assigned to lon0. This option makes it easier to replace a failed LON interface with a new one, without change to the interface name. To use multiple LON interfaces, clear the Single LONTalk Interface Mode checkbox. To use multiple LON interfaces, clear the Single LONTalk Interface Mode checkbox on the LON configuration page.
For an EnOcean LonScanner Protocol Analyzer, select the check box for Protocol Analyzer.
After the RNIs are selected and the port numbers are entered, click Update to update the settings on the SmartServer.
Use the Service/Connect → Send button to send a service message to provision SmartServer IoT interfaces.
Once the RNIs are enabled, you can use the LonWorks (32-bit) Interfaces control panel applet to define RNIs managed by the SmartServer for use by external tools through OpenLDV driver layer.
IP-852 Configuration
The LON IP-852 Configuration area is described below. For more information about how to set up the SmartServer IP-852 feature, see (Optional) Add a LON IP-852 Router.
If you are using the IP-852 interface, an IP-852 Configuration Server must be used and configured to manage the IP-852 channel. Also, all devices on the same IP-852 channel must be added to the IP-852 Configuration Server. Any IP-852 compliant configuration server may be used. The EnOcean IP-852 Configuration Server is available for free download here. For more information on how to set up an IP-852 channel with the IP-852 Configuration Server, refer to the .
If you are not using LON power line repeating, you can add up to six native LON interfaces and one LON IP-852 interface to a SmartServer.
To add a native LON interface, connect an EnOcean U60 FT DIN, U60 TP-1250 DIN, or U70 PL DIN USB Interface Module using a USB cable connecting one of the USB ports on the SmartServer to the U60 or U70 module.
Select the checkbox for IP-852 Router Configuration.
Specify the port in the Port field. The default port is 1628 (with SmartServer IoT release 2.8, this default port setting cannot be changed).
After the IP-852 configuration is set, click Update to update the settings on the SmartServer.
Provision the IP-852 router by clicking the Service/Connect → Send button.
Provision each U60 router by clicking the Service/Connect → Send button for the specific U60.
Each SmartServer IoT must have its own IP-70 channel.
A SmartServer IoT device (as shown in the figures below) needs to be added when using built-in SmartServer features (e.g., CMS, alarming, data logging). The SmartServer IoT device is not needed if the SmartServer is only used for IP-852 routing.
IP-852 Network with Single SmartServer IoT and Single U60
IP-852 Network with Single SmartServer IoT and Two U60s, an i.LON 600 and an i.LON 700