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  • Page 1 i LON SmartServer 2.0 ® Power Line Repeating Guide ® 078-0348-01E...
  • Page 2 Echelon. It is the responsibility of the customer to determine the suitability of these parts for each application. ECHELONMAKES NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, OR...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Starting and Configuring iLonProxyPocket on a LAN Connection ..................21 Sending Device Data to the SmartServer ..........22 Installing a Power Line Repeating Network with SmartServer Web Pages......................24 Creating Devices..................24 i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 4 Entering Device Locations and Neuron IDs..........26 Automatically Acquiring the Neuron ID..........26 Automatically Acquiring the Neuron ID with Overview - Devices Web Page ..........26 Automatically Acquiring the Neuron ID with LON Device Driver Web Page ........... 29 Manually Acquiring the Neuron ID............ 30 Selecting Devices..................
  • Page 5 Example Type Translator for Street Lighting Network ....119 Creating Web Connections ..............120 Connecting Repeating Devices on the Same Network ....121 Connecting Repeating Devices to Other Networks......122 Testing Web Connections .............. 125 Appendix A Glossary................. 127 i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 6: Preface

    Preface ® SmartServer can automatically install and manage a L network ORKS running over a PL-20 power line channel. The SmartServer features a standalone network management mode in which it can install and maintain a L ORKS network without LNS network management services. Specifically for PL-20 power line channels, the SmartServer uses a repeating function called the Enhanced ®...

  • Page 7: Welcome

    AC or DC power mains, including three-phase systems. The inputs and outputs of each model are slightly different, as noted in the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Hardware Guide. You cannot use earlier versions of the i.LON hardware (v1.0, e2, or e3) to install or manage a power line repeating network.

  • Page 8: Device Requirements

    The Pocket PC requires the following software for collecting device Neuron IDs and coordinates and transmitting the device data to the SmartServer: Street Lighting Helper, iLONProxyPocket, and iLONProxy. These files are provided on the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 DVD, and they are downloaded to the LonWorks\iLon100\LonWorks\iLon100\unsupported\StreetLightingHelper\Bin folder on your computer when you install the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 software.
  • Page 9 Alternatively, you can click Setup and then click LON Command Queue. See Chapter 1, Preparing a Power Line Repeating Network for Installation, and Chapter 2, Installing a Power Line Repeating Network, for more information on these steps. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 10: I.lon Smartserver 2.0 Documentation

    The documentation for the SmartServer is provided as Adobe Acrobat PDF files and online help files. The PDF file for this document is installed in the Echelon i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Software program folder when you install the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 software. You can also download the latest SmartServer documentation, including the latest version of this guide, from Echelon’s Website at...

  • Page 11: For More Information And Technical Support

    If you need help using the SmartServer, you can use the online help files, view the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 ReadMe, or read the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 documentation. If none of these sources, answer your questions, you can contact technical support if you have purchased support services from Echelon or an Echelon support partner.

  • Page 12: Viewing The Smartserver 2.0 Readme

    If you have technical questions that are not answered by this document, the SmartServer 2.0 online help, or the SmartServer 2.0 ReadMe document, you can contact technical support. Free e-mail support is available or you can purchase phone support from Echelon or an Echelon support partner. www.echelon.com/support for more information on Echelon support and training services.
  • Page 13 You can also view free online training or enroll in training classes at Echelon or an Echelon training center to learn more about developing devices. You can find additional information about device development training at www.echelon.com/training. You can obtain technical support via phone, fax, or e-mail from your closest Echelon support center.
  • Page 14 Preface...

  • Page 15: Preparing A Power Line Repeating Network For Installation

    (XIFs), and resource files to the SmartServer. It explains how to place the SmartServer in standalone mode, configure the LonWorks channel attached to the SmartServer as a PL-20C channel, and enable repeating on the PL-20C channel. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 16: Preparation Overview

    To install the Street Lighting Helper on the Pocket PC, follow these steps: 1. Install the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 software from the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 DVD following the steps described in Chapter 2 of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide.
  • Page 17 Click Next. The Select Installation Folder window appears. The Street Lighting Helper application will be installed in the C:\Program Files\Echelon\ Echelon Street Lighting Helper folder by default. You can click Browse to select a different destination folder. Click Next. The Confirm Installation window opens.
  • Page 18 d. Click Next to start the Street Lighting Helper installation. After Street Lighting Helper has been installed, a window appears stating that the installation has been completed successfully. Click Close. If the Application Already Installed dialog opens, click Yes. The Street Lighting Helper application is downloaded to the Pocket PC. When the Street Lighting Helper download is complete, the Application Downloading Complete dialog opens.

  • Page 19: Copying Files To The Smartserver

    SmartServer will automatically download the application image files in the root/LonWorks/import folder that have program IDs matching those of the pre-loaded devices. This section details how to copy the following types of files to the SmartServer flash disk: i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 20: Copying Application Image Files

    • Application image files (.apb extension). The application that determines how a device functions. • External interface files. The logical interface to a device. It can either be a device interface file (.xif extension) or a device template (.xml extension). •...

  • Page 21: Setting The Smartserver To Standalone Mode

    Placing a Network in Standalone Mode To set a network to standalone mode using the SmartServer Web pages, follow these steps: 1. Open the SmartServer Web pages following Chapter 3 of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide. 2. Click Driver at the top of the tree in the left frame.

  • Page 22: Network Limitations In Standalone Mode

    It may take up to a few minutes for the SmartServer to switch to standalone mode. When the SmartServer has switched to standalone mode, the dialog closes and you can continue preparing your SmartServer for the network installation. Network Limitations in Standalone Mode Managing a power line repeating network in standalone mode has the following restrictions: •...
  • Page 23 Note that the retry interval used by the devices on the repeating chain prior to the proxy agent is calculated based on the total transaction time i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 24 between the proxy agent and the target device. If you clear this check box, a default interval is calculated based on the network topology for all hops in the repeating chain. Use Retry Count You can change the number of times a network message is re-sent when no confirmation is received.

  • Page 25: Installing A Power Line Repeating Network

    PC to the SmartServer and use the Pocket PC to upload the device data to the SmartServer and install the devices. It explains how to troubleshoot the installation of a power line repeating network. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 26: Installation Overview

    Installation Overview You can use the SmartServer to install a power line repeating network. The installation process entails acquiring the coordinates of the devices to be installed (or descriptive strings uniquely identifying their locations) and the Neuron IDs of the devices. After collecting the device data, you transfer it to the SmartServer, which installs the network upon receiving the device data.

  • Page 27: Commissioning A Power Line Repeating Network In The Correct Order

    After the network has been installed, the SmartServer will attempt to commission the device again, and the commissioning will succeed provided that the SmartServer can communicate with the device. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 28: Installing A Three-Phase Power Line Repeating Network

    Note: You can create your own application for collecting device locations and Neuron IDs and install it on the Pocket PC. See the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Programmer’s Reference for more information on creating a custom application for the Pocket PC.

  • Page 29: Acquiring Device Locations And Neuron Ids

    If you are using a bar code scanner, scan the Neuron ID bar code label on the device. • If you are entering the Neuron ID, tap anywhere in the Neuron ID box, tap the keyboard icon, and then enter the 12-digit hex string on the device. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 30: Configuring Street Lighting Helper Connections

    6. If you are entering the Neuron ID, click Add. The device specified in the Neuron ID box is added to the device list. If the device being added has the same location or Neuron ID as an existing device, the Conflict dialog appears.

  • Page 31: Configuring Street Lighting Helper Settings

    SmartServer. To configure the Street Lighting Helper connections, follow these steps: 1. Tap Program and then tap Settings. The Settings dialog opens. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 32 2. Configure the following settings: Auto Confirm Enables the current device to be stored automatically in the device list when you scan or enter a valid Neuron ID. This check box is selected by default. If this check box is cleared, you need to tap Add/Save to add a device to the list.

  • Page 33: Connecting The Pc Pocket To The Smartserver

    1. Connect the Pocket PC to the LAN via a Wi-Fi connection. 2. Connect an external GSM modem to the console port of the SmartServer. See the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Hardware Guide for information on how to do this. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 34: Using Ilonproxypocket

    3. Create a GPRS connection on the external GSM modem. See the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide for information on how to do this. Using iLonProxyPocket The iLonProxyPocket application is used to transmit the device file created with the Street Lighting Helper program to the SmartServer.

  • Page 35: Starting And Configuring Ilonproxypocket On A Lan Connection

    SmartServer is connected to the LAN via a GPRS connection through an attached external GSM modem. 2. Tap Start, tap Programs, and then tap i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Proxy. The iLonProxyPocket application opens. 3. Tap Program and then tap Start LAN. The LAN Settings dialog opens.

  • Page 36: Sending Device Data To The Smartserver

    4. Verify that the Listen on Port property is set to 80. This is the Web services port on the local Pocket PC device. 5. In the Host property under Resend to LAN, enter the IP address or TCP/IP host name of the SmartServer.
  • Page 37 Note: If the following warning appears informing you that the transmission has failed, re-check the physical connection between the Pocket PC and the SmartServer and verify that the iLonProxyPocket application is configured correctly for the connection being used. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 38: Installing A Power Line Repeating Network With Smartserver Web

    6. Once the SmartServer receives the device data, it discovers the repeating chain for each device and then commissions the devices. It then downloads the application image files to the devices and loads the device interface (XIF) files (if they have been uploaded on the SmartServer flash disk) to the devices, re-commissions the devices, sets the devices’...
  • Page 39 An Internal device is where a freely programmable module (FPM) is stored on a SmartServer. You can create up to 10 internal devices on a SmartServer. See the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Programming Tools User’s Guide for more information on FPMs.

  • Page 40: Entering Device Locations And Neuron Ids

    file contains all the functional blocks, network variables, and configuration properties shown on the tree view at the time the device template was created. The .XML file can contain dynamic functional blocks and dynamic network variables. See the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide for more information on creating device templates.
  • Page 41 Neuron ID property, and the under construction triangle appears to the right of a generic device icon. By default, device names are based on the name of the XIF file. You can change the name in the Device box. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 42 8. In the Geographical Position property, enter a description of the device location such as a light pole number or GPS coordinates that can be associated with the device. 9. Optionally, you can wink or test discovered devices. To do this, right-click anywhere in the device’s row and then click Wink or Query Status on the shortcut menu.

  • Page 43: Automatically Acquiring The Neuron Id With Lon Device Driver Web Page

    SHIFT and select another device to install the entire range of devices. 3. The Setup - LON Device Driver Web page opens. 4. Select the Neuron ID check box and then click Submit. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 44: Manually Acquiring The Neuron Id

    5. The SmartServer discovers the selected uncommissioned devices. The Neuron ID property in the Setup - LON Device Driver Web page for each device is populated as the device is discovered. Because you are using Standalone mode, the device discovery process may take a few minutes. 6.
  • Page 45 GPS coordinates that can be associated with the device. 10. Click Submit. The SmartServer discovers the repeating path for the device and commissions it. 11. Repeat steps 2–10 for each device on the network to be installed. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 46: Selecting Devices

    Selecting Devices After entering the locations and Neuron IDs of the devices to be installed, you select those devices on the tree. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Click Driver. 2. Select one or more devices from the tree to be installed. •...

  • Page 47: Installing Devices

    You can use the LON Command Queue Web page to check the status of the management commands you have submitted for one or more devices. To use this Web page, follow these steps: i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 48 1. Right-click the local SmartServer icon, point to Setup, and then click LON Command Queue on the shortcut menu. Alternatively, you can open the Setup menu and then click LON Command Queue. 2. The LON Command Queue Web page opens. 3.

  • Page 49: Troubleshooting Power Line Repeating Network Installation

    Adding Devices in Chapter 3 for more information on adding devices to an installed power line repeating network. 2. Replace the device to determine if it has failed. See Replacing Devices in Chapter 3 for more information on replacing devices on a power line repeating network. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 50 Installing a Power Line Repeating Network...

  • Page 51: Maintaining A Power Line Repeating Network

    SmartServer. It describes how to switch the network to LNS management mode and synchronize the network to an LNS database so that it can be managed with an LNS application such as the LonMaker tool. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 52: Maintenance Overview

    Maintenance Overview You can perform routine maintenance to update, repair, and optimize an installed power line repeating network. You can use the SmartServer to maintain the network and its devices. For example, if a device fails, you can replace it on the physical network and then logically replace it on the SmartServer, preserving the device’s configuration.
  • Page 53 20 blue-highlighted devices in the tree to clear the pre-selected devices, click a device in the tree, and then either hold down CTRL i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 54 and click all other devices to be viewed, or hold down SHIFT and select another device to view the entire range of devices. 9. You can identify proxies (repeating devices that can relay messages to devices located further down the channel) and target devices (the destination device in a repeating chain) by observing whether there is a device listed in the column to the right.
  • Page 55 Line Repeating Analysis Web page. Furthermore, there may a significant delay for a device in this Web page to show the offline state if you have not configured the Use Offline Delay property i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 56 in the Setup – LON Channel Driver Web page. See Chapter 1, Preparing a Power Line Repeating Network for Installation, for more information on setting this property. 11. You can display the following advanced diagnostic statistics for a given target device by clicking the Display Advanced Information check box: Commission Status Indicates whether the device has been commissioned.
  • Page 57 12. Optionally, you can obtain the real-time signal strength and signal margin measurements at the hop between a device and its proxy following these steps: Right-click the device and select Online Measurement in the shortcut menu. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 58 b. The Online Measurement dialog opens. This dialog displays the following statistics: Time Stamp Displays the time at which the device last responded to a network message. Frequency in Use Displays the frequency carrier of the signal at the hop (Primary or Secondary).
  • Page 59 All the proxies (repeating devices) that can directly communicate with the selected device, including the current proxy, are listed in columns. For each proxy, the following statistics are listed below it: i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 60 Primary The cached signal strength and signal margin measurements at the hop Frequency between the selected device and the proxy on the primary frequency. Signal Strength Direct Communication Devices: Displays the signal strength at the device in decibels (dB). Proxies: The signal strength at the hop in decibels (dB). This value is the minimum of the signal strengths measured by the device from its proxy and by the proxy from the device.

  • Page 61: Adding Devices

    The Setup - LON Device Driver Web page opens. 4. Select the .apb file to be downloaded to the device, following these steps: In the Application Image property, click the button to the right. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 62 b. The Choose File dialog opens. Expand the LonMark Image (APB) icon to show the root/lonworks/import folder. Expand the lonworks\import folder to show the application image files in it. d. Select the application image to be downloaded to the devices. Click OK to return to the Setup - LON Device Driver Web page.
  • Page 63 Expand the subfolders containing the XIF file to be loaded onto the SmartServer and then click the XIF file. Click OK to return to the Setup - LON Device Driver Web page. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 64 6. Click Submit. 7. Download the application image to the selected devices. To do this, right-click one of the selected devices in the SmartServer tree, point to Manage, and then click Download Image in the shortcut menu. Alternatively, you can clear and then select the Smart Network Management check box to the left of the Application Image property in the Setup -LON Device Driver Web page and then click Submit.

  • Page 65: Replacing Devices

    You can automatically replace devices from the SmartServer tree or LNS tree in the SmartServer Web interface, and you can use it for LNS managed and standalone networks. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 66 To automatically replace a device, follow these steps: 1. Attach the replacement device to the network by applying power to the device and attaching its network connection as documented by the device manufacturer. 2. Click the Driver option at the top of the navigation pane on the left side of the SmartServer Web interface.
  • Page 67 LON Command Queue Web page 11. You can delete the original device from the SmartServer. To do this, right-click the original device (dio-10v3 in this example), and click Delete on the shortcut menu. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 68: Manually Replacing Devices

    12. You can detach the original device from the network. Manually Replacing Devices To manually replace a device with the SmartServer, follow these steps: 1. Attach the replacement device to the network by applying power to the device and attaching its network connection as documented by the device manufacturer 2.

  • Page 69: Decommissioning Devices

    If a repeating agent is decommissioned, it may cause communication failures for multiple devices. To decommission a device, follow these steps: 1. Click Driver. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 70: Setting Devices Offline

    2. Select one or more devices from the tree to be decommissioned. • To select one device, click that device. • To select multiple devices and perform a batch upgrade, click one device and then either hold down CTRL and click all other devices to be decommissioned or hold down SHIFT and select another device to decommission the entire range of devices.

  • Page 71: Testing Devices

    You can query a device to evaluate its performance and diagnose any problems. It is recommended that you query devices under normal and peak conditions. To query a device, follow these steps: 1. Right-click the device, point to Manage, and then click Query Status. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 72 2. The Query Status dialog opens. 3. This dialog lists the following network statistics. Non-zero values indicate that the device was unable to receive and/or respond to a message. Small values are expected; rapidly increasing values may indicate a problem. If the device is consistently reporting failures and new errors are being logged, the device may have a configuration problem or the network may be overloaded.

  • Page 73: Winking Devices

    CTRL and click all other devices to be winked, or hold down SHIFT and select another device to wink the entire range of devices. 2. Right-click one of the selected devices, point to Manage, and then click Wink. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 74: Deleting Devices

    3. Click Submit. Deleting Devices You can delete a device to logically remove it from the network. To do this, right-click the device, and then click Delete. The device is removed from the SmartServer. If you delete a device that was serving as a repeating agent, the SmartServer automatically identifies alternate repeating devices to relay network messages to those target devices that were using the deleted device in their repeating chains.
  • Page 75 SmartServer tree to an LNS network database, follow these steps: 1. Install the Echelon Enterprise Services on the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 DVD. This contains the LNS Proxy Web service, which is required to access the LNS databases on an LNS server. See Installing Echelon i.LON Enterprise Services in Chapter 2 of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s...
  • Page 76 Optionally, you can configure the LNS Server properties (if you want to change the HTTP port, user name, or password used by the SmartServer to access the LNS Proxy Web service). See Chapter 3 of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide for more information on setting these properties.
  • Page 77 SmartServer for logging in to the LNS Proxy Web service and then click OK. You initially specified the user name and password in the Echelon Enterprise Services installer. If you forgot the user name and password, you can right-click the Echelon Enterprise Services tray icon in the Notification Area of your computer, and then click Options on the shortcut menu.
  • Page 78 9. The LNS Network dialog opens. 10. In the LNS Network property, either select an existing LNS network database to be updated with the network configuration stored in the SmartServer’s internal database (XML files in the root/config/network folder on the SmartServer flash disk), or create a new LNS network database. •...
  • Page 79 To view the sync log, enter the trace 2 command. For more information on the SmartServer console application, see Appendix B of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide. 16. If you selected LNS Manual in the Network Management Service property, all the items in the SmartServer tree are highlighted yellow meaning that they are out of sync with the LNS network database.
  • Page 80 Reboot dialog opens. Click Reboot to start the reboot. • To reboot your SmartServer using the SmartServer console application, enter the reboot command. For more information on using the SmartServer console application, see Appendix B of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide. Maintaining a Power Line Repeating Network...

  • Page 81: Controlling A Street Lighting Network With The Scheduler Application

    It explains how to duplicate a Scheduler application so that you can create additional pre-configured Event Schedulers to the SmartServer. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 82: Scheduling Overview

    Scheduling Overview The SmartServer contains an Event Scheduler application that you can use to schedule data point updates (called events) to occur at sunrise and sundown, or a configured amount of time before or after. This means that, for example, you can schedule luminaires to turn on at sundown, dim at the end of the evening rush hour, brighten at the start of the morning rush hour, and then turn off at sunrise.

  • Page 83: Setting The Smartserver Time

    3. Enter the IP address or hostname of the SNTP server and then click Submit. The server icon in the tree is updated with the IP address or hostname you entered. 4. Right-click the server icon, point to Add Service, then and click Time (SNTP) on the shortcut menu. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 84 5. The Setup – TimeService Web page opens. 6. Configure the following time (SNTP) server properties: Property Time Server Port The port used by the SmartServer to receive time data. This default value is 123, and it may not be changed. Contact your IS department to make sure that your firewall is configured to allow you to access the time server on this port.

  • Page 85: Manually Configuring The Time

    4. In the Date and Local Time property, enter the time and date to be stored in the SmartServer's real time clock. You may need to refresh the Web page to view the current time. 5. Click Submit to save the changes. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 86: Entering The Location Of The Smartserver

    Entering the Location of the SmartServer You can enter the geographic coordinates of the SmartServer. To do this, follow these steps: 1. Open the Real-Time Clock application on the SmartServer. You can do this two ways: • Click General, expand the network icon, expand the LON channel, expand the i.LON App (Internal) device, and then click the Real-Time Clock functional block.
  • Page 87 7. You can now view the calculated sunrise and sundown times. To do this, expand the Real-Time Clock functional block, right-click the nvoSunrise or nvoSunset data point, and then click Show Value on the shortcut menu. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 88: Creating Event Schedulers

    8. A dialog opens and displays the current sunrise or sundown time stored in the data point in the following format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss. Creating Event Schedulers You can create a single Event Scheduler with multiple exception schedules to control a street lighting network.
  • Page 89 If the SmartServer is using the static v12 XIF file (the default), expand the Static icon, select the Scheduler functiona1 block, optionally enter a different name than the default programmatic functional block name, and then click OK. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 90 • If the SmartServer is using the dynamic v40 XIF file, you can select the Scheduler functional block from either the Static or the Dynamic folder. To select the Scheduler functional block from the Dynamic folder, expand the Dynamic icon, expand the root/lonworks/types folder, expand the bas_controller folder, select the user-defined functional profile template (UFPT) for the Scheduler, enter a name for the functional block such as “Scheduler 1”, and then click Controlling a Street Lighting Network with the Scheduler Application...

  • Page 91: Selecting Data Points

    You can select and configure the input points to be updated by the Event Scheduler application. To select a data point, follow these steps: 1. In the Scheduler: Configure Web page, click the data point box on the right side. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 92 2. The Scheduler: Data Points Web page opens. Click the data points to be updated by the Event Scheduler from the SmartServer network tree. The selected data points are added to the Web page; any presets defined for the selected data points are displayed to the right. 3.
  • Page 93 Enter the value (or values if you are editing the preset of a structured data point) for the preset. Click OK. 6. Click Submit. 7. Click Back to return to the Scheduler: Configure Web page. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 94: Creating Daily Schedules

    Creating Daily Schedules You can set the daily schedules for the Event Scheduler. This entails defining for which days a schedule is applicable and creating events. Defining Daily Schedules By default, the Event Scheduler has two daily schedules: Weekday (Monday–Friday) and Weekend (Saturday–Sunday).
  • Page 95 You can also add a day to an existing daily schedule. For example, you could select the Friday check box in the weekend schedule. This would remove Friday from the Weekday schedule, and add it to the Weekend schedule. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 96: Creating Daily Schedule Events

    You can also re-name any of the daily schedules. When you are done editing and re-naming the daily schedules, click Close. 4. Click Submit. Creating Daily Schedule Events You can add and edit events to the daily schedules. To do this, follow these steps: 1.
  • Page 97 Time column. You can click the arrow to show all the events under that time. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 98: Creating Exception Schedules

    Note: To edit an event, click the event in the Scheduler: Daily Schedules Web page, change the time or value, and then click OK. To delete an event, click the event in the Scheduler: Daily Schedules Web page, right-click the event, click Delete on the shortcut menu, and then click OK. 8.
  • Page 99 In the Time box under the From property, enter the exact time the event is to start. b. In the Time box under the To property, enter the exact time the event is to end. In the Value box, do one of the following: i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 100 • Select the preset to be used to update the values of all the data points added to the Scheduler that have that preset defined for them. Alternatively, you can enter a new preset and then go back to the Scheduler: Data Points Web page and define the value (or values) for the preset.

  • Page 101: Creating Exceptions

    2. The Scheduler: Exception Schedules Web page opens. 3. Right-click the date that will be the start date for the exception schedule, point to Add Exception, and then click New Exception on the shortcut menu. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 102 4. The New Exception dialog opens. 5. Enter a descriptive name for the exception. The default name is the selected start date in the following format: <year>-<month>-<date>. 6. Click the Standard or Specific buttons to expand the dialog to show the Recurrence property. •...
  • Page 103 Recurrence property. It is important to note, though, that it takes longer for the Event Calendar to calculate and display exceptions when complex recurring exceptions are used. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 104 8. Under Recurrence, select the monthly and daily recursions from the Monthly and Daily lists. The default monthly recursion is every month. This means that if you do not specify a monthly recursion, the events will occur every month within the specified range. The default daily recursion is every day.

  • Page 105: Creating Exception Events

    1. From the Scheduler: Exception Schedules Web page, click one of the light blue-highlighted dates in the calendar to create the recurring exception schedule for the range of dates specified in the previous section. The Edit: <exception start date> dialog opens. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 106 2. Click anywhere in the row under the Schedule, Event Time, Value, or Priority columns at the time the event is to occur. The Edit Events of dialog opens. Alternatively, you can right-click a time under the Time column or right-click the column to the right and click Add Event on the shortcut menu to open the Edit Events of dialog.
  • Page 107 Add in the shortcut menu. A new row for the event is added to the dialog. Repeat steps 4–7 to specify the Time and Value of the new event in the exception. You can create up to one event per minute. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 108 10. Click OK to save your events and return to the Edit: <exception date> dialog. Click Cancel to delete all changes and return to the Edit: <exception date> dialog. 11. The Edit: <exception date> dialog is updated to reflect the events you added to the exception schedule.

  • Page 109: Demonstrating A Street Lighting Schedule

    An OFF event starting at sunrise and ending at sundown that turns the lights off. Once the OFF event ends at sundown, the daily schedule assumes control of the network and turns the lights on. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 110: Creating The Weekday Daily Schedule

    Creating the Weekday Daily Schedule The weekday daily schedule turns on the lights at the start of the evening rush hour, dims them at the end of the evening rush hour, brightens them at the beginning of the morning rush hour, and dims them at the end of the morning rush hour.

  • Page 111: Creating The Weekday Exception Schedule

    Exception Schedules Web page opens. 2. Right-click the date that will be the start date for the exception schedule, point to Add Exception, and then click New One-Time Exception on the shortcut menu. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 112 3. The New One-Time Exception dialog opens. Click the button to the right of the exception name in the upper right-hand corner of the dialog. 4. The Edit Exceptions dialog opens. Set the name, range of dates, and recursions for the exception following these steps: In the Exception Name property, enter a descriptive name for the exception such as “Weekday Exception”.
  • Page 113 In the Priority box, enter a priority that is lower than the 255 priority used for the weekday daily schedule (this example use a priority of 220). This priority essentially locks out the events in the weekday daily schedule, which have lower priorities (255). i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 114 7. Click OK to save your sunrise/sundown events and return to the Scheduler: Exception Schedules Web page. 8. The range of dates on which the exception is to occur is highlighted teal (or dark blue) in the calendar on the Scheduler: Exception Schedules Web page. 9.
  • Page 115 OFF event. The schedule also shows the lower priority rush hour events that are scheduled to occur once the OFF event ends at sundown and resets the data point priority to 255. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 116: Creating The Weekend And Holiday Exception Schedules

    Creating the Weekend and Holiday Exception Schedules You can create a schedule that controls the street lighting network on weekends and holidays. This entails creating an exception group that includes an exception that recurs every weekend and exceptions for each holiday that occurs on a weekday in which there is no rush hour. After you create the exception group and weekend and holiday exceptions, you create the following events in the weekend/holiday exception schedule: •...
  • Page 117 November in the specified range of dates. In the Daily list, select Every Fourth Thursday. This means that the exception will recur every fourth Thursday of every November (thus every Thanksgiving) in the specified range of dates. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 118 d. Repeat steps a–c for additional weekday holiday exceptions to be added to the exception group. Notes: • You can click the arrows to scroll through the various exception instances. You can edit the scope (private or public), dates, and recursions for the selected instance. •...
  • Page 119 Time column or right-click the column to the right and click Add Event on the shortcut menu to open the Edit Events Of dialog. Select the Show Sunrise/Sunset Functions check box. A Function box appears to the right of the Time box. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 120 d. In the Function box, select the Sunrise icon ( ). The calculated sunrise time appears in the Time box, which becomes read-only, and an Offset box is added to the right of the Time box. If the event is to occur sometime before or after sunrise, enter that period of time in the Offset box.
  • Page 121 9. Click OK to save your changes to the Edit: <exception date> dialog and return to the Scheduler: Exception Schedules Web page. 10. Click Submit. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 122: Copying Event Schedulers To Other Smartservers

    SmartServer console application, see Appendix B of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide. 3. Copy the config/network/<Network>/<Channel>/< i.LON SmartServer 2.0 App Device> folder to the root/config/network/<Network>/<Channel> folder on the flash disk of the target SmartServer. 4. Reboot the target SmartServer using the SmartServer Web pages or the SmartServer console application.

  • Page 123: Connecting Devices On A Power Line Repeating Network

    Connecting Devices on a Power Line Repeating Network This chapter describes how to use type translators and Web connections to connect devices on a power line repeating network together and to devices on other networks. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 124: Connecting Devices Overview

    FPM Development tool, which is included on the i.LON Programming Tools DVD. For information on ordering the i.LON Programming Tools DVD, contact your Echelon Sales Representative. For more information on using FPMs, see the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Programming Tools User’s Guide.
  • Page 125 If the SmartServer is using the static v12 XIF file (the default), expand the Static icon, select the Type Translator functiona1 block, optionally enter a different name than the default programmatic functional block name, and then click OK. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 126 • If the SmartServer is using the dynamic v40 XIF file, you can select the Type Translator functional block from either the Static or the Dynamic folder. To select the Type Translator functional block from the Dynamic folder, expand the Dynamic icon, expand the root/lonworks/types folder, expand the bas_controller folder, select the user-defined functional profile template (UFPT) for the Type Translator functional block, enter a name for the functional block such as “Type Translator 1”, and then click OK.

  • Page 127: Selecting Input And Output Points

    3. Under the Direction column, select whether the data point is an input or output point. When you select Output, the data point is removed from the current list of input points and it is added to the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 128: Selecting Or Creating A Type Translation

    list of output points. To show the output data points, select the Show Outputs check box. You can access the list of output by clicking the Output data point icon ( ) on the right side of the Type Translator: Configure Web page. 4.

  • Page 129: Creating A Custom Scalar-Based Translation

    Note that you do not need to modify the top-level and second-level cases, which are set to ALWAYS by default, because you are creating a scalar-based translation. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 130 Click anywhere in the Copy rule to change the default input or output points, scale the input point, or add an offset. b. If you added more than one input point, you can change the default input point (the first input point added to the type translator) by clicking it and then selecting a different input point from the list.

  • Page 131: Creating A Custom Rule-Based Translation

    By default, the entire structure is evaluated. Note: You can explicitly set the rule to evaluate the entire structure by selecting * from the list. This is required if you first select a field and then decide to evaluate the entire structure. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 132 Select one of the following comparison functions: equal to (default), not equal to, greater than, less than, greater than or equal to, or less than or equal to. Note: If you are evaluating a structured data point as a whole, you can only select the equal (=) or not equal to (!=) comparison functions.

  • Page 133: Example Type Translator For Street Lighting Network

    A custom rule-based translation is used to translate the state and value of the switch to the luminaires. If the type translator is enabled (the state of its “Enable” data point == 1), then the state and value of the switch are copied to each of the luminaires. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 134: Creating Web Connections

    GSM/GPRS modem to the SmartServer and then configure the remote connections for that modem. See Chapter 3 of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide for more information on adding an external GSM/GPRS modem and configuring its dial-in and dial-out connections.

  • Page 135: Connecting Repeating Devices On The Same Network

    SmartServer attached to the power line repeating network and then click Add Binding in the shortcut menu. 2. The Configure – Web Binder Web page opens and the hostname of the local SmartServer appears in the application frame to the right. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...

  • Page 136: Connecting Repeating Devices To Other Networks

    3. From the Webbinder Destinations tree on the right frame, expand the SmartServer Webbinder destination icon, expand the network icon, expand the LON channel, expand the device and functional block containing the desired target data point, and then click one or more compatible target data points.
  • Page 137 Right-click the LAN icon, point to Add Host, and then click i.LON SmartServer 2.0 on the shortcut menu. b. The Setup – Remote i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Web page opens, and a SmartServer node is added to the tree view below the LAN icon.
  • Page 138 3. The Configure – Web Binder Web page opens and the hostnames of the local SmartServer (the SmartServer attached to the FT-10 or PL-20 non-repeating network) and the SmartServer attached to the power line repeating network, which are collectively referred to as Webbinder Destinations, appear in the application frame to the right.

  • Page 139: Testing Web Connections

    SmartServer, click the target data points that are bound to the source data point you selected in step 3. Observe that an IP address property appears on the Web page. This enables you to distinguish on which SmartServer a data point is located. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 140 The Web connection keeps these data points synchronized. For more information on using the Web Binding application, including how to validate, delete, and add attachments to bindings, see Chapter 4 of the i.LON SmartServer 2.0 User’s Guide. Connecting Devices on a Power Line Repeating Network...

  • Page 141: Appendix A Glossary

    Appendix A Glossary This appendix provides definitions for key terms associated with a power line repeating network. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
  • Page 142 Glossary Alternative Proxy A repeating device that can directly communicate with a given target device if the current proxy agent fails. Direct Communication State when a repeating device can directly communicate with the SmartServer. A device that has direct communication does not use a repeating chain to receive a network message from the SmartServer.
  • Page 143 LNS Server. For a power line repeating network, the SmartServer must be operated in standalone mode in order for it to establish and maintain the appropriate repeating chains on the network. Target Device The intended recipient of a network message. i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Power Line Repeating Network Management Guide...
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