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Echelon i.LON 10 User manual

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    I .Lon ™ 10 ethernet adapter user’s guide version 1 078-0195-01a.

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    Echelon, lon, l on w orks , lns, lontalk, lonbuilder, lonmanager, neuron, 3120, 3150, l on m ark , nodebuilder, and the echelon logo are trademarks of echelon corporation registered in the united states and other countries. Lonmaker and i.Lon are trademarks of echelon corporation. No part of this pu...

  • Page 3: Preface

    Preface this document describes how to connect and configure the i.Lon  10 l on w orks adapter. I.Lon 10 ethernet adapter user’s guide i.

  • Page 4: Welcome

    Welcome the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter is a low-cost, high performance interface that connects lonworks® based everyday devices to the internet, a lan, or a wan. Through the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter, appliances, meters, load controls, lights, security systems, pumps, and valves can be connected to t...

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    • power supply. For the free-topology model, this is an echelon model 780x0 series power supply; for the power-line model, this is a tamura 425x12400p power supply. • i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter quick start guide. For more information and technical support if you have technical questions that are not ...

  • Page 6: Table of Contents

    Table of contents preface ........................................................................................................................................... I welcome................................................................................................................................

  • Page 7: Introduction

    1 introduction this chapter provides an overview of the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter and how it fits into the i.Lon family of products. I.Lon 10 ethernet adapter user’s guide 1-1.

  • Page 8: Family of Products

    The i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter connects l on w orks networks to remote lns servers via a tcp/ip ethernet connection. Multiple remote networks can be connected to a single lns server. On the pc containing the lns server, a piece of software called the xdriver manages comm...

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    2 i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter hardware this section describes the hardware inputs and outputs for both the free-topology and power-line models of the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter. It also provides a template that can be used to mount the i.Lon 10. See the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter quick start guide for s...

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    I.Lon 10 ethernet adapter i/o the two models of the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter (power line and free-topology), have an identical form factor and have identical i/o with the exception of the differing l on w orks network connectors and the band in use led on the power-line model. The following diagram...

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    I.Lon 10 ethernet adapter, pl model these hardware inputs and outputs have the following function: power led green led that illuminates steadily while the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter has power. Ethernet link led green led that illuminates when the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter has established an ethernet ...

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    Model). The included tamura 425x12400p supply should be used with the power-line model. 10base-t ethernet port standard 10baset connection, type rj-45. L on w orks tp/ft-10 port for the free-topology model, an orange weidmuller connector (weidmuller model #134686) connected to an echelon tp/ft-10 tr...

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    I.Lon 10 hardware specifications the following table describes the hardware specifications of the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter: operating input voltage power line: 12.5 vdc provided by l on w orks enabled power supply such as tamura model #425x12400p free topology: 9vdc operating input current 270 ma m...

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    2-6 i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter hardware.

  • Page 15: I.Lon 10 Ethernet Adapter

    3 connecting and configuring the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter this chapter discusses how to configure the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter’s setup web page to facilitate communications between the l on w orks network and the lns server using tcp/ip. I.Lon 10 ethernet adapter user’s guide 3-1.

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    The i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter setup page you must place your pc on the same subnet as the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter in order to configure it. By default, the ip address of the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter is 192.168.1.222. The ip address is reset to this value whenever a security access reset (see perf...

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    Ethernet adapter’s host name is ilon10. The i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter must be reset for change in this value to take effect. The url of the i.Lon 10 is hostname.Dns suffix (i.E. If hostname is set to ilon10 and dns suffix is set to echelon.Com, the url will be ilon10.Echelon.Com. Valid characters ar...

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    Lns server 1/2/3 up to three lns server names or ip addresses in the form address>: or name>: (for example, you can specify 123.2.34.1:1628 or mylns.Echelon.Com:1628). The i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter will attempt to send packets to the first server on the list. If that server does not respond, it will...

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    Configuration changes will take effect upon reboot. After reboot, the security page and the md5 authentication key will no longer be available until a security access reset is executed. Exit without save click to close this page without saving changes. Any changes made will be lost. The i.Lon 10 eth...

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    4 i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter security this chapter describes the security of the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter. I.Lon 10 ethernet adapter user’s guide 4-1.

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    I.Lon 10 ethernet adapter security the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter institutes a number of measures to make itself as secure as possible: • md5 authentication. The i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter provides the option of using md5 authentication with all communications between it and the lns server, requiring ...

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    Access the security web page and the other features listed above until the i.Lon 10 is reset. I.Lon 10 ethernet adapter security web page access the security web page by clicking the security link from the setup web page. This page is only accessible after a security access reset (see performing a s...

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    Of the i.Lon 10 web pages without performing a security access reset. Performing a security access reset resets the username and password to ilon/ilon. Allow tftp access set this option to allow users to use tftp to load user web pages (see uploading a user web page in chapter 5). If set, enter a pa...

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    5 uploading i.Lon network adapter firmware and the user web page this chapter describes how to use a tftp application to upload upgrades to the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter firmware and the user web page. I.Lon 10 ethernet adapter user’s guide 5-1.

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    Uploading i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter firmware firmware upgrades for the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter may become available on the echelon i.Lon web page ( www.Echelon.Com/ilon ). You can check the current version of the firmware on the status web page as described in chapter 6. To upload a firmware upgra...

  • Page 27: Uploading A User Web Page

    Put ilon. Local-hex-file-name is the name of the firmware file obtained from echelon. The password is always ilon (the password is set to ilon when you enter security access mode). This command must be executed within 4 minutes of clicking begin firmware upgrade sequence. Once the upgrade has comple...

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    5-4 uploading i.Lon network adapter firmware and the user web page.

  • Page 29: I.Lon 10 Ethernet Adapter

    6 i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter diagnostics this chapter describes the diagnostic information from the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter. I.Lon 10 ethernet adapter user’s guide 6-1.

  • Page 30: I.Lon 10 Diagnostics

    I.Lon 10 diagnostics the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter provides two web pages that display diagnostic information, the status page and the event log page. Viewing i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter status you can check the status of the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter by clicking the status link from the setup web pag...

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    Domain varies and can be set by a network tool such as the lonmaker tool. Subnet/node the l on w orks address associated with the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter. A network tool such as the lonmaker tool can set this value. Ethernet mac the ethernet mac address of the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter. Transmissi...

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    The following events are logged in this web page: message description =====ilon-10 started===== the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter unit has been started in one of the following ways: • by plugging in the power adapter. • by saving a new configuration. ===== i.Lon-10 started in secure mode ===== this mess...

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    Message description to queries. May be non- functional not been able to receive responses to queries sent to the neuron chip for at least 1 minute after startup. Http: host at failed to authenticate properly this message indicates that an attempt was made from to access the configuration web pages, ...

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    Message description port #n: connection closed by us to host at ###.###.###.###:##### this message indicates that the tcp session is being closed by the i.Lon 10. Port #n: connection closed by remote host at ###.###.###.###:##### this message indicates that the remote host has requested a close of t...

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    Message description 19 - no data is available for this operation 20 - no route available from this host to destination host 21 - storage device can accept no more data (eg. Disk full) 22 - requested option is not available port #n: session aborted with lns server this message indicates that the curr...

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    Message description dns: "" lookup failed (no response from dns servers) this message indicates that the dns server did not respond to the query. Performing a self-test to perform a self-test on the i.Lon 10, click the perform self-test link on the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter web page. The i.Lon 10 ap...

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    I.Lon 10 ethernet adapter user’s guide 6-9.

  • Page 39: Adapter

    7 establishing an uplink connection through the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter this chapter describes how to establish an uplink connection through the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter. I.Lon 10 ethernet adapter user’s guide 7-1.

  • Page 40: Uplink Connections

    Uplink connections an uplink connection is a connection started by a device on the network attempting to communicate with the lns server on the other side of the i.Lon 10 adapter. This occurs when a device sends data to the lns server without the data being requested, such as when one or more networ...

  • Page 41: Appendix A

    Appendix a using the webconvert utility the webconvert utility is a program that is used to convert web pages into the intel hex format (.Hex extension) that can be downloaded to the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter. This appendix contains instructions for using the webconvert utility. See uploading a user...

  • Page 42: The Webconvert Utility

    The webconvert utility webconvert allows the user to select a base directory and location to store the converted file. Webconvert traverses the base directory and all sub-directories. The base directory path is removed from the converted filename or sub-directory (e.G., c:\basedir\index.Htm becomes ...

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    5. After the conversion has been completed, the log box shows how many files have been converted, the total converted file size, what files have been converted, and any errors that may have occurred (see webconvert utility log messages, below), as shown in the following figure: 6. Once you are finis...

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    A-4 using the webconvert utility total converted data size is greater than 32 kb the i.Lon 10 ethernet adapter has a maximum size of 32 kb to store web pages. If the size of the files in the folder you selected is greater than 32 kb, this message will appear. The conversion will be cancelled..