Echelon i.LON 1000 User Manual

i.LON™ 1000 Internet Server

Starter Kit

Version 1

078-0185-01A

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Contents

1 Introduction	1
Contents of the i.LON 1000 Internet Server Starter Kit	2
PC Requirements	3
Software Installation	3
Getting More Information and Technical Support	3
Introduction to the i.LON 1000Internet Server	4

2 Hardware and Software Installation	7
Hardware Installation	8
Hardware Step-by-Step Installation	9
Software Step by Step Installation	9

3 Working with Web Pages	25
Transferring Web Pages to the i.LON 1000 using FTP	26
Viewing the Web Pages in a Browser	27
demo1page1.htm	28
demo1page2.htm	28
demo1page3.htm	29
Using JavaScript	30

4 Troubleshooting	31
Resolving Problems	32

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Introduction

Welcome to the i.LON 1000 Internet Server Starter Kit. This kit builds upon the Model 37400 LONWORKS® System Starter Kit by supplying you with everything you need to add web access to your control system.

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Introduction

The i.LON 1000 Internet Server (Echelon Model 72001 or 72002) adds web-based monitoring and control to the LonPoint™ applications described in the Getting Started with the LONWORKS System Starter Kit document. Once the examples described below are completed and you understand the basic principles of web-based monitoring and control, you can use the i.LON 1000 Internet Server to add a web interface to any LONWORKS network!

Important: You must complete the Getting Started with the LONWORKS

System Starter Kit examples prior to executing the instructions below. This manual assumes that you have successfully completed those examples and have a working knowledge of both LonPoint modules and the LonMaker™ for Windows Integration Tool.

Important: The examples described in this document require a PC running Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 with TCP/IP networking installed. This document does not cover how to install TCP/IP networking. Contact your TCP/IP system administrator if you need help installing TCP/IP networking,

Contents of the i.LON™ 1000 Internet Server Starter Kit

The i.LON™ 1000 Internet Server System Starter Kit is distributed as a Zip archive named iLON Starter Kit.Zip from Echelon’s web site. You can find a link to the archive file at http://www.echelon.com/ilon. The archive contains the following files:

LonPoint PID.zip

LonMaker backup file containing the solution network documented in Chapter 3 of

Getting Started with the LONWORKS System Starter Kit. This network will be expanded to include an i.LON™ 1000 Internet Server.

Web Solution.zip

LonMaker backup file containing the solution network with the i.LON™ 1000 Internet Server.

demo1page1.htm

demo1page2.htm

demo1page3.htm

User interface information can be displayed in a variety of ways. These pages show various implementations of an HMI application that are equivalent to the HMI application constructed in the LNS DDE Server and Excel Example documented in Chapter 3 of the Getting Started with the LonWorks System Starter Kit User’s Guide.

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page3getvalues.htm, page3main.htm

HTML support files used by demo1page3.htm

ash_bottom.jpg, ash_left.jpg, ash_right.jpg, ash_top.jpg, hvac_anim.gif, hvac_bg.gif, hvac_off.gif, pid_bg.gif, pid_slider.gif, slider_bg.gif, slider_knob.gif, temp_bg.gif, temp_slider.gif

Graphic support files used by demo1page3.htm

PC Requirements

The PC requirements for this starter kit are identical to the requirements for the Model 37400 LONWORKS System Starter Kit. The same PC should be used to execute both kits.

Software Installation

Download the iLON Starter Kit.Zip archive from www.echelon.com/ilon. Extract the contents of this archive to a local directory on your PC. The directory path is not important. Place the files in a convenient location.

Getting More Information and Technical Support

This document provides information on using the i.LON 1000 Internet Server to add web pages to the examples described in the Getting Started with the LONWORKS System Starter Kit User’s Guide.

See the documentation that shipped with your i.LON 1000 Internet Server and with the LONWORKS System Starter Kit for more information on the individual components mentioned below.

Visit the i.LON 1000 Internet Server web site at http://www.echelon.com/ilon for the latest technical support alerts, upgrades, white papers, and other information.

If you have technical support questions that are not answered by the documentation, online help, or i.LON 1000 Internet Server web site, technical support is available from Echelon. To receive this support, purchase one of Echelon’s incident-based support services. Detailed information about these services is found on Echelon’s Services home page at http://www.echelon.com/services. There is no charge for software installation related questions during the first 30 days after you receive your i.LON 1000 Internet Server.

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Notice:: The support programs and the information in the following table are subject to change. See the Echelon Services home page at www.echelon.com/Services for a description of the current offerings and support contacts.

	London	Palo Alto	Tokyo
	English/French/	English	Japanese
Language	German/Italian
Hours	0900-1700 London Time	8:30am-4:30pm Pacific	0900-1700 Tokyo Time
(Mon-Fri*)		Time
Telephone	[phone]	[phone]	[phone]
		1-800-258-4566
		(US and Canada only)
Fax	[phone]	[phone]	[phone]
Email	[e-mail]	[e-mail]	[e-mail]

*Excluding holidays at center location

Introduction to the i.LON 1000 Internet Server

The i.LON 1000 Internet Server is a breakthrough product that provides reliable, secure Internet access to the everyday devices in your world – lights, appliances, switches, thermostats, motors, meters, and valves. The i.LON 1000 puts you in control – letting you monitor, adjust, and reconfigure devices as needed, from wherever you might be.

LONWORKS control networks are the worldwide standard for networking controls and machines in building, industrial, home, transportation, and utility automation applications. Internet Protocol (IP) based data networking is the worldwide standard for moving data over the Internet, local area networks (LANs), and wide area networks (WANs). The i.LON 1000 Internet Server seamlessly links together these control and data networking standards.

While IP-based data networks are poorly suited to the tasks performed by a control network, they complement LONWORKS control networks by offering high speed, wide area networking over which LONWORKS data can be sent and received. By providing a robust, high performance interface between LONWORKS and IP-based networks, the i.LON 1000 allows users to leverage the unique strengths of both control and data networks.

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Power

LED

Figure 1.1 i.LON 1000 Front Panel

The i.LON 1000 offers unparalleled performance and reliability. Certified under the Cisco NetWorks™ program, the i.LON 1000 integrates Echelon's control networking and routing expertise together with Cisco's Network Foundation Technologies. The result is a layer 3 LONWORKS router that offers very high packet throughput for demanding process control, building automation, utility, transportation, and telecommunications applications. Cisco certification is your assurance that the i.LON 1000 has been both rigorously tested and will meet the needs and standards of information technology (IT) managers worldwide. Adherence to the EIA-proposed standard for tunneling ANSI/EIA 709.1 packets over IP ensures that communications through the i.LON 1000 are both open and interoperable.

	248.17.15.44
131.1.10.6
	243.47.185.9
Internet	IP Routers
	Company WAN

143.77.105.27							53.107.155.9

Figure 1.2 i.LON Application

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The i.LON 1000’s built-in Web server allows control information (such as network variables representing temperature, occupancy, speed, etcetera) to be accessed easily through a web browser. This feature provides access to LONWORKS monitoring and control data from anywhere without the need for special software tools, over LANs, WANs, or the Internet. Whether for remote diagnostics, equipment calibration, alarm monitoring, or maintenance, the integral Web server makes it simple to access any part of the control system.

The i.LON 1000 can be installed using standard LONWORKS installation tools. For example, the i.LON 1000 is fully supported by tools using Echelon's LNS™ network operating system, which provides quick setup, configuration, and application-level interoperability. From the perspective of the IT network, the i.LON 1000 is viewed as a typical IP host. Like other IP hosts, the i.LON 1000 supports standard internetworking protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, SNMP (MIB II), ICMP, SNTP, TOS, MD5, HTTP, and FTP. In addition, packet aggregation parameters, addressing, IP bandwidth utilization, and security can all be adjusted via the IP network.

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Hardware and Software

Installation

This chapter provides information for installing the i.LON 1000 Internet Server hardware and software with the LONWORKS System Starter Kit.

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Hardware Installation

Recall the LonPoint hardware installation described on pages 2-15 and 2-16 of Getting Started with the LONWORKS System Starter Kit. You will expand the hardware installation to include the i.LON 1000 Internet Server. The final topology is shown in figure 2.1. A picture of the actual components is shown in figure 2.2

Ethernet 10BaseT Hub

10BaseT

PC connects to TCP/IP via 10BaseT connection, and to LONWORKS through an FTT-10 connection. All LonMaker information is sent over the LONWORKS connection, web pages are read over the TCP/IP connection.

LONWORKS network connection to PCC-10 card (or PCLTA-10 if you are using a desktop PC)

LONWORKS devices (LonPoint modules)

LonPoint power supply

Netscape or

i.LON 1000

LonMaker™ for

Internet Explorer

Windows

FTT-10

DIO

AO

AI

Figure 2.1 Final Installation Topology

10 BaseT hub

TCP/IP network. 10BaseT cables connect the i.LON 1000 and the PC through a 10 BaseT hub. In a real system other IP devices (PCs, printers, servers, etc.) would also connect to the hub.

LONWORKS network connection to i.LON 1000

i.LON 1000

i.LON 1000 power supply

Figure 2.2	Photograph of the Working Configuration
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