Echelon IzoT FT 6000 EVK User Manual

IzoT™ FT 6000 EVK Quick Start

Welcome!

The IzoT FT 6000 EVK is a complete hardware and software development platform for creating LONWORKS®, LonTalk

Processors. You can also create LONWORKS devices based on Series 5000 and 3100 Smart Transceivers and Neuron Chips. You can use the FT 6000 EVK to create devices such as VAV controllers, thermostats, card-access readers, lighting controls, and many other devices for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). You can use these devices in a variety of systems including building and lighting controls, factory automation, energy management, transportation, and other IIoT applications. You can use the FT 6000 EVK for the

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NOTE: The IzoT Router and FT 6050 chips included with the FT 6000 EVK are for lab use, prototype, or engineering sample development use only. For production uses of the routers and chips, please order these products separately from the FT 6000 EVK by contacting your Echelon representative.

/IP, and BACnet/IP devices based on the Series 6000 Smart Transceivers and Neuron 6000

following:

View and create profiles and datapoint types. Automatically generate Neuron C code that implements your device’s network interface and provides the framework for your device application. Edit your Neuron C code to implement your device’s functionality. Compile, build, and download your application to one of the included Evaluation Boards (EVBs) or to

own custom devices.

your Test with prototype I/O hardware with the included EVBs or use your own custom device to build and test

your own I/O hardware. Install your device into a LONWORKS or LonTalk/IP network and test how your device interoperates with other like devices.

Step 1: Install the Software

The IzoT Network Services Server and the IzoT Commissioning Tool (CT) require activation. The FT 6000 EVK includes one IzoT CT Activation Key that is used by both products. The FT 6000 EVK also includes an IzoT NodeBuilder Serial Number that is required to install the IzoT NodeBuilder software. The IzoT CT Activation Key and IzoT NodeBuilder Serial Number are printed on the back of the Open LNS Commissioning Tool EVK Edition DVD included with the EVK.

To install the IzoT FT 6000 EVK software, follow these steps:

Insert the IzoT Network Services Server CD into your CD or DVD drive.

If the installation does not start automatically, browse the CD and double-click the IzoTNetServer402.exe installation program. Any previously installed version of the OpenLN S Ser ver wil l be automatically uninstalled.

Follow the instructions provided by the installation wizard. When you see the Customer Information screen, enter the IzoT CT or OpenLNS CT Activation Key printed on the back of the OpenLNS Commissioning Tool DVD. Under Echelon Account, enter the user name (e-mail address) and password for your Echelon download account if you have one. Entering your Echelon download software from the Echelon Web site; make activating and managing easier; enable you to return, transfer, and recover licenses; and help you receive technical support from Echelon faster. If you do not have an Echelon download account, you do not have to enter one.

Click Next.

account will enable you to download

licenses for multiple Echelon products

Click Install, and complete the instruction steps.

If you have not previously installed and activated the OpenLNS Commissioning Tool, insert the OpenLNS Commissioning Tool EVK Edition DVD and install that now, entering the same IzoT CT or OpenLNS CT Activation Key that you used for the IzoT Network Services Server installation. If you previously installed the OpenLNS Commissioning Tool Professional Edition, you can continue to use it and skip to the next step. If you previously installed and activated the OpenLNS Commissioning Tool Standard Edition, use the Echelon License Wizard to return the OpenLNS Commissioning Tool Standard Edition license to your account, and re-activate using the IzoT CT or OpenLNS CT Activation Key used above. This will remove the network limit set by the Standard Edition Activation Key.

Installing the IzoT Network Services Server on the same computer with the OpenLNS Commissioning Tool converts the OpenLNS Commissioning Tool to an IzoT Commissioning Tool. The product names referenced by the OpenLNS Server and the OpenLNS Commissioning Tool are not all updated to the new IzoT names by the IzoT Network Services Server. You will see references to both sets of names in the software and documentation.

Download the IzoT NodeBuilder Software from www.echelon.com/downloads. This software requires an IzoT NodeBuilder Serial Number that is located on the back of your OpenLNS Commissioning Tool DVD case. Once you have inserted the serial number, you can follow the instructions in the Setup Wizard.

See the IzoT Commissioning Tool User’s Guide and the IzoT NodeBuilder User’s Guide for details on using the IzoT Commissioning Tool, and the IzoT NodeBuilder software, respectively. These manuals are available at www.echelon.com/docs. The IzoT NodeBuilder User’s Guide is also installed on your computer with the NodeBuilder software.

Step 2: Connect the FT 6000 EVB Evaluation Boards

Use these steps to connect your FT 6000 EVB boards.

Connect the orange network connector on each FT 6000 EVB to the included network cable.

Connect the barrel connectors of the included power supplies into the barrel jacks on the FT 6000 EVB Evaluation Boards. Connect the power supplies to the included power cords that are appropriate to your region, and plug the power cords into a power outlet.

Step 3: Connect the IzoT Router

Use these steps to connect your IzoT Router. Having connected the EVBs, you should have one unused power supply and one Ethernet cable.

Connect the stranded end of the network cable to the left 2 terminals of the black LON/FT terminal block on the right, as shown in figure 3. Do not connect anything to the right terminal of the black connector on the right (the terminal with the red X), and do not connect anything to the orange connector on the left.

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