Configuring a station as a Lon node
To configure a station as a Lonworks node, you work only in (and under) the Local Lon Device.
- Expand , right-click Local Lon Device and click .The AX Property Sheet opens.
- Configure following properties:
- Change the
External Configproperty fromfalse(the default) totrue. - Make sure that the
Self Docproperty begins with the string &3.0@0.
- Change the
- To expose station data as Lonworks, double-click the Local Lon Device node in the Nav tree and click the New button.A New window opens.
- Specify the type of data to add
Local Nv(Network Variable) orLocal Nci(Network Variable Input), how many to add, and click OK.The second New window opens.
- Configure the data and click OK.
You repeat this some number of times, until you have defined the necessary collection of nvis, nvos, and ncis that will act
as the Lonworks interface. If compatibility with Echelon LNS is required, you must create two specific nv entries:
nviObjRequest(Direction = Input) (Snvt Type = Snvt Obj Request) [Self Doc = @0|1;nviRequest]nvoObjStatus(Direction = Output) (Snvt Type = Snvt Obj Status) [Self Doc - @0|2;nvoStatus]
If you select Local Nci, direction is always input, whereas if you select Local Nv, you can set each entry as an nvi (input) or nvo (output).