Use this method when the host is installed on a network that has configured CEA-852 routers, but there is no Config Server.
Prerequisites: The station is open in
Workbench.
- Open the lonIp palette in the palette side bar and drag or copy a LonIpNetwork to the station’s Drivers container.
- Double-click the LonIpNetwork container, then double-click its Local Lon Device or select the Local Lon Device and click Edit.
The local Lon device Edit window opens.
- Edit the device’s
Channel Id, Subnet, and Node address to be consistent with the LonIp channel that the station will join as a member, then click OK.The Channel Id and Subnet must match the other devices on the channel, and the Node Address must be unique for that subnet.
- Expand the and double-click the Network Config container.
- If
Is Config Server is set to false, change it to true, click Save and click Refresh.The default for Is Config Server is true. The Config Server Ip property is available only when Is Config Server is set to false.
- Double-click the network’s ipChannel.
The Member Manager view opens.
- To add a member for each CEA-852 router and also one for the station, click New, select the number to add and click OK.
- For each member, edit the device’s
ipAddress, ipPort, and, if needed, natIpAddress.
- For the channel member that represents the station, configure
ipAddress with the host’s own IP address. If you are using defaults, for Name enter the channel name and leave the other properties (ipPort and natIpAddress) unchanged.
- For any member behind a NAT router, use the address on the local network for the member’s
ipAddress and the NAT router address on the Internet side for the natIpAddress.
The driver configures all other properties (starting with routerType) using data obtained from each device.