Echelon Lowers Cost of Automation Systems By Eliminating Local Power SuppliesNew Link Power Product Sends Power and Control Network Data over One Pair of Wires(TORONTO, CANADA – October 31, 2002) Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON), a leading provider of open control network solutions worldwide, announced today at the LonWorld™ 2002 Exhibition and Conference that it has introduced a new transceiver, the LPT-11 Link Power Twisted Pair Transceiver, that sends both power and control data over low-cost, twisted pair wiring. By distributing power from a central power supply over the same wires that are used for network signaling, the LPT-11 transceiver eliminates the need for expensive local power supplies at sensors, actuators, light ballasts, and displays. Targeted at the lighting, fire/life safety, security, access control, HVAC, and factory control markets, the LPT-11 transceiver can be used for a wide variety of custom home, building, and industrial automation applications. The second generation of Echelon's link power technology, the LPT-11 transceiver is smaller in size and offers higher performance than the device it replaces. Requiring only two wires for both power and data, and eliminating the need for a local power source, allows device manufacturers to minimize the size of their devices and keeps down the cost the overall wiring plant. The compact packaging allows the transceiver to fit into light switches, fluorescent ballasts, luminaires, infrared receivers, motion sensors, smoke detectors, limit switches, and other low-cost devices in which space is at a premium. By offering improved immunity to common mode noise typically found in building and industrial environments, the LPT-11 transceiver provides robust signaling even in electrically harsh environments. "Our design goals were to allow Echelon's home, building, and industrial automation customers to build smaller, lower cost devices that are less expensive to install and maintain," said Mathew Chacko, Echelon's transceiver product marketing manager. "We have achieved all of these goals with the new LPT-11 transceiver. The compact packaging of the LPT-11 transceiver will fit into a very wide range of sensors and actuators, while the elimination of local power supplies and associated power cabling results in significant savings for device manufacturers, system integrators, and facility owners alike. The use of link power technology should typically result in overall system savings of greater than twenty percent including equipment and installation. In a competitive market these savings can make the difference between winning and losing an automation project." The LPT-11 transceiver will start shipping in volume in the first quarter of 2003. Sample transceivers are available today. Development and network installation tools compatible with the LPT-11 transceiver are available from Echelon today. Echelon offers training and comprehensive support services for the LPT-11 transceiver, including pre-production design reviews to assist customers with the integration of the transceiver and other Echelon products into devices that they manufacture. More information can be found at http://www.echelon.com/products/oem/lpt/. About Echelon Corporation Echelon Corporation is the creator of the LonWorks platform, the world's most widely used standard for connecting everyday devices such as appliances, thermostats, air conditioners, electric meters, and lighting systems to each other and to the Internet. Echelon's hardware and software products enable manufacturers and integrators to create smart devices and systems that lower cost, increase convenience, improve service, and enhance productivity, quality, and safety. Thousands of companies have developed and installed LonWorks products and more than 24 million LonWorks enabled processors have been shipped for use in homes, buildings, factories, trains, and other systems worldwide. The protocol underlying LonWorks networks and the signaling technology used by Echelon's power line and free topology transceivers have been adopted as standards by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Echelon is also a founding member of the LonMark Interoperability Association, an open industry forum of hundreds of leading manufacturers, integrators, and users dedicated to promoting the use of interoperable LonWorks devices. More information is available at http://www.lonmark.org. Further information regarding Echelon can be found at http://www.echelon.com. ### Echelon, LonWorks, LonMark, the LonMark logo, and the Echelon logo are trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. Other marks belong to their respective holders. This press release may contain statements relating to future plans, events or performance. Such statements may involve risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with uncertainties pertaining to the timing and level of customer orders, demand for the LPT-11 and other products and services, development of markets for Echelon's products and services; risks associated with market acceptance of the LPT-11 and other LonWorks based products and services, the growth of the LonWorks industry, sales targets not being met, development of markets for LonWorks products and services, and demand for LonWorks products and services; and other risks identified in Echelon's SEC filings. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. 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