New Echelon Multi-Port Router Boosts Control Network Performance and Reports When Communications Channels MisbehaveMPR-50 Multi-Port Router Intelligently Routes Packets Between Five LonWorks Channels, Can Be Reconfigured Without Using Tools, and Offers Remote Diagnostics(Paris, France - October 20, 2005) - Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON), the world's leading supplier of LonWorks control networking components, today announced its new MPR-50 Multi-Port Router designed to reduce installation complexity and servicing costs of LonWorks control networks. Routers are a key infrastructure component in control networks that improve network reliability, lower maintenance costs, and enable network extensibility. The new MPR-50 is the latest in a series of product announcements by Echelon that lower the cost of control networking, simplify and improve the installation processes, and provide market leading products and technology to extend the reach and power of control networks. The MPR-50 Multi-Port Router is featured today at the 2005 LonWorld® Exhibition and Conference in Paris, France. The new MPR-50 combines a five channel intelligent LonWorks router with a powerful monitor that remotely reports status and faults. Targeted at integrators and OEMs selling into the building and industrial control markets, the MPR-50 features wide operating temperature and input voltage ranges and incorporates a suite of features to simplify its installation and use. Among the most significant new features are a health monitor that provides status locally and remotely, configurable router buffers, the ability to reconfigure the router as an intelligent repeater by pressing a pushbutton, front panel jacks that provide direct access to every channel, and a unique package design that can be wall or DIN rail mounted. Taken together these features make the MPR-50 easy to install, remotely monitor, and service. A monitor tracks the performance of the MPR-50 and the attached channels, displays the status on diagnostic LEDs, and can report status remotely over the LonWorks network. By helping to diagnose issues remotely, the monitor can reduce expensive on-site service time. The MPR-50 enclosure looks like a standard DIN rail package, but includes screw slots to allow for mounting directly to a wall or panel. Input power is flexible low-voltage AC or DC, eliminating the need for an electrician to wire mains power to the unit. The flexible mounting design, simple power connection, and versatility afforded by having five LonWorks channels in a single package, enables the MPR-50 to service multiple needs and reduce the total number of SKUs an integrator must stock. The MPR-50 Multi-Port Router will be available in December 2005 and is priced at US $645. More information about the MPR-50 Multi-Port Router can be found at http://www.echelon.com/products/routers. About Echelon Corporation Echelon is based in San Jose, California, with international offices in China, France, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Further information regarding Echelon can be found at http://www.echelon.com. ### Echelon, LonWorks, LonWorld, and the Echelon logo are registered trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. Pyxos is a trademark of Echelon Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. 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 market acceptance of Echelon's MPR-50 Multi-Port Router, the timing and level of customer orders, risks associated with of the ability of Echelon's MPR-50 Multi-Port Router to perform as designed, its pricing relative to alternative offerings, and potential shipment or production delays by Echelon or production partners, 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. Echelon undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Contact Information
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