Echelon Provides Ultra Low-cost, Web-based Monitoring Server As Part of Cummins Power Generation's New PowerCommand® iWatch™ 100 System(San Jose, CA - April 25, 2006) - Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON), a global networking company providing technology and solutions for controls, smart metering, and energy and environment management, today announced the incorporation of its i.LON® 100 Internet Server into Cummins Power Generation's recently released PowerCommand® iWatch™ 100 Web-based monitoring solution for power systems. PowerCommand iWatch 100 allows customers, integrators, and maintenance personnel to remotely monitor generator sets from any Web browser, and is the most cost-effective remote monitoring solution available. "Echelon has been instrumental in helping Cummins Power Generation meet the demand for cost-effective and convenient remote monitoring systems with direct monitoring control," says Rich Scroggins, Product Manager, Networks, Switchgear and Transfer Switch Controls, Cummins Inc. "Integrating Echelon i.LON 100 server technology with PowerCommand iWatch 100 has enabled Cummins to respond to customer requests for a richly featured but affordable solution for supervising generator sets and transfer switches. The i.LON 100 server supports both LonWorks® control networks and Modbus devices, allowing our integrator channel to accommodate our entire family of generator set controls.." The remote monitoring and notification capabilities of the PowerCommand iWatch 100 system allow technicians to diagnose and analyze problems prior to dispatching a repair crew, and provide automatic notification by e-mail or Short Message Service (SMS) message when failures occur and are cleared. Automatic e-mail and SMS notification ensures that all interested parties are provided with real-time system status without needless telephone calls. The PowerCommand iWatch 100 web server can monitor one generator set and up to four transfer switches as a standard product, or can be customized to monitor up to 10 devices. The generator sets, transfer switches, and related equipment are connected via a LonWorks control network to a PowerCommand iWatch 100 module containing Echelon's i.LON 100 Internet Server. Remote communications can be established via Ethernet and dial-out telephone line. "Remote diagnostics, monitoring, and remote control save money, increase up-time, and improve customer satisfaction," said Anders Axelsson, Echelon's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "By enabling Cummins Power Generation to use a single tool, the i.LON 100 Internet Server, to monitor and control both LonWorks and Modbus devices, we help reduce Cummins' inventory, training, and logistics costs. Should Cummins Power Generation customers want to integrate the PowerCommand iWatch 100 system with Web services enabled enterprise applications to harvest data about operating efficiency and energy usage, the i.LON 100 server already includes SOAP/XML Web services messaging. The PowerCommand iWatch 100 integrated system is therefore a solution for today's needs and a platform on which future applications can be built." 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, i.LON, 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 the demand for products such as Cummins' PowerCommand iWatch 100 that include Echelon products, the ability of Echelon's i.LON Internet Server to perform as designed, uncertainties pertaining to the timing and level of orders for Echelon products and services by Cummins or other customers, the growth of the LonWorks industry; 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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