LNS: Network Management Software for LonWorks Networks

Need your network to work 24/7? You need LNS network tools.

Manage your LonWorks networks for peak efficiency — and at low cost — with LNS based network tools. These tools may handle functions such as:

Network design
Installation
Configuration
Monitoring and control
Diagnostics
Maintenance

The Next-Generation LNS FX

Applications running on the new LNS FX Network Operating System will no longer need to charge a credit when commissioning devices based on the new FT 5000 Smart Transceiver and the Neuron 5000 Processor. This will reduce installation cost and complexity for devices based on the LonWorks 2.0 chips.

LNS FX will be available Summer 2010 — watch here for more information.

Thousands of companies use hundreds of custom Echelon and third-party LNS network tools — the most popular being Echelon's all-purpose LonMaker Integration Tool. You can also choose from hundreds of device-specific tools, or plug-ins, and dozens of off-the-shelf human machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquition (SCADA) tools. All of these tools are built to use the LNS Server.

LonWorks Network Operating System (LNS) is the standard network management software platform for LonWorks networks. LNS is an application programmatic interface (API) used to write network tools that use the network management service provided by the LNS Server engine.

Create Your Own Tools

Can't find the network tool you need? Create your own. The LNS Application Developer's Kit includes everything you need to build your own custom network tools. Request more information about the power and benefits of the LNS network operating system.

Features

Low development and deployment costs
Based on open standards (ISO/IEC 14908.1, ISO/IEC 14908.4, IP, MD5, RC4)
Runs on Microsoft Windows (Vista, XP, 2000, and Server 2003)
Client/server architecture with local, remote LonWorks and remote IP client support
Complete support for the i.LON product line
Broadly supported plug-in standard
Complete support for LONMARK 3.4 Interoperability Guidelines
Built-in events notify clients of network changes

LNS Application Developer's Kit

Model: 34309

Features
• Lets you build software tools that engineer, install, configure, monitor, control, diagnose and maintain LonWorks networks
• Includes LNS Server, development files, documentation, examples, and utilities
• Runs on Windows Vista, XP, 2000, and Server 2003
• Requires Windows software development environment (Microsoft Visual Studio recommended)
• .NET- and COM-compatible interfaces

LNS Application Developer's Kit Datasheet
LNS Application Developer's Kit Programmer's Guide

LNS Redistribution Kit

Model: 34312

	Features • Lets you embed an LNS Server into your LNS network tool • LNS Server runs on Windows Vista, XP, 2000, and Server 2003 • Optional: Have your application run on top of an LNS Server obtained from another source • Low-cost royalty for LNS Server distributions
LNS Redistribution Kit Datasheet

Echelon Software License Generator

Model: 34311

	Features • Lets you increase network tool installation capacity on your end-users' LNS Servers • Optional: Your LNS network tool users can buy additional network tool installation capacity directly from Echelon
Echelon Software License Generator Datasheet