OpenLDV Developer's Kit
The OpenLDV™ SDK provides a low-level API to Echelon's OpenLDV driver for Microsoft® Windows®, enabling Windows applications to send and receive LonWorks® ISO/IEC 14908-1 messages through compatible Echelon and third-party network interfaces.
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Supports creating Windows applications that initialize and terminate communications with the network interface, retrieve low-level incoming messages, or transmit low-level outgoing messages
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Works with local network interfaces (Echelon U10/U20, PCC-10, PCLTA-21) and remote (Internet-enabled) network interfaces (Echelon SmartServer and i.LON® 600)
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Provides example source code showing how to use the OpenLDV driver to write applications for sending and receiving low-level ISO/IEC 14908-1 (LonWorks® protocol) messages
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Provides outstanding security (encryption, authentication, protection) and transparent, fault-tolerant session recovery from SmartServer or i.LON 600 IP-connection or power interruption
You can use any development tool that supports communicating with a Windows DLL to create applications that interface with OpenLDV. Example development tools that support Windows DLLs include the C++ and .NET programming tools in Microsoft® Visual Studio®.
System Requirements
- Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit), Windows Vista® (32-bit), Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), or Windows XP SP3
- 512 MB RAM (or the Windows operating system minimum requirement)
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
- 50 MB of available hard-disk space
- 1024x768 screen resolution
OpenLDV Programmer’s Guide (PDF)
Guide for software developers creating OpenLDV applications for Echelon and third-party LonWorks network interface products and xDriver extensions. Describes Echelon's OpenLDV Release 4.0 Network Driver and Software Development Kit (SDK)
Introduction to the LonWorks Platform (PDF)
Introduction to the ISO/IEC 14908 (ANSI/CEA-709.1 and EN14908) Control Network Protocol and to LonWorks networks and our tools and components for developing, installing, operating, and maintaining them
Register for free online eTraining, including these courses and others:
- Introduction to the LonWorks Platform
- Interfacing LonWorks Devices to TCP/IP Networks
Learn about our training center courses, including these and others:
- Introduction to the LonWorks Platform
- LonWorks Network Design
- Using the LonMaker Integration Tool
Download and install OpenLDV Network Driver 4.0
Download and install the OpenLDV SDK 4.0