IzoTTM Network
Services Server
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Software Platform for IzoT Network Design,
Installation, Monitoring, and Control Applications
Features
• Provides a software platform for Windows that can be used to develop or run
Windows applications for designing, installing, monitoring, or controlling IzoT
and LonWorks® networks
• Compatible with all IzoT and LonWorks media including IzoT/EN, IzoT/Wi-Fi,
IzoT/FT, IzoT/RS-485, LonWorks/FT,LonWorks/PL, and LonWorks/RS-485
• Provides an open platform supporting multiple simultaneous users
commissioning, monitoring, and operating devices and running multiple
applications from multiple vendors
• Supports a wide variety of applications including network management
applications, operator interface applications, drivers, and network
diagnostic tools
• Supports IzoT, OpenLNS, and LNS plug-ins
• Supported by hundreds of third-party applications
• Supports networks with up to 32,385 devices on up to 1000 channels,
with each device supporting up to 4096 datapoints or network variables
• Supports multi-channel networks with multiple IzoT, LonWorks,
and IP-852 routers
• Free trial edition is available for download
• Trial edition may be freely redistributed with IzoT applications and plug-ins
Overview
Create or run applications to install, commission, monitor, and control a community of
devices. The IzoT Network Services Server provides services for Windows applications to
configure devices, connections, routers, and channels, as well as subsystems containing
devices and routers.
Create IzoT or LONWORKS networks with up to 32,385 devices on up to 1000 channels.
Each device in the network can have up to 4096 datapoints or network variables. Create
peer-to-peer connections between devices or between groups of devices. Each network
may contain tens of thousands of connections.
The server works with all IzoT and LONWORKS devices giving you a wide variety of options
for the devices to be installed in your networks. There are never any per-device fees, credits,
or royalties when using the IzoT Network Services Server.
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The server maintains all device and
network configuration information in a
high-performance database. Networks
can be designed off-line without access
to the physical hardware so that networks
can be designed prior to the availability of
physical hardware. The database enables
replacement of devices that fail, so that the
configuration and connections of the failed
device can be automatically copied to the
replacement device. Upgrade services
ensure that configuration and connections
are maintained, even in cases where the
replacement device has updated firmware
with a modified network interface.
A database backup and restore mechanism
is included so that the entire network
database can be routinely backed-up, and
then later be restored after a computer
hardware failure. A hot-backup capability
is included so that a system can continue
to run while the database is backed up.
Networks can also be recovered from
the physical devices in cases where the
database and all backups are lost.
Network operation is supported with
services to read and write datapoints,
network variables, and configuration
properties. Datapoint and network variable
update notification events are provided
so that applications can be notified when
specified datapoints or network variables
are updated. Datapoint, network variable,
and configuration property values are
automatically formatted based on resource
file definitions, with application control of
the formats used for each point.
Network maintenance is supported with
services to test and control device state,
and to override, enable, test, or disable
individual blocks or functional blocks on
a device. Maintenance services include
services to download updated
applications and Neuron firmware to
Neuron hosted devices.
The server supports multiple users
and applications, with each modifying,
monitoring, or controlling devices in the
same network at the same time. A single
application can also be used with multiple
networks simultaneously.
Compatible plug-in applications for
configuring a wide variety of IzoT and
LONWORKS devices are available from
hundreds of device manufacturers, or
you can use the server to create your own
plug-ins. Commissioning tools such as
IzoT CT integrates seamlessly with these
plug-ins so users can automatically
start the correct plug-in from their
commissioning tool.
For very large networks where connectivity
is not available between all devices during
initial construction, applications can
initially create independent networks.
When connectivity is available between
the networks, services are provided to
automatically merge the independent
networks into one large network.
Free Updates and Upgrades
One year of maintenance is included with
every IzoT Network Services Server. During
the first year all updates and upgrades to
the server can be downloaded and install
for free.
You can renew annual maintenance any
time prior to the end of the first pre-paid
maintenance period, and again prior to
the end of each subsequent maintenance
period. Annual maintenance cannot
be renewed after expiration of the last prepaid or paid maintenance period.
Once renewed, all updates and upgrades
can be downloaded and installed for an
additional year.
• 32,385 application device types
• 1000 channels and 1000 routers
• 1 domain
• 12,288 bound selectors (selectors are
automatically reused so the number
of connections is not limited by this
protocol limit)
Limits per IzoT Network Service Server
• 100 network databases can be open
simultaneously in independent mode
for monitoring and control
• 50 network databases can be open
simultaneously for full IzoT network
services including management,
monitoring, and control
• 8000 datapoints can be active with
intelligent point sharing if multiple
applications are monitoring the same
point; this limit does not apply to
permanent monitor point monitoring
• 65,535 permanent monitor points;
monitoring a local host network
variable does not consume a persistent
monitor point
Specifications
• 8000 permanent monitor sets; each
monitor set may be used by any
application
PC Requirements
• 32,768 address table entries
Operating System
• 1024 alias table entries
• Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit and 32-bit),
Windows 7 (64-bit and 32-bit), Windows
Server 2012 (64-bit), Windows Server
2008 R2 (64-bit), Windows Server 2008
with SP2 (32-bit), or Windows XP with
SP3 (32-bit)
•250 simultaneous outgoing transactions
(when using a Layer 2 or IP-852 interface)
Minimum Hardware
• Intel Pentium III 1.3 GHz processor
or faster, and meeting the minimum
Windows requirements for the selected
version of Windows
• 250 simultaneous incoming
transactions (when using a Layer 2
or IP-852 interface)
Ordering Information
• IzoT Network Services Server Standard
Edition Activation Key
• IzoT Network Services Server Standard
Edition One-Year Maintenance Key
• 2 GB RAM
IzoT and LonWorks
Network Limits
Limits per Device
• 4096 datapoints or NVs per device
Limits per Network
• 20 active clients
• 32,385 devices (routers and network
service devices count as two devices
each)
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