Adding a network
Use the following procedure to add a LonNetwork or LonIpNetwork component under the station’s Drivers container. If the host has multiple Lon ports, add one network for each physical port.
Prerequisites: You are connected to the remote station.
- Expand Config and double-click the station’s Drivers container.The Driver Manager view opens.
- To add a network, click New.The New window opens.
- Select
Lon NetworkorLon Ip Network, fill in the number of networks to add, and click OK.The second New window opens to name the network. - Name the network and click OK.The new network(s) reside under your Drivers container with a status of {ok}. If you create multiple networks at once, the driver configures each with a
Device NameofLON1,LON2, and so on. - To update the
Device Name, right-click the network node in the Nav tree, click , expand theLon Comm Configproperty.TheLon Comm Configproperties open.
You leave all
Lon Comm Configproperties at default values. The exception is when you have multiple Lon networks (physical Lon ports), where each network must have a uniqueDevice Name(LON1, LON2, and so on.). - Update the
Device Name(LON2,LON3, and so on.) and click Save.