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'''LonWorks''' or '''Local Operating Network''' is an open standard (ISO/IEC 14908) for networking platforms specifically created to address the needs of control applications. The platform is built on a protocol created by [[Echelon Corporation]] for networking devices over media such as [[twisted pair]], [[Power-line communication|power lines]], [[Optical fiber|fibre optics]], and [[wireless]]. It is used for the automation of various functions within buildings such as [[lighting]] and [[HVAC]]; see [[building automation]].
'''LonWorks''' or '''Local Operating Network''' is an open standard (ISO/IEC 14908) for networking platforms specifically created to address the needs of control applications. The platform is built on a protocol created by [[Echelon Corporation]] for networking devices over media such as [[twisted pair]], [[Power-line communication|power lines]], [[Optical fiber|fiber optics]], and [[wireless]]. It is used for the automation of various functions within buildings such as [[lighting]] and [[HVAC]]; see [[building automation]].


== Origins and uptake ==
== Origins and uptake ==


The technology has its origins with chip designs, power line and twisted pair, signaling technology, routers, network management software, and other products from [[Echelon Corporation]]. In 1999 the communications protocol (then known as [[LonTalk]]) was submitted to [[American National Standards Institute|ANSI]] and accepted as a standard for control networking ('''ANSI/CEA-709.1-B'''). Echelon's power line and twisted pair signaling technology was also submitted to ANSI for standardization and accepted. Since then, ANSI/CEA-709.1 has been accepted as the basis for [[IEEE 1473-L]] (in-train controls), [[Association of American Railroads|AAR]] electro-pneumatic braking systems for freight trains, [[International Forecourt Standards Forum|IFSF]] (European petrol station control), [[Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International|SEMI]] (semiconductor equipment manufacturing), and in 2005 as [[EN 14908]] (European building automation standard). The protocol is also one of several data link/physical layers of the [[BACnet]] [[American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers|ASHRAE]]/ANSI standard for [[building automation]].
The technology has its origins with chip designs, power line, twisted pair, signaling technology, routers, network management software, and other products from [[Echelon Corporation]]. In 1999 the communications protocol (then known as [[LonTalk]]) was submitted to [[American National Standards Institute|ANSI]] and accepted as a standard for control networking ('''ANSI/CEA-709.1-B'''). Echelon's power line and twisted pair signaling technology was also submitted to ANSI for standardization and accepted. Since then, ANSI/CEA-709.1 has been accepted as the basis for [[IEEE 1473-L]] (in-train controls), [[Association of American Railroads|AAR]] electro-pneumatic braking systems for freight trains, [[International Forecourt Standards Forum|IFSF]] (European petrol station control), [[Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International|SEMI]] (semiconductor equipment manufacturing), and in 2005 as [[EN 14908]] (European building automation standard). The protocol is also one of several data link/physical layers of the [[BACnet]] [[American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers|ASHRAE]]/ANSI standard for [[building automation]].


China ratified the technology as a national controls standard, GB/Z 20177.1-2006 and as a building and intelligent community standard, GB/T 20299.4-2006; and in 2007 CECED, the [[European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers]], adopted the protocol as part of its Household Appliances Control and Monitoring – Application Interworking Specification (AIS) standards.
China ratified the technology as a national controls standard, GB/Z 20177.1-2006, and as a building and intelligent community standard, GB/T 20299.4-2006; and in 2007 CECED, the [[European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers]], adopted the protocol as part of its Household Appliances Control and Monitoring – Application Interworking Specification (AIS) standards.


In 2008, [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] and [[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] granted the communications protocol, twisted pair signaling technology, power line signaling technology, and [[Internet Protocol]] (IP) compatibility standard numbers ISO/IEC 14908-1, -2, -3, and -4.<ref>{{cite press release |date=2008-12-03 |title=LonWorks Technology Achieves ISO/IEC Standardization |url=http://www.lonmark.org/news_events/press/2008/1208_iso_standard |access-date=2014-02-11}}</ref>
In 2008, [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] and [[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] granted the communications protocol, twisted pair signaling technology, power line signaling technology, and [[Internet Protocol]] (IP) compatibility standard numbers ISO/IEC 14908-1, -2, -3, and -4.<ref>{{cite press release |date=2008-12-03 |title=LonWorks Technology Achieves ISO/IEC Standardization |url=http://www.lonmark.org/news_events/press/2008/1208_iso_standard |access-date=2014-02-11}}</ref>

Revision as of 06:45, 7 July 2023

LonWorks or Local Operating Network is an open standard (ISO/IEC 14908) for networking platforms specifically created to address the needs of control applications. The platform is built on a protocol created by Echelon Corporation for networking devices over media such as twisted pair, power lines, fiber optics, and wireless. It is used for the automation of various functions within buildings such as lighting and HVAC; see building automation.

Origins and uptake

The technology has its origins with chip designs, power line, twisted pair, signaling technology, routers, network management software, and other products from Echelon Corporation. In 1999 the communications protocol (then known as LonTalk) was submitted to ANSI and accepted as a standard for control networking (ANSI/CEA-709.1-B). Echelon's power line and twisted pair signaling technology was also submitted to ANSI for standardization and accepted. Since then, ANSI/CEA-709.1 has been accepted as the basis for IEEE 1473-L (in-train controls), AAR electro-pneumatic braking systems for freight trains, IFSF (European petrol station control), SEMI (semiconductor equipment manufacturing), and in 2005 as EN 14908 (European building automation standard). The protocol is also one of several data link/physical layers of the BACnet ASHRAE/ANSI standard for building automation.

China ratified the technology as a national controls standard, GB/Z 20177.1-2006, and as a building and intelligent community standard, GB/T 20299.4-2006; and in 2007 CECED, the European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers, adopted the protocol as part of its Household Appliances Control and Monitoring – Application Interworking Specification (AIS) standards.

In 2008, ISO and IEC granted the communications protocol, twisted pair signaling technology, power line signaling technology, and Internet Protocol (IP) compatibility standard numbers ISO/IEC 14908-1, -2, -3, and -4.[1]

Usage

By 2010, approximately 90 million devices were installed with LonWorks technology. Manufacturers in a variety of industries including building, home, street lighting, transportation, utility, and industrial automation have adopted the platform as the basis for their product and service offerings. Statistics as to the number of locations using the LonWorks technology are scarce, but products and applications built on top of the platform include such diverse functions as embedded machine control, municipal and highway/tunnel/street lighting, heating and air conditioning systems, intelligent electricity metering, subway train control, building lighting, stadium lighting and speaker control, security systems, fire detection and suppression, and newborn location monitoring and alarming, as well as remote power generation load control.

Technical details

Two physical-layer signaling technologies, twisted pair free topology and power-line carrier, are typically included in each of the standards created around the LonWorks technology. The two-wire layer operates at 78 kbit/s using differential Manchester encoding, while the power line achieves either 5.4 or 3.6 kbit/s, depending on frequency.[2]

Additionally, the LonWorks platform uses an affiliated IP tunneling standard—ISO/IEC 14908-4[3] (ANSI/CEA-852)[4]—in use by a number of manufacturers[5] to connect the devices on previously deployed and new LonWorks platform-based networks to IP-aware applications or remote network-management tools. Many LonWorks platform-based control applications are being implemented with some sort of IP integration, either at the UI/application level or in the controls infrastructure. This is accomplished with Web services or IP-routing products available in the market.

An Echelon Corporation-designed IC consisting of several 8-bit processors, the Neuron chip was initially the only way to implement a LonTalk protocol node and is used in the large majority of LonWorks platform-based hardware. Since 1999, the protocol has been available for general-purpose processors: A port of the ANSI/CEA-709.1 standard to IP-based or 32-bit chips.[6]

Applications using LonWorks

SNVTs (Standard Network Variable Types)

One of the keys to the interoperability of the system is the standardisation of the variables used to describe physical things to LonWorks. This standards list is maintained by LonMark International, and each standard parameter is known as Standard Network Variable Type (SNVT, pronounced "sniv-it.") For example, a thermostat might report temperature using the SNVT_temp, defined as a 2-byte integer between zero and 65535, and representing a temperature between -274.0 and 6279.5 degrees Celsius at a precision of 0.1 °C.[8]

References

  1. ^ "LonWorks Technology Achieves ISO/IEC Standardization" (Press release). 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  2. ^ http://www.echelon.com/support/documentation/manuals/transceivers/005-0154-01D.pdf Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine PL3120/3150 transceiver data book, p5
  3. ^ http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=50360 IP Tunneling Protocol (International)
  4. ^ "CTA-852.1 : Enhanced Protocol for Tunneling Component Network Protocols over Internet Protocol Channels".
  5. ^ http://www.lonmark.org/membership/directory/ Directory of LonMark International Member Companies
  6. ^ "CTA-709.1 : Control Network Protocol Specification".
  7. ^ "The ARNAV FMS 7000 Flight Management System". Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology. 65 (5): 16. 1993. doi:10.1108/eb037379.
  8. ^ LONMARK® SNVT Master List (PDF) (Version 11, Revision 2 ed.). Echelon Corporation. May 2002. p. 118. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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