To setup Lon over IP with Niagara as the Config Server

With the station opened in Workbench:

1. Open the lonIp palette in the palette side bar.

   Drag or copy a “LonIpNetwork” into the station’s Drivers container.

2. Double-click the LonIpNetwork for its Lon Device Manager view.

   Then double-click its Local Lon Device to edit its Channel Id, Subnet, and Node address to be consistent with the LonIp channel the station will join as a member. Save when done.

   Channel Id and subnet must match other devices on the channel, and the node address must be unique for that subnet.

3. Open the property sheet of the network’s Ip Channel, Network Config component.

   To do this from the Nav tree, expand the LonIpNetwork, then its ipChannel, then double-click Network Config.

   Change the property Is Config Server from false to true, then click Save.

   After you Save, and then refresh the property sheet, the property “Config Server Ip” should no longer appear in the property sheet.

4. Double-click the network’s ipChannel for its Member Manager view.

   Use the New button to add a member for each CEA-852 router, and also one for the JACE station too. For each member, edit the device’s IP address, IP port, and if needed, NAT IP address.

   

   • In the member that represents the station, enter the JACE’s own IP address. Typically, if using defaults, enter its Name as “Niagara” and leave the other properties (ipPort and natIpAddress) as is.

   • For any member behind a NAT router, its ipAddress is the address on the local network, and the natIpAddress is the NAT router address on the Internet side.

   All other properties (starting with “routerType”) will be set with data obtained from each device.

   For more details about setup behind a NAT router, see the next section Setup notes if a NAT router firewall . For additional details on ChannelMembers, see ChannelMember