Controlling industrial devices over TCP/IP by using LonWorks

Author

Shahnasser, Hamid ; Wang, Quan

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., San Francisco State Univ., CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

1309

Abstract

This paper presents an implementation which can support LonWorks over IP networks. LonWorks is a control network technology which uses a control network protocol called LonTalk. Since LonTalk is different from IP network protocol TCP/IP, LonWorks itself cannot support IP networks automatically. Therefore, we must merge TCP/IP and LonTalk to implement LonWorks over IP networks. In this paper, the experiments used to test interoperability between TCP/IP and LonWorks are explained. The steps taken to set up experiments, such as building a LonWorks node, LonWorks network, and LonWorks over IP networks are described as well. Based on these experiments carried out to route information between LonWorks and IP networks, we have concluded that it is possible to control appliances and industrial devices over interconnected networks which use TCP/IP and LonTalk

Keywords

client-server systems; electric motors; machine control; open systems; telecontrol; transport protocols; IP networks; LonTalk; LonWorks; LonWorks network; LonWorks node; TCP/IP; appliances control; control network technology; industrial devices control; interconnected network; interoperability; Automatic control; Communication system control; Computerized monitoring; Hardware; Home appliances; IP networks; Industrial control; Protocols; TCPIP; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1998. GLOBECOM 1998. The Bridge to Global Integration. IEEE

Conference_Location

Sydney,NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4984-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1998.776930

Filename

776930