16 COMMISSIONING GATEWAY ON A LONWORKS NETWORK
Commissioning may only be performed by the LonWorks
administrator.
8.1 Commissioning Gateway on a
LonWorks Network
During the commissioning process, the LonWorks administrator
may prompt the user to hit the service pin on the gateway
at a specific point (this step occurs at different points of the
commissioning process for each LonWorks network management
tool).
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If an XIF file is required, see steps in
to generate
XIF.
Figure 22: LonWorks Service Pin Location
8.1.1 Instructions to Upload XIF File from Gateway
Using Browser
1. Connect a Cat-5 Ethernet cable (straight through or cross-over)
between the PC and Gateway.
2. The default IP Address for the Gateway is
192.168.1.24
,
Subnet Mask is
255.255.255.0
. If the PC and gateway are on
different IP networks, assign a static IP Address to the PC on
the 192.168.1.xxx network.
For Windows 10:
1. Find the search field in the local computer’s taskbar (usually to
the right of the windows icon (
) and type in “Control Panel”.
2. Click “Control Panel”, click “Network and Internet” and then
click “Network and Sharing Center”.
3. Click “Change adapter settings” on the left side of the window.
4. Right-click on “Local Area Connection” and select “Properties”
from the dropdown menu.
5. Highlight
and then click the
Properties button.
6. Select and enter a static IP Address on the same subnet. For
example:
7. Click the Okay button to close the Internet Protocol window
and the Close button to close the Ethernet Properties window.
8. Open a web browser and go to the following address: [IP
Address of Gateway]/fserver.xif
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Example: 192.168.1.24/fserver.xif
9. If the web browser prompts to save the file, save the file onto
the PC. If the web browser displays the xif file as a web page,
save the file onto the local PC as “fserver.xif”.
Figure 23: Sample of Fserver.XIF File Generated
8. COMMISSIONING GATEWAY ON A LONWORKS NETWORK
