Echelon PL-20 User manual

Insert the Mini EVK CD into your CD-ROM drive.
1. The Mini EVK installer starts automatically.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software.
3. When you have finished, eject the CD.
Assemble the Evaluation Boards and run the demo applications.
1. Connect each
MiniGizmo to an
Evaluation Board.
2. Connect a Mini EVK
Power Line Power
Supply to each
Evaluation Board, and
then plug in the power
supplies.
3. After you plug in the power supplies, LED1 will begin flashing, indicating that the Evaluation Board
has entered CENELEC configuration mode. If LED8 is on, then the CENELEC access protocol is
enabled. If LED8 is off, CENELEC is disabled. You can press the SW8 button to enable or disable
CENELEC. When you have made a selection, press the SW1 button to confirm your selection and exit
CENELEC configuration mode.You will not be able to perform any network operations with the
Evaluation Board until you have made a selection and exited CENELEC configuration mode.See the
Mini EVK User's Guide for more information on the CENELEC access protocol.
4. Connect push buttons on the PL 3120®Evaluation Board to LEDs on the PL 3150®Evaluation Board
by pushing the Connect button (SW5 – SW8 on the 3150 Evaluation Board or SW8 on the 3120
Evaluation Board) on
either board, then the
Connect button on
the other board, and
then pressing Connect
button on the first
board again.
Mini EVK PL-20 Quick StartGuide
Attach your computer to the power line channel.
1. Connect a Mini
EVK Power Line
Power Supply to
the U20 USB
Network Interface,
and then plug in
the power supply.
2. Plug in the U20
USB Network
Interface into a
USB port on your
computer.
3. On Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, choose any of the three Windows Update options,
at your preference. Click Next to continue.
4. Select Install the Software Automatically (Recommended). Click Next to continue.
5. Acompletion dialog appears.Click Finish.
Run the Monitoring & Control Example Application.
1. Click the Windows Start button, point to All Programs, point to Echelon Mini EVK, and
then click Monitoring &
Control Example
Application.
2. Select LON1 as the network
interface, and then click
Connect.
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SW5 – SW8 (3150)
SW8 (3120)

2. To create an application, write Neuron®C
code using a text editor of your choice
such as Windows Notepad, and then use
the Application tab to select your source
file, select your target hardware, and then
build an application image.Alternatively,
you can select one of the example appli-
cations.
3. Click the Device tab, select LON1 as the net-
work interface, and then click Connect.
4. Press the Service button on your device, and
then click OK to select the device.
5. Select an application image to load, and then
click Load to load the application image into
the device.
6. After you load an application that has support for the CENELEC Configuration Library enabled,
LED1 will begin flashing, indicating that the Evaluation Board has entered CENELEC configura-
tion mode. If LED8 is on, then CENELEC is enabled. If LED8 is off, CENELEC is disabled. You can
press the SW8 button to enable or disable CENELEC. When you have made a selection, press the
SW1 button to confirm your selection and exit CENELEC configuration mode.You will not be able
to load another application into the Evaluation Board, or perform any network operations with
the Evaluation Board, until you have made a selection and exited CENELEC configuration mode.
For more information, see the following documentation included in your Echelon
Mini EVK program folder:
•Mini EVK User’s Guide—for more information on the examples and how to develop applica-
tions with the Mini Application.
•Mini EVK Hardware Guide—for more information on the Evaluation Boards and MiniGizmo.
•Introduction to the LONWORKS®System—for more information on the LONWORKS platform.
3. Click Add to open the
Add Device dialog,
and then press the PL
3150 Evaluation
Board’s Service
button. The board’s
Neuron ID appears
on the Add Device dialog.
4. Click OK to connect the board to the Monitoring
&Control Example Application.
5. Control the MiniGizmo LEDs by clicking the light
switch icons, and monitor the MiniGizmo temper-
ature sensor.
Use the Mini EVK Application to load other example applications and to create
your own applications.
1. Click the Windows Start button, point to All Programs,point to Echelon Mini EVK,and then
click Mini EVK Application.
Copyright © 2005-2006, Echelon Corporation. Echelon, LONWORKS, Neuron, 3120, 3150, and the Echelon logo are registered trademarks of Echelon Corporation. Other marks belong to their respective holders. P/N 078-0301-01C
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