SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
April 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Internet of Things pioneer Echelon Corp (NASDAQ: ELON) has
just released IzoT Commissioning Tool 4.1 (IzoT CT), which takes
advantage of LON/IP, the extension of the ISO standard LON protocol
to IP-enabled networks. The new release also adds support for 50
new standard profiles focused on interoperable building and control
systems. IzoT CT allows commercial and industrial customers to
easily and securely deploy, configure, program, and operate
large-scale networks of devices across a wide range of device types
from a Windows laptop. This upgrade to Echelon's popular
commissioning tool is a key component of Echelon's embrace, extend
and enhance strategy to make embedded device networks accessible to
the cloud, and demonstrates Echelon's ongoing leadership in
innovation for the Industrial IoT (IIoT).
"This release of IzoT CT embraces emerging room control and
building automation IoT devices and extends the reach of the most
popular LON commissioning tool to IP-based networks," said
Rich Blomseth, Product Management
Director. "The result is a standard installation tool for
networks with IoT devices on LON and LAN networks, with support for
more types of interoperable devices and installation tools than
competing technologies."
LON/IP leverages the network infrastructure already deployed for
IP networks in buildings, factories, transportation systems, and
other industrial IoT environments. By supporting LON/IP, the
IzoT CT upgrade is the only installation tool needed to embrace all
the devices in a LON network and extend the reach of the network
across a traditional IP-based LAN infrastructure, making it
possible for a single tool to install and manage all the IIoT
devices in a large building, campus, or factory with a fully
integrated LON and LAN infrastructure.
Profiles are the building blocks for creating interoperable
communities of devices. Each profile defines a standard network
interface for a common IoT component such as a variable air volume
controller, light-level sensor, security sensor, temperature
sensor, traffic sensor, lighting controller, sunblind controller,
or room controller. LonMark International has led the industry with
standard LON profiles for more than 100 devices, and recently added
more than 50 additional profiles for open building and control
systems. The new profiles define communications between room
controls and building automation control systems, and are now fully
integrated into IzoT CT, providing an industry leading number of
standard profiles for IoT network integrators. All the profiles are
standardized by LonMark through the American national standard
ANSI/CEA-709.6 and the European standard CEN EN 14908-6.
For more detail, go to
https://www.echelon.com/products/commissioning-tool/izot.
About Echelon Corporation:
For 30 years Echelon (NASDAQ:ELON) has pioneered the development
of open-standard networking platforms for connecting, monitoring
and controlling devices in commercial and industrial applications.
With more than 140 million connected devices installed worldwide,
Echelon's solutions host a range of applications enabling customers
to reduce energy and operational costs, improve safety and comfort,
and create efficiencies through optimizing physical systems.
Echelon is focusing today on two IoT (Internet of Things) market
areas: creating smart cities and smart campuses through connected
outdoor lighting systems, and enabling device makers to bring
connected products to market faster via a range of IoT-optimized
embedded systems. More information about Echelon can be found at
www.echelon.com.
Echelon, the Echelon logo, and IzoT, are trademarks of
Echelon Corporation that may be registered in the United States and other countries. Other
product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of
their respective owners.
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plans, events or performance. Such statements may involve risks and
uncertainties, the risk that Echelon's offerings by themselves or
combined with other applications or offerings do not perform as
designed or do not offer the expected benefits and savings; and
other risks identified in Echelon's SEC filings. Actual results,
events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned
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which speak only as of the date hereof. Echelon undertakes no
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unanticipated events.
Contact:
Thomas
Cook
Echelon Corp.
tcook@echelon.com
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