Product Listing by Protocol
Network I/O for LonWorks® Free Topology
Gateways
AddMe III provides 32 LonWorks I/O points using LonMark functional profiles
LonWorks Freely Programmable I/O

Control Solutions' AddMe III  provides the perfect add-on I/O for virtually any system, expanding your system by 32 I/O points per node. AddMe III is based on our popular AddMe II, and adds 2 more analog inputs, HOA switches and indicators, dual processors, and a built-in Modbus RTU gateway. The most powerful addition to this version of AddMe is the "freely programmable" controller capability.
Control Solutions LonWorks I/O is freely programmable.

LonWorks Freely Programmable I/O

Control Solutions' AddMe Lite brings the AddMe tradition to the first of several lower point count nodes. AddMe Lite includes all of the functional features of the bigger AddMe III, but with a smaller package, smaller price, and lower point count. AddMe Lite is also "freely programmable".

All of our AddMe series Modbus I/O modules are programmable in a high level control language, and now we offer you a Free simulator and debugging tool.
New to LonWorks?
LonWorks 101 will get you started.
Network Gateways
for LonWorks

Control Solutions has gateways for putting non-LonWorks devices on LonWorks Free Topology networks with a focus on facility management and building automation. Visit the Gateways for LonWorks page for a complete summary.
AddMe II provides 30 LonWorks I/O points using LonMark functional profiles
LonWorks Slave I/O

Control Solutions' AddMe II represents our best efforts in providing value to our customers. We have packed 30 I/O points in this neatly packaged, DIN rail mounted device. AddMe II provides the perfect add-on I/O for your LonWorks based system, expanding your system by 30 I/O points per node.
AddMe III provides 32 LonWorks I/O points using LonMark functional profiles
LonWorks Slave I/O

Control Solutions' Six Pak is the pint size version of our original AddMe II LonWorks I/O node. The Six Pak has six I/O points: Four analog/universal inputs, and 2 FET discrete outputs. Each input has full alarm capability identical to AddMe II.

AddMe II functional profiles make system integration easier.
LonWorks 2.0

The introduction of LonWorks 2.0 is leading to some confusion about whether LonWorks has changed. The protocol has not changed. The new FT5000 chips use ISO/IEC 14908.1 and 14908.2, and ANSI 709.1 and ANSI 709.3 just like all the other LonWorks chips and products.

The main thing that is really new about LonWorks 2.0 is the FX installation tools. They are said to be streamlined and faster. The chips themselves are also faster, and implemented with newer technology.

The new FT5000 chips will start sampling mid-2009. Production of FT5000 based products is not likely before 2010. The first FT5000 based products from Control Solutions will be enhanced versions of certain gateways. Existing models of LonWorks products will not be discontinued any time soon.

Embedded Server with LonWorks® Support
Control Solutions i.CanDoIt web server includes LonWorks I/O support.
Web Server

Control Solutions' AddMe III i.CanDoIt® web server includes LonWorks support in its I/O library. Data logging, scheduling, alarm monitoring, and email notifications are among its features. The web server includes "freely programmable" controller capability.

Advanced i.CanDoIt®
For flexible, powerful
Remote Monitoring & Control

 • Access LonWorks I/O using unbound polling
• Simple alarm setup
• Email notification of alarms
• Local or remote I/O response to alarms
• Simple linked I/O with simple logic
• Includes Modus/TCP Client and Server (Master and Slave)
• Advanced rule based event processing
• Fill in the blank rule templates
• Modbus RTU to TCP gateway
• Structured PL/i programming
• Time/date scheduler, virtual calendar
• Astronomical clock for setting registers or I/O
• Control local I/O or remote devices linked via Modbus
• Event logging to CSV file
• Periodic data logging to CSV file
• Scheduler driven data logging
• Data trending with logging & action rules
• On time tracking (e.g. compressor run time)
• Embedded web server for configuration
• FTP server for XML configuration file upload
• Telnet server for user account maintenance
• User HTML wrapper
• LogMyData web portal ready

A very quick tutorial on setting up Scheduling in i.CanDoIt®

Suppose you want the lights in the parking lot to come on half hour before sunset, and go off half hour after sunrise. One way to do that is use a time clock and reset it a few times a year. The better way to do that with i.CanDoIt® is use the astronomical clock. Instead of on and off times, you simply say "dawn" and "dusk" with an optional offset.

In this example, we set register #11 half hour before sunset, and clear it half hour after sunrise. Our hardware configuration determined that register #11 is allocated to Relay 3, which we have wired to control the parking lot lights. Register #12, Relay 4, shows how to do it the old way.