i.LON^® 10 Ethernet Adapter ReadMe File
Service Release 2.00.28, April 2007

1. Introduction

Service release 2.00.28 contains instructions for updating to the i.LON 10 firmware release 2.00.28, which is located on the echelon web site at www.echelon.com/ilon. The update includes a revised web server that is required to make the i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter work with Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.

See Echelon’s Knowledge Base at www.echelon.com/support for answers to frequently asked questions.

2. Contents

1. Introduction. 1

2. Contents. 1

3. i.LON 10 CD Contents. 1

4. i.LON 10 Firmware Update Instructions. 2

5. Known Problems and Workarounds. 3

3. i.LON 10 CD Contents

The “Documentation” directory contains the following PDF documents:

1. iLON10QS.PDF - "i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter Quick Start Guide"

2. iLON10UG.PDF - "i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter User’s Guide"

The most recent version of these documents can be found at http://www.echelon.com/support/documentation/Manuals.

If you do not have the Adobe Reader installed, click http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html, to go to the Adobe Reader download page.

The "iLon10" directory contains the WebConvert.exe utility. You can read about the utility in the i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter User's Guide, Appendix A. The "iLon10\Firmware" directory contains the firmware image for the i.LON 10, version 2.0. See section 4 for Firmware Update instructions.

With this firmware release, you can now use Echelon’s OpenLDV(tm) product with the i.LON 10 Ethernet Adapter in your networked application. Information about OpenLDV may be found on the Echelon downloads web page at www.echelon.com/downloads.

4. i.LON 10 Firmware Update Instructions

4.1. Get the version 2.0.28 firmware by running the Setup.exe found on the CD, or download the latest version from http://www.echelon.com/downloads/.

4.2. Update the routing table of your PC by executing the following at the command prompt: "route add 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 %computername%"

4.3. Do a Security Access Reset (SAR) as described in the quickstart guide on the CD. To avoid IP address conflicts and configuration by another user, use a cross-over cable directly connected to both your PC and the i.LON 10 while in SAR mode.

4.4. Point your browser to the i.LON 10 (192.168.1.222/config/ after Security Access Reset). The default username/password pair is "ilon/ilon".

4.5. Click the firmware update link on the i.LON 10's configuration web page, and select the "Update Firmware" button.

4.6. Open a command prompt and upload the latest firmware (you downloaded it in step 5.1) to the i.LON 10. The command line is:" tftp -i 192.168.1.222 PUT C:\Program Files\Echelon\iLON 10\iLON 10\Firmware\Eethlonb20028.hex ilon". This operation may take a couple of minutes to complete. Wait for the DOS prompt to reappear before proceeding to the next step.

4.7. Perform a Security Access Reset.

4.8. Point your browser to the i.LON 10 (192.168.1.222/config/ after security access reset).

4.9. Note that the web pages look slightly different. Verify that the current firmware version reads “2.00.28” on the Status page. (http://192.168.1.222/status/)

4.10. Click the security link to get to the security page. This page is only visible after security access reset when the “Allow access to secure pages without Security Access Reset (SAR)” option is disabled. After you reboot, the link may no longer be available. Check the box to allow HTTP access, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the Save and Exit button.

4.11. Follow the link supplied in the web page (username/password pair is still “ilon/ilon” unless you changed it). Note that now that the i.LON 10 has been reset, access to the security page is no longer available.

4.12. Click setup and provide the IP address you will use for subsequent access. Click the Save & Exit button.

4.13. Clean up the routing table of your PC by executing the following command at the command prompt:

route delete 192.168.1.0

4.14. The i.LON 10 is now ready to use. Follow the steps in the quick start guide to connect to your LONWORKS network through the i.LON 10.

5. Known Problems and Workarounds

Some of the i.LON 10 web pages references are inaccessible when the i.LON 10 IP Address is translated by a NAT firewall. This means that if the i.LON 10 is installed with a NAT-translated IP address, HTTP access to some i.LON web pages from outside the firewall may require the terminating slash “/” character. For example, the address http://<IP ADDRESS>/config may not be accessible to PCs located outside of the firewall. However, external users will still be able to access the web pages at http://<IP ADDRESS>/config/.

WORKAROUND: When accessing the i.LON from outside the firewall, make sure that the web reference page includes the trailing slash, “/”.

Echelon, LON, LonWorks, and i.LON are registered trademarks of Echelon Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. OpenLDV is a trademark of Echelon Corporation.