System information
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction to the SmartServer SOAP/XML Interface
- 2 SOAP Messages and the SmartServer WSDL File
- 2.1 SmartServer Naming Structure
- 2.2 SmartServer WSDL File
- 2.3 Security
- 2.4 SOAP Request and Response Message Structure
- 2.5 SOAP Messages Formats
- 2.6 Data Point References
- 2.7 UCPTcurrentConfig
- 2.8 Fault Structure
- 2.9 LonString type
- 2.10 SOAP Message Examples
- 3 SmartServer Applications and the SOAP/XML Interface
- 3.1 Overview of SmartServer Applications
- 3.2 SmartServer XML Configuration Files
- 3.3 SmartServer Resource Files
- 3.3.1 Standard Network Variable Type (SNVT) Device Resource Files
- 3.3.2 Standard Configuration Property Type (SCPT) Device Resource Files
- 3.3.3 User Defined Network Variable Type (UNVT) Device Resource Files
- 3.3.4 User Defined Configuration Property Type (UCPT) Device Resource Files
- 3.3.5 Data Point Templates
- 3.3.6 Data Formatting
- 3.4 SOAP Functions
- 3.5 Performance Issues
- 4 Using the SmartServer Data Server
- 4.1 Creating and Modifying the Data Point XML Files
- 4.2 Overview of the Data Point XML File
- 4.3 Data Server SOAP Interface
- 4.3.1 Using the List Function on the Data Server
- 4.3.2 Using the Get Function on the Data Server
- 4.3.3 Using the Set Function on the Data Server
- 4.3.4 Using the Read Function on the Data Server
- 4.3.5 Using the Write Function on the Data Server
- 4.3.6 Using the Invoke Function to Reset Data Point Priorities
- 4.3.7 Data Point Values and Priority Levels
- 4.3.8 Using the Delete Function on the Data Server
- 4.4 Using the Web Binder Application
- 5 Data Loggers
- 5.1 Overview of the Data Logger XML File
- 5.2 Creating and Modifying the Data Logger XML File
- 5.3 Data Logger SOAP Interface
- 6 Alarm Generator
- 6.1 Overview of the Alarm Generator XML File
- 6.2 Creating and Modifying the Alarm Generator XML File
- 6.3 Alarm Generator SOAP Interface
- 7 Alarm Notifier
- 7.1 Overview of the AlarmNotifier XML File
- 7.2 Creating and Modifying the Alarm Notifier XML File
- 7.3 Alarm Notifier SOAP Interface
- 7.3.1 Using the List Function on an Alarm Notifier
- 7.3.2 Using the Get Function on an Alarm Notifier
- 7.3.3 Using the Set Function on an Alarm Notifier
- 7.3.4 Using the Read Function on an Alarm Notifier
- 7.3.5 Using the Write Function on an Alarm Notifier Log File
- 7.3.6 Using the Clear Function on an Alarm Notifier Log File
- 7.3.7 Using the Delete Function on an Alarm Notifier
- 8 Analog Function Block
- 9 Scheduler
- 9.1 Overview of the Scheduler XML File
- 9.2 Creating and Modifying the Scheduler XML File
- 9.3 Scheduler SOAP Interface
- 10 Calendar
- 10.1 Overview of the Calendar XML File
- 10.2 Creating and Modifying the Calendar XML File
- 10.3 Calendar SOAP Interface
- 11 Real Time Clock
- 12 Type Translator
- 12.1 Overview of the Type Translator XML File
- 12.2 Creating and Modifying the Type Translator XML File
- 12.3 Type Translator SOAP Interface
- 12.3.1 Using the List Function on a Type Translator
- 12.3.2 Using the Get Function on a Type Translator
- 12.3.3 Using the Set Function on a Type Translator
- 12.3.4 Pre Defined Type Translator Rules
- 12.3.4.1 16xSNVT_switch_TO_SNVT_state
- 12.3.4.2 SNVT_lev_disc_TO_SNVT_occupancy
- 12.3.4.3 SNVT_lev_disc_TO_SNVT_switch
- 12.3.4.4 SNVT_occupancy_TO_SNVT_setting
- 12.3.4.5 SNVT_scene_TO_SNVT_setting
- 12.3.4.6 SNVT_scene_TO_SNVT_switch
- 12.3.4.7 SNVT_setting_TO_SNVT_switch
- 12.3.4.8 SNVT_state_TO_16xSNVT_switch
- 12.3.4.9 SNVT_switch_TO_SNVT_lev_disc
- 13 Type Translator Rules
- 14 LonWorks Driver
- 14.1 LonWorks Networks
- 14.2 LonWorks Channels
- 14.3 LonWorks Devices
- 14.4 Routers
- 14.5 Remote Network Interface
- 14.6 LonWorks Functional Blocks
- 14.7 Network Variables (LonWorks Data Points)
- 14.8 Configuration Properties (LonWorks Data Points)
- 14.9 LonWorks Connections
- 15 Modbus Driver
- 16 M Bus Driver
- 17 Virtual Driver
- 18 File System Data
- 19 System Information Methods
- 20 Using the SOAP Interface as a Web Service
- 21 Programming Examples
- 21.1 Visual C#.NET Examples
- 21.1.1 Reading and Writing Data Point Values in Visual C# .NET
- 21.1.2 Creating and Reading a Data Logger in Visual C# .NET
- 21.1.3 Creating a Scheduler and Calendar in Visual C# .NET
- 21.1.4 Creating and Installing a LonWorks Device in Visual C# .NET
- 21.1.5 Commissioning External Devices in Visual C# .NET
- 21.1.6 Discovering and Installing External Devices in Visual C# .NET
- 21.1.7 Configuring the SmartServer in Visual C# .NET
- 21.2 Visual Basic.NET Examples
- 21.2.1 Reading and Writing Data Point Values in Visual Basic.NET
- 21.2.2 Creating and Reading a Data Logger in Visual Basic. NET
- 21.2.3 Creating a Scheduler and Calendar in Visual Basic.NET
- 21.2.4 Creating and Installing a LonWorks Device in Visual Basic.NET
- 21.2.5 Commissioning External Devices in Visual Basic.NET
- 21.2.6 Discovering and Installing External Devices in Visual Basic.NET
- 21.2.7 Configuring the SmartServer in Visual Basic.NET
- 21.1 Visual C#.NET Examples
- 22 Programming the SmartServer with Java
- Appendix A: SOAP Tester Example

i.LON SmartServer 2.0 Programmer’s Reference
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data point is still registered on its respective bus. The following code sample demonstrates how to use
the Delete function to delete a data point on the Data Server:
Request
<Delete xmlns="http://wsdl.echelon.com/web_services_ns/ilon100/v4.0/message/">
<iLonItem>
<Item xsi:type="LON_Dp_Cfg">
<UCPTname>Net/LON/iLON App/VirtFb/nvoSwitch</UCPTname>
</Item>
</iLonItem>
</Delete>
Response
<DeleteResponse xmlns="http://wsdl.echelon.com/web_services_ns/ilon100/v4.0/message/">
<iLonItem>
<UCPTfaultCount>0</UCPTfaultCount>
<Item>
<UCPTname>Net/LON/iLON App/VirtFb/nvoSwitch</UCPTname>
</Item>
</iLonItem>
</DeleteResponse>
Note: The xsi:types for the data points on the LONWORKS, Modbus, M-Bus, and Virtual drivers are as
follows:
Driver xsi:type
LONWORKS LON_Dp_Cfg
Modbus MOD_Dp_Cfg
M-Bus MBS_Dp_Cfg
Virtual Virtual_Dp_Cfg
4.4
Using the Web Binder Application
You can use the Web Binder application to create Web connections that allow direct data exchange
over a TCP/IP network between a SmartServer and another host device such as a remote SmartServer,
LNS Server, or a WebBinder Target Server (a Web server that can process SOAP requests such as
Apache or IIS). Once you create a Web connection, the SmartServer will send a Write message to the
target host device in the Web connection (called a WebBinder destination) each time a source data
point on the local SmartServer is updated. This means that you only need to implement the Write
function on the Data Server to create an application on the Web server that receives WebBinder
updates from the SmartServer.
You can create four types of web connections: internal bindings, peer-to-peer bindings, LNS uplink
bindings, and enterprise bindings.
• An internal binding is a connection between two data points on the same SmartServer. You can
create internal bindings on your local SmartServer or on a remote SmartServer that you have
added to the LAN. Internal bindings are useful for translating the data between two L
ONWORKS
devices that have incompatible formats, as well as translating data between devices on different
buses (L
ONWORKS, Modbus, and M-Bus).
• A peer-to-peer binding is a connection between two separate SmartServers. For example, you can
create a peer-to-peer binding between a data on your local SmartServer to a data point on a remote
SmartServer that you have added to the LAN. Peer-to-peer bindings provide an alternative
solution to IP-852 connections for connecting devices over multiple networks; however, they are