Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Creating and Redistributing LNS Device Plug ins
- 3 How Plug ins Work with Directors
- How Plug ins Are Represented in the LNS Object Server
- How Plug ins are Installed and Made Visible to LNS
- How Plug ins Implement the Registration Command
- How Plug ins Respond to Commands from a Director Other than Registration
- How Directors Launch and Manipulate Plug ins
- What Plug ins Do When They Run in Standalone Mode
- Responding to Property Reads and Writes
- Uninstallation Issues
- Appendix A Standard Plug in Commands
- Appendix B Standard Plug in Properties
- Appendix C Standard Plug in Object Classes
- Appendix D Standard Plug in Exceptions
1
Introduction
This chapter describes the types of plug-ins that are used with LONWORKS networks,
and it describes how director applications request actions from plug-ins. It explains
how the LNS Plug-in Framework allows plug-ins to function in the .NET
environment and interface with director applications.