Issue
What is extended lon talk?
Is there no support for connection objects in TAC XBuilder 5.1.5 and 5.1.6?
Environment
- TAC Vista 5.1.5, TAC Vista 5.1.6
- XBuilder
- Xenta Server
Cause
In the release TPA-VSTA-11-0013.00 for Vista 5.1.6 it says:
Extended LonTalk
It is not possible to write to Extended LonTalk devices within XBuilder. Connections have to be engineered using NL220, Lonmaker or TAC Vista Workstation through object transfers.
This can be misunderstood as connection objects are no longer supported. "Extended LON" means a newer type of neuron chip that has more address and domain tables (e.g. Loytec's LISA chip). The support for this was added in TAC Vista 5.1.5 but it is not added to the Xenta Servers. So support has not been removed for anything, just added support in TAC Vista.
Resolution
"Extended LON" refers to a newer type of neuron chip that has more address and domain tables (e.g. Loytec's LISA chip)
There are no change in the use of connection objects in TAC Xbuilder 5.1.5 and 5.1.6
