The L-Switch XP in a Network. LOYTEC L-Switch XP CEA-709

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6 The L-Switch XP in a Network

The L-Switch XP is based on LOYTEC’s powerful L-Core

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and L-Chip

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technology. It is designed to be very robust and reliable in high bandwidth applications.

6.1 L-Switch XP as Smart Switch

In this operation mode the L-Switch XP behaves completely transparent in a network. To put it simple: It installs like a repeater, but works like a router.

Installing and operating the L-Switch XP is plug and play when using the factory default settings, which have

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Subnet/node learning enabled,

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Group learning enabled,

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Bit-rate auto detection enabled, and

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Collision-less backbone mode for TP-1250 ports disabled.

After connecting the network cables, the L-Switch XP can be powered up and it will start its switching application.

When using a standard binding tool (e.g. LonMaker) bindings between nodes connected to different ports can be done without considering the L-Switch XP. Further, an L-Switch XP can be added anywhere to an already configured network without reconfiguring the nodes in the network.

Optionally the L-Switch XP can be configured as a repeater. If configured as repeater this does not have any impact on the routing algorithm of the L-Switch XP in smart switch mode.

In case the L-Switch XP has to be visible in an LNS base binding tool (e.g. LonMaker)

LOYTEC provides LonMaker shapes for the different L-Switch XP models (e.g. for documentation purposes). Please refer to application note AN006E “L-Switch XP and

LNS” (see Section 9) for details.

The smart switch mode is the default operation mode for all L-Switch XP models.

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