| DOS Software |
| This page contains some useful software that I've written over the years. Most of it is DOS-based, which means, I guess, that sooner or later it won't run on Windoze boxes. But it's in ANSI C, so have fun porting it. The user interfaces are strictly command-line style right out of the 1980's. That's when I last programmed for a living. Back then Windows, Icons, Menus and Pull-downs were called the WIMP interface....... |
| NodeUtil This well-loved LonWorks utility allows you to get inside the Neuron's firmware images. Most of what it does is documented in Appendix A and Appendix B of the Neuron Chip Data Book, which describe the internal data structures of the Neuron Chip, and the network management messages that manipulate them. |
| NodeWiz If NodeUtil is a sharp knife, then NodeWiz is a power saw. You can look in more detail at the innards of your Neuron C program, download a new one, modify many things, and automate the whole process. |
| LoadApp LoadApp downloads a new application image (.NXE file) to a node. It does a half-assed job, since it doesn't know how to update the network image or the communications parameters. |
| NCSim NCSim lets you look at the innards of a Neuron hex image file much like NodeUtil. But you don't need any actual hardware to run it on. NCSim also contains a primitive instruction-level simulator, which can be useful for debugging simple assembly-language programs. See the Neuron page for info on writing assembly code. |
| LnMkUtil LnMkUtil will examine an external interface (XIF file) for conformance to the LonMark Interoperability Guidelines, version 3.0. That version is now out-of-date, but this program can still be useful. |
| Complete source code for these programs |
| NEI20MHz Source code for a program that can modify the communications parameter record in the .NEI file used for programming 3120's. If you develop a new transceiver, you might want to add it to the options in this program. |
| Neuron Software |
| LPTool A portable traffic analyzer based on a 4X20 LCD display connected to a Neuron. Also includes JABBER.NC - the world's fastest LonTalk packet generator. No longer available |
| FreeStak A couple of routines to tell you how much free stack space is available on the Neuron's application CPU. |
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