The LonWorks provides a platform for the for building industrial, transportation, home automation and public utility control networks to communicate with each other. LonWorks is a networking platform specifically created to address the unique performance, reliability, installation, and maintenance needs of control applications. It is popular for the automation of various functions within buildings such as lighting and HVAC. By 2006 approximately 60 million devices were installed with LonWorks technology.
It Manufacturers in a variety of industries including building, home, transportation, utility, and industrial automation have adopted the platform as the basis for their product and service offerings. A major goal of LonWorks is to give developers, from the same or different companies, the ability to design products that will be able to interact with one another.
The LonWorks protocol provides a common applications framework that ensures interoperability using powerful concepts called network variables and Standard Network Variable Types. LonWorks technology is accelerating the trend away from proprietary control schemes and centralized systems by providing interoperability, robust technology, faster development, and scale economies.
