Overview: Control networks span a wide range of application areas. Thesenetworks are put into action in the `Digital Home‘, industrialapplications, commercial buildings, transportation systems, gasstations, security systems, and they are found in most instances wheresmart sensors and smart actuators are used to exchange information.The authors of this volume provide an overview of various controlnetwork protocols and discuss LonTalk® protocol, Neuron® chip,programming model, network structures, network management,interoperability between nodes, application profiles, development andmaintenance
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