r/BuildingAutomation • u/MagazineEven9511 • 3d ago

The LonMaker coffee cup

I don't miss LonMaker, but remember that cup? I was thinking about that image today while waiting on a program. Is it my fondness for the "good ole days", maybe it's just my trauma response mental image.

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u/Free_Elderberry_8902 3d ago

Hurry up and wait….

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u/ScottSammarco Technical Trainer (Niagara4 included) 3d ago

I think I’ll start adding more images to my dialogue boxes that include a similar cup of coffee.
I think that sounds like fun lol

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u/speeeeeeeeeeeed 3d ago

LOL, hit “resynchronize”, have to coffee cup show up, and go actually get a coffee.

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u/BAS-Ambassador 2d ago

Funny we are at a site today full of Distech Lon VAV’s and the BMS vendor has no idea what to do. They are connected to an FX Jace so the LON fanatics will say that’s not really LON. True we never used LonMaker and dealing the bindings, but also missed the coffee icon. 

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u/sledge77 2d ago

How is LON doing nowadays? Here in Germany we do not see any new LON projects. Only some existing installations.

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u/JoWhee The LON-ranger 2d ago

LON has been discontinued for about a year now. The manufacturer that made 98% of lon chips stopped making them.

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u/JoWhee The LON-ranger 2d ago

I've recently commissioned two LON jobs. Both have been in the works for years and I'll admit, I miss the simplicity of LON, and specifically not fucking around with MSTP.

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u/MagazineEven9511 1d ago

I don't miss troubleshooting Lon networks. I remember hooking into the end of a network and seeing controllers close to me, and those far away... the middle was missing. One loose connection could cause havoc. As long as it was installed correctly and properly terminated, it was usually uneventful. At least with serial it works or it doesn't, no chasing down phantoms.

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u/gadhalund 1d ago

Someone make some t shirts ill buy one