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'''LonTalk''' is a networking protocol. Originally developed by [[Echelon Corporation]] for networking devices over media such as [[twisted pair]], [[Power line communication|powerline]]s, [[fiber optics]], and [[radio frequency|RF]]. It is popular for the automation of various functions in industrial control, [[home automation]], transportation, and buildings systems such as [[lighting]] and [[HVAC]] (such as in [[Intelligent building|intelligent buildings]]), the protocol has now been adopted as an open international control networking standard in the ISO/IEC 14908<ref>http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=60203 ISO/IEC 14908-1</ref> family of standards. Published through ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6, this standard specifies a multi-purpose control network protocol stack optimized for smart grid, smart building, and [[smart city]] applications.<br />
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==LonWorks==<br />
LonTalk is part of the technology platform called '''[[LonWorks]]'''.<br />
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==Protocol==<br />
The protocol is defined by ISO/IEC 14908.1 and published by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6. The LonTalk protocol has also been ratified by standards setting bodies in the following industries & regions:<br />
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* [[American National Standards Institute|ANSI]] Standard ANSI/CEA 709.1 - Control networking (US)<br />
* EN 14908 - Building controls (EU)<br />
* GB/Z 20177.1-2006 - Control networking and building controls (China)<br />
* [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]] 1473-L - Train controls (US)<br />
* SEMI E54 - Semiconductor manufacturing equipment sensors & actuators (US)<br />
* IFSF - International forecourt standard for EU petrol stations<br />
* [[Open smart grid protocol|OSGP]] - A widely use protocol for smart grid devices built on ISO/IEC 14908.1<br />
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The protocol is only available from the official distribution organizations of each regional standards body or in the form of microprocessors manufactured by companies that have ported the standard to their respective chip designs.<br />
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==Security==<br />
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An April 2015 cryptanalysis paper claims to have found serious security flaws in the OMA Digest algorithm of the Open Smart Grid Protocol, which itself is built on the same EN 14908 foundations as LonTalk. The authors speculate that "every other LonTalk-derived standard" is similarly vulnerable to the key-recovery attacks described.<ref>Philipp Jovanovic and Samuel Neves. ''Dumb Crypto in Smart Grids: Practical Cryptanalysis of the Open Smart Grid Protocol''. https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/428 - The Cryptology ePrint Archive</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[BACnet]] -- A building automation and control protocol standardized by [[ASHRAE]].<br />
* [[List of automation protocols]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.echelon.com/ Echelon Corporation Homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505010558/http://www.echelon.com/ |date=2020-05-05 }}<br />
*[http://global.ihs.com/doc_detail.cfm?item_s_key=00391891&item_key_date=971131&rid=CEA Global Engineering Documents (purchase the current EIA, non-ANSI, specification document for EIA/CEA 709.1]<br />
*[http://www.adeptsystems.com/ Adept Systems ]- wrote the C Reference Implementation of the LonTalk protocol<br />
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