Editing LonWorks (section)

== Origins and uptake ==

The technology had its origins with chip designs, power lines, [[Twisted pair|twisted pairs]], signaling technology, [[Router (computing)|routers]], network management software, and other products from [[Echelon Corporation]]. In 1999 the communications protocol (then known as [[LonTalk]]) was submitted to [[American National Standards Institute|ANSI]] and accepted as a standard for control networking ('''ANSI/CEA-709.1-B'''). Echelon's power line and [[twisted pair]] signaling technology were also submitted to [[ANSI]] for standardization and acceptance. Since then, ANSI/CEA-709.1 has been accepted as the basis for IEEE 1473-L (in-train controls), [[Association of American Railroads|AAR]] electro-pneumatic braking systems for freight trains, [[International Forecourt Standards Forum|IFSF]] (European petrol station control), [[Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International|SEMI]] (semiconductor equipment manufacturing), and in 2005 as [[EN 14908]] (European building automation standard). The protocol is also one of several data link/physical layers of the [[BACnet]] [[American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers|ASHRAE]]/[[ANSI]] standard for [[building automation]].

[[China]] ratified the technology as a national controls standard, GB/Z 20177.1-2006, and as a building and intelligent community standard, GB/T 20299.4-2006; and in 2007 CECED, the European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers, adopted the protocol as part of its Household Appliances Control and Monitoring – Application Interworking Specification (AIS) standards.

In 2008, [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] and [[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] granted the communications protocol, twisted pair signaling technology, power line signaling technology, and [[Internet Protocol]] (IP) compatibility standard numbers ISO/IEC 14908-1, -2, -3, and -4.<ref>{{cite press release |date=2008-12-03 |title=LonWorks Technology Achieves ISO/IEC Standardization |url=http://www.lonmark.org/news_events/press/2008/1208_iso_standard |access-date=2014-02-11}}</ref>