LonWorks network integration enables the integration of LonWorks devices into the Metasys system. The LonWorks Integration object runs in a network engine. The network engine serves as a LonWorks compatible workstation, from which you can monitor and command LonWorks objects using network variables in LonWorks devices. The network engine maps the LonWorks network variables, NexSys® points, and LN Series free-programmable internal objects to integrated objects that you can use in Metasys system applications, and provides features such as alarming.