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Table of Contents

How to add a BACnet

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Connector

1. The user needs to make sure that the Bacnet

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extensions are enabled in the Settings app

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Then the user selects Bacnet to add that particular connector.

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2. The user will navigate to the connector tree

  • Select on the (plus)
  • Then select on Add BACnet Connector

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3. After selecting Add BACnet Connector, the user will be prompted with a pop-up window called Add BACnet Connector. 

4. Now the user will enter the connectors info to be able to create it. The required fields are:

  • Display Name: this is the name that the user wants to choose for his connection 

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  • Com-Port: this is the

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  • com port where communication wires are tied to the device

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  • MSTP-Address: the actual MSTP address
  • Device Instance: this is the device id

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  • Network Number
  • Hop Count
  • Baud Number: 

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Once the user is done, hit create and the connector is created.
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After hitting Create the devices will get added to the connectors list
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Bacnet Template

If configuring a connector manually for bacnet template, make sure to add the below tags that would be needed if using our template logic found in the bacnetProperties.trio file.

  • description (Str) - this consists of  <siteName.floorName.ahuName> and formatted in that order.
  • location (Str) - this consists of <roomName.tenantName> and formatted in that order
  • objectName (Str) - device name
  • vendorId (Num) - vender id of the device being used
  • vendorName (Str) - vender name of the device being used

Note: If doing a bacnet template, next step after adding bacnet connector manually is Connector TemplateOn.

How to discover your BACnet IP devices

To discover a Bacnet Device the user will simply hit the plus sign first, and then instead of pressing the type of connector the small Magnifying glass in the top right corner will be pressed.

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This icon will pop up the device discovery menu, in which the user will select the type of connector to search for...in our example: Bacnet.
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Next the user can manually put in the Broadcast Address, Bind Address, Instance Number Start/End, Network Number, and Timeout or hit the Discover button to discover as is.
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The discovery process only finds the devices available in the user network (VPN is NOT included). Once all the devices have been found the user will select the desired one and hit the Add button.
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Then the window can be closed and the new added device can be found in the connectors window.
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Info
titleExtra Tags

For more advanced settings on the Bacnet connector the user can add:

  • the marker tag: bacnetUseConfirmedCov to make the COV subscription mechanism to use confirmed COV messages.
  • the number tag: bacnetInstance to specify what device instance number is used when the connector is in COV mode, the default instance number is 22000. Setting this value is required to avoid potential conflicts with an existing device on the network with the same instance number as the default used by the connector.

Can't discover devices or have non-standard devices?

If you are having trouble discovering devices or there are devices that are non-standard, go to this doc page: Multiple BACnet Instances or Non-standard port

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  • is the rate at which information is transferred in a communication channel

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5. After you are done entering your device information, click on the Add button

6. You will then be able to see your connector and be able to add your points to the DB Builder.

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How to discover your BACnet devices

1. The user will navigate to the Connector Tree

2. Then expand it so you can see the Select on BACnet option

3. The user will be presented two option on the grid view

  • Discover Settings
  • Discover

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Info

If the user wants to change the settings of their discovery, select Discover Settings

This will open a pop-up and will include the following:

  • Serial Port (MS/TP): this is the com port where communication wires are tied to the device
  • Baud Rate (MS/TP): is the rate at which information is transferred in a communication channel
  • Broadcast Address: Most of the times it will be FF, but the user can broadcast to a specific device if its address is known 
  • Instance Number Start: It is set to 0 by default and can be changed if needed to narrow down the discovery
  • Instance Number Start: It is set to 4194303 by default and can be changed if needed to narrow down the discovery
  • Network Number: It is set to 65535 by default and can be changed if needed
  • Timeout: this is how long it should try to discover


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4. Then after that, you can select any of the discovered devices and select the Add button on the bottom right corner to add them to your connectors panel.