The BACnet Server acts a BACnet router-gateway (that we can manually configure in FIN) to have virtual networks of virtual devices. This way we can have part of the database created in FIN acting like a BACnet Device.

How to use the BACnet Server

To configure the BACnet Server, follow the below steps.

• Enable the BACnet Server extension.

• Then configure BACnet settings in the BACnet Global Config tool.

• After that, the user will then be able to use the Create BACnet Devices tool to do the rest.

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Supported Objects, Properties, and Services

Supported objects & properties are shown in this spreadsheet.

Supported services are shown in this spreadsheet.

BACnet Server Details

• An object's PRESENT_VALUE is dependent on PriorityArray and RelinquishDefault properties.

• All the project devices will be on same local network number and local bind address.

• All the project devices should have a unique device instance number and MAC address.

• Points with Str type and missing the enum tag, won't be added to Server Device (strings don’t exist in BACnet protocol).

• Writing a value of 0 to any specific index of MSV will clear that index (Null).

• When the Server is enabled, BBMD and FD are not supported and will not process local broadcast messages.

• BACnet Client and Server cannot communicate with each other on the same PC.

• If you have two FIN Servers, the Server Network Number has to be different.