Adding proxy points
As with device objects in other drivers, each remote controller station has a BacnetDevice with a Points extension that contains the device points. The default view for the BACnet points extension is the Bacnet Point Manager. If the controller is online, this is the easiest way to accurately add BACnet points under a BacnetDevice.
Prerequisites: You are working in
- Expand and double-click BacnetNetwork.A Bacnet Device Manager view opens.
- Under the
Extscolumn, double-click the Points icon (
) in the row.The Bacnet Point Manager view opens. - To discover the points, click Discover.A progress bar appears at the top of the view. When the discovery job completes, the system lists the discovered points in the top pane of the view. Each point occupies one row.
- If needed, you can click to expand the objects (by default,
presentValueis on top of any object). - Select the property of the discovered device you wish to proxy.Typically, this is the default (top)
presentValueproperty, but you may wish to create one or more additional proxy points for other properties (expand the discovered object). Possible examples includeeventState, or, for a priority-type device, a particularpriorityArrayindex(level). - To map selected items in the station database do one of the following:
- Drag from the Discovered pane to Database pane.
- Double-click an item in the Discovered pane.
- Click to select in Discovered pane, then press a.
The Add window opens.
The discovered object determines the initial property value. To deal with proprietary object types and properties, refer to the numerical codes supplied by the device vendor.
- Do one of the following:
- Click to highlight the
Object Idor theProperty Idand type in the needed numeric code. For example, a proprietary property 1000 may be included on a company’s analog input objects. - If you added the relevant enumeration value into the BACnet device’s
Enumeration Listproperty, you should be able to select theObject IdorProperty Idby name from the drop-down list.
- Click to highlight the
- To complete the configuration, click OK.The system adds the points to the station database and displays them in the Database pane.
- To manually add points, click the New button in the Bacnet Point Manager or drag points from the bacnet palette.