Bacnet Device Manager
This is the default view for the BacnetNetwork, and works in a similar manner to other device managers that support online
device discovery.
Figure 165. Bacnet Device Manager
To open this view, expand and double–click BacnetNetwork or right-click BacnetNetwork and click .
Discovered pane
As in other manager views, when you click Discover this manager goes into Learn mode, opens two panes, and executes a discover job. Discover returns multiple objects, each of which occupies one row in the table.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Device Name | Displays the device name. |
| Device ID | Displays the device identifier. |
| Network | Displays the network number. |
| MAC Addr |
Displays the Media Access Control (MAC) address.
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| Vendor | Displays the name of device manufacturer. |
| Model | Displays the device model name. |
| Firmware Rev | Displays the firmware version in use. |
Database pane
This pane displays the newly added devices either from Discovered pane or by using New button.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Displays the name of the BACnet device. |
| Type | Displays the type of BACnet device. |
| Exts |
Displays the device extension’s hyperlinks, including: Points, Alarms, Schedules, Trend Logs and Config.
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| Device ID | Displays the assigned ID to the device. |
| Status | Display the current status of the device. |
| Netwk | Displays the network number. |
| MAC Addr |
Displays the Media Access Control (MAC) address.
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| MAC APDU | Displays the Media Access Control (MAC) Application Protocol Data Units (APDU) for the device. |
| Segmentation | Indicates if message segmentation was required. If a BACnet message does not fit in a single packet, the driver uses segmentation. |
| Vendor | Displays the name of the device manufacturer. |
| Model | Displays the device model name. |
| Firmware Rev | Displays the version of firmware in use. |
| App SW Version | Indicates the application software version. |
| Encoding | Displays the name of the universal standard used for coding multilingual text. |
| Health | Displays the status of the device. |
| Enabled | Indicates if the device is online (enabled) or not (disabled). |
| Use Cov | Indicates if change-of-value was used (true) to monitor proxy point values.
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| Use Cov Property | Indicates if the tuning policy proccessed COV notification (true).
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| Max Cov Subscriptions | Displays the maximum number of COV subscriptions that the database attempts to use with this device. |
| Cov Subscriptions | Displays the number of COV subscriptions the database used with this device. |
Exts—Extension hyperlinks
Double-clicking an extension hyperlink opens a Property Sheet or other view.
Figure 166. Extension hyperlinks
- Points extension hyperlink: opens the Bacnet Point Manager view.
- Alarms extension hyperlink opens the Alarms Property Sheet.
- Schedule extension hyperlink opens the Bacnet Schedule Import Manager.
- History extension hyperlink opens the Bacnet History Import Manager.
- Config extension hyperlink opens the Bacnet Config Manager.
Buttons
- New Folder creates a new folder for devices. Each such folder provides its own set of manager views.
- New creates a new device record in the database.
- Edit opens the device’s database record for updating.
- Discover runs a discover job to locate installed devices, which appear in the Discovered pane. This view has a standard appearance that is similar to all Device Manager views.
- Cancel ends the current discovery job.
- Add inserts into the database a record for the discovered and selected object.
- Match associates a discovered device with a record that is already in the database.
- TSync synchronizes the time.
- DeviceID changes the device ID in the device.
Manager menu
These actions are available on this view’s Manager menu.
| Menu item | Description |
|---|---|
| New Folder | Creates a new folder (same function as the New Folder button). |
| All Descendents | Expands the selected folder to reveal all subordinate objects. |
| New | Creates a new device record in the database. |
| Edit | Opens the Edit window for updating the selected record. |
| Learn Mode | Controls the discovery of devices and adding them to the database. |
| Discover | Initiates a discovery job (same as clicking the Discover button). |
| Cancel | Stops the current job. |
| Add | Opens an Add window with properties to configure before adding the selected record(s) in the Discovery pane to the database. |
| Quick Add | Adds the selected record(s) in the Discovery pane to the database. |
| Match | Opens a window with properties to configure before matching the discovered record with a record in the database. |
| Quick Match | Matches the selected record with its sister record that is already in the database. |
| DevTemplate Mode | Opens a Templates pane. The Niagara Templates Guide documents templates. |
| Who Has | Opens a window for searching for objects by name. |
| TSynch | Aligns the current time in the device with the time maintained by the network. |
| Tag Mode | Opens a Tag Dictionary pane for managing metadata tags. The Niagara Tagging Guide documents tag. |
| TagIt | Associates an item of metadata, such as location or unique configuration, with the object. |
| Template Config | Accesses the station template that defines configuration options. |