ExportFolder (bacnet-BacnetExportFolder)

This component organizes export descriptors. It resides in two places in a station: under Local Device where it organizes the export descriptors found in the local station database, and elsewhere under the Bacnet Comm > Network component where it organizes server export descriptors.

NOTE: After adding an export folder, you can rename it (click to select it, then Ctrl + R). For clarity, rename it to match its Object Name.

Figure 28. ExportFolder properties

To add an export folder to a station, open the bacnet palette, expand the Server folder and copy the ExportFolder component to a location in the station.

To access these properties, right-click the ExportFolder and click Views > AX Property Sheet.

In addition to the common properties (Status and Fault Cause), this component has these properties.

Property	Value	Description
Object Id	drop-down list and number (from 0 to 4194302)	Identifies each device and component by the type of entity (`Object Id`) combined with a unique `Instance Number`. For devices (controllers, instruments, meters, etc.), `Instance Number` must be unique within the BACnet internetwork. For components (points, schedules, analog inputs, files, groups, multi state inputs, etc.), it must be unique within the device.
Object Name	text in the format name.name.name.name (default includes the entire component path in the station using period (“/) delimiters between parent.child levels)	Identifies a BACnet object. This name should be unique within this specific device. For components, this name includes the entire component path under the station’s Config using period (.) delimiters between parent.child levels. This enforces (externally) the BACnet requirement for unique names for all objects in a device. For a proxy point, this is the default name in the station. You can shorten or edit `Object Name`, however, each `Object Name` must be unique among all server descriptors under the Export Table.
Description	text	Adds information to more fully explain an object’s purpose, function or location. NOTE: After creation (adding) BACnet file descriptors, note that each descriptor also has additional properties accessible in its property sheet, along with those seen in the Add and Edit window.
Node Type	drop-down list, defaults to unknown	Classifies a BACnet object (node) as: `Unknown` `System` `Network` `Device` `Organizational` `Area` `Equipment` `Point` `Collection` `Property` `Functional` `Other`
Node Subtype	text, defaults to blank	Works with `Node Type` to more specifically classify a text descriptor.
Subordinates	additional properties	Refers to the structured view objects, which are available to other structured view objects.

ExportFolder (bacnet-BacnetExportFolder)

Figure 28. ExportFolder properties

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