HMS Networks Intesis User Manual page 20

Modbus Server – BACnet Client
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Intesis
In top section of the window BACnet Explorer Configuration, following parameters are available:
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Explore Mode: It can be either IP or MSTP, depending on last configuration downloaded to Intesis.
NOTE: Bacnet Explorer function will use or BACnet exploration actual parameters for
BACnet configured in Intesis. This is, values for Link layer (IP or MSTP), Device Object
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Instance, MAC & baud rate or IP address, etc.
Therefore, it might be necessary to download a basic BACnet configuration parameters
to the Intesis before proceeding with the scan of the BACnet network
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Advanced Configuration: In this section the way the scan is performed is configured. Following parameters
can be setup:
1. Start and End Instance: Search will be based on Device object instance number of present devices in
the network. Search can be done on all possible Instances (0 to 4194302) or narrowed down (until even
a single device) if the Device instance is known a priori, or within a certain range. Narrowing the value
between start and end instance will speed up the search for BACnet devices
2. Step: Number of BACnet devices queried at once.
3. Scan timeout: Timeout that will wait for answer after request from a BACnet device.
4. Discover MSTP slaves (only when Explore Mode is MSTP): Will enable scan of MSTP slave nodes (by
default, only MSTP master nodes will be discovered). If enabled, Start MAC, End MAC and Timeout (in
ms) for the scan can be adjusted.
5. MSTP Slaves through IP (only when Explore Mode is IP): In case that BACnet IP to MSTP routers are
present in the BACnet/IP network, will enable scan of MSTP slaves through the corresponding BACnet/IP
router (note that MSTP master nodes under a BACnet/IP router will always be scanned). If enabled, Net
Number, Start MAC, End MAC and Timeout (in ms) for the scan can be adjusted.
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Start BACnet Explorer: Exploration of the bacnet network will start once the window BACnet Explorer itself
is open. You can Stop and restart it (button Stop becomes Start), in order to stop scanning traffic in the
BACnet network. BACnet devices found in the network will appear in Explorer Results section as they
respond.
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Figure 5.8 BACnet Explorer sample results on scan dialog
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