HMS Intesis ASCII Server User Manual page 21

ASCII Server – BACnet Client
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Intesis
If properly connected to the Intesis, following dialog will appear:
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.
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Figure 5.7 BACnet Network scan button
Figure 5.8 BACnet Network scan dialog
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