Table Of Contents - FieldServer FS-8704-06 BACnet Instruction Manual

FS-8704-06 BACnet IP Driver Manual
1. BACNET IP DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................. 3
2. DRIVER SCOPE OF SUPPLY........................................................................................................... 3
2.1. Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver .................................................................. 3
2.2. Provided by the Supplier of 3
2.2.1. Hardware ................................................................................................................................. 3
3. HARDWARE CONNECTIONS .......................................................................................................... 4
4. CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A BACNET IP CLIENT ................................................... 5
4.1. Data Arrays/Descriptors............................................................................................................... 5
4.2. Client Side Connection Descriptions ........................................................................................... 6
4.3. Client Side Node Descriptors....................................................................................................... 6
4.4. Client Side Map Descriptors ........................................................................................................ 7
4.4.1. FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters ................................................................... 7
4.4.2. Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters ............................................................................ 7
4.4.3. Timing Parameters .................................................................................................................. 7
4.4.4. Map Descriptor Example ......................................................................................................... 8
5. CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A BACNET IP SERVER ................................................. 9
5.1. Driver Specific FieldServer Parameters ...................................................................................... 9
5.2. Server Side Connection Descriptors ........................................................................................... 9
5.3. Server Side Node Descriptors ................................................................................................... 10
5.4. Server Side Map Descriptors..................................................................................................... 10
5.4.1. FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ................................................................. 10
5.4.2. Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters .......................................................................... 11
5.5. Map Descriptor Example ........................................................................................................... 12
APPENDIX A. DRIVER NOTES........................................................................................................... 13
Appendix A.1. Data_Type Legal Values - Abbreviation Descriptions ............................................. 13
APPENDIX B. ADVANCED TOPICS ................................................................................................... 14
Appendix B.1. BACnet object names............................................................................................... 14
Appendix B.2. BACnet Priority Arrays ............................................................................................. 14
Appendix B.3. Limitations of the BACnet Read_Property_Multiple service. ................................... 14
Appendix B.4. IP Address Issues related to BACnet IP .................................................................. 15
Appendix B.5. Network number ....................................................................................................... 15
Appendix B.6. Using BBMD ............................................................................................................. 15
Appendix B.7. BACnet State Text Preload ...................................................................................... 20
APPENDIX C. TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS ........................................................................................ 21
Appendix C.1. Debugging a BACnet connection ............................................................................. 21
Appendix C.2. BACnet Specific Statistics ........................................................................................ 21
APPENDIX D. UNITS ........................................................................................................................... 22
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