BB2-7030 User Guide – Rev. 1.0
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5.
Using
the
BB2
7030
as
a
BACnet
Server
The BB2-7030 contains a set of BACnet objects whose only purpose is to store copies of data
obtained from other devices. This copy of data may then be queried by different devices, or
written to different devices by the BB2-7030 client functions.
The collection of objects includes Analog, Binary, and Multi-State types of objects, and includes
Input, (commandable) Output, and (writeable) Value types of each of those objects. The BB2-
7030 also contains a Device object which is shared with router functions. All of the remaining
objects noted here are not used by routing functions.
The BB2-7030 is a BACnet router, and routes packets as defined for routing by the BACnet
protocol specification. The BB2-7030 is also a gateway and can perform certain gateway
functions regardless of whether being used for routing purposes. The gateway functions all rely
upon the input, output, and value objects that store copies of data from devices.
Data may be placed in the local objects by other devices writing to the BB2-7030, or by the
BB2-7030 querying other devices. When the BB2-7030 is configured to query other devices,
these operations are defined by “read maps” and “write maps” associated with the respective
client function (e.g. BACnet client, Modbus TCP client, SNMP client).
The following pages illustrate the Analog Input object page and the Analog Output object page.
The remaining object pages found in the BB2-7030 are virtually identical, and are not replicated
here.
