FS-8700-16 BACnet PTP Serial Driver Manual
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FieldServer Technologies
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
BACnet PTP Description ................................................................................................................................. 4
2
Driver Scope of Supply ................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1
Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this Driver .................................................................................... 5
2.2
Provided by supplier of 3
rd
party equipment ................................................................................................. 5
3
Hardware Connections ................................................................................................................................... 6
4
Configuring the FieldServer as a BACnet Client .............................................................................................. 7
4.1
Data Arrays/ Descriptors ............................................................................................................................... 7
4.2
Setting the FieldServer Node_ID.................................................................................................................... 8
4.3
Client Side Connection Descriptions .............................................................................................................. 8
4.4
Client Side Node Descriptors ......................................................................................................................... 9
4.5
Client Side Map Descriptors......................................................................................................................... 10
4.5.1
Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters ......................................................................................... 10
4.5.2
Timing Parameters ............................................................................................................................... 10
4.5.3
Map Descriptor Example. ..................................................................................................................... 11
5
Configuring the FieldServer as a BACnet Server ........................................................................................... 12
5.1
Driver Specific FieldServer Parameters ........................................................................................................ 12
5.2
Data Arrays/Descriptors .............................................................................................................................. 12
5.3
Server Side Connection Descriptions ........................................................................................................... 13
5.4
Server Side Node Descriptors ...................................................................................................................... 13
5.5
Server Side Map Descriptors........................................................................................................................ 14
5.5.1
FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ................................................................................. 14
5.5.2
Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ......................................................................................... 15
5.5.3
Map Descriptor Example. ..................................................................................................................... 16
Appendix A. Useful Features ................................................................................................................................ 17
Appendix A.1. BACnet object names ....................................................................................................................... 17
Appendix A.2. Network number .............................................................................................................................. 17
Appendix A.3. Accessing Data from BACnet Properties comprising Arrays of Values ............................................. 18
Appendix A.4. FieldServer implementation of BACnet priority Arrays .................................................................... 18
Appendix A.4.1.
Accessing Priority Array information...................................................................................... 19
Appendix A.5. BACnet State Text Preload ............................................................................................................... 20
Appendix A.5.1.
Method 1 – Using an Offset/User Table: ................................................................................ 20
Appendix A.5.2.
Method 2 – Using a Single Data Array: .................................................................................. 21
Appendix A.5.3.
Using Intrinsic Reporting for a Multistate Value .................................................................... 22
Appendix A.6. COV and Intrinsic Reporting ............................................................................................................. 22
Appendix A.6.1.
Notes on COV configuration: .................................................................................................. 23
Appendix A.6.2.
Notes on Intrinsic Reporting configuration: ........................................................................... 23
Appendix A.6.3.
Map Descriptor Example - COV .............................................................................................. 24
Appendix A.6.4.
Map Descriptor Example – Intrinsic Reporting ....................................................................... 24
Appendix A.6.5.
Map Descriptor Example - Enable or Disable COV ................................................................. 24
Appendix B. Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................... 25
Appendix B.1. Debugging a BACnet connection ...................................................................................................... 25
Appendix C. Vendor Information ......................................................................................................................... 26
