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FieldServer

BACnet Explorer Start-up Guide

APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY

Effective for all systems manufactured after June 2016.

Summary of Contents for FieldServer BACnet Explorer

Page 1: ...Document Revision 2 B FieldServer BACnet Explorer Start up Guide APPLICABILITY EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after June 2016...

Page 2: ...Please call us for any technical support needs related to the FieldServer product Sierra Monitor Corporation 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas CA 95035 Website www sierramonitor com U S Support Information 1...

Page 3: ...er 9 4 3 1 Change Password 10 4 4 Add Additional Users 10 4 5 Manage Users 10 5 Configuring the BACnet Explorer 12 5 1 Configuration Page 12 5 1 1 Network Settings 12 5 1 2 BACnet Settings 13 5 2 Fore...

Page 4: ...Settings Page 12 Figure 12 BACnet IP Settings 13 Figure 13 BACnet MS TP Settings 13 Figure 14 FDR Enabled Checkbox 14 Figure 15 FDR IP Fields 14 Figure 16 BACnet Explorer Page 15 Figure 17 Discovery W...

Page 5: ...00 19200 38400 57600 76800 115200 2 2 10 100 Ethernet Connection port The Ethernet Port is used both for BACnet IP communications It is also used for configuring the BACnet Explorer from a Web page Fo...

Page 6: ...ce Apply power to the device Ensure that the power supply used complies with the specifications provided in Appendix A Ensure that the cable is grounded using the Frame GND terminal The BACnet Explore...

Page 7: ...Internet exposed IP Address of the BACnet Explorer by clicking on the button or alternatively enter the Internet exposed IP Address in a Web Browser directly 4 1 Using the FieldServer Toolbox Install...

Page 8: ...ect to the BACnet Explorer s Default IP Address The Default IP Address of the BACnet Explorer is 192 168 2 101 Subnet Mask is 255 255 255 0 If the PC and the BACnet Explorer are on different IP Networ...

Page 9: ...button and enter the user name and password informaiton NOTE Default user name is admin and default password is admin The BACnet Explorer landing page will open once the correct information has been e...

Page 10: ...e upper right corner of the window to exit the Profile Settings window 4 4 Add Additional Users Once in the Profile Settings window fill in the Username the two Password and role fields NOTE An admini...

Page 11: ...e fields that allow editing of user information Select the action to perform o Resent user password Fill in the two password fields and click the Reset Password button o Change user role Select the de...

Page 12: ...age Navigate to the Configuration page by clicking on the Configuration button NOTE Each page has a corresponding button in the column down the left side of every page 5 1 1 Network Settings The IP se...

Page 13: ...e on the physical network Max Master the highest MAC address to scan for other MS TP master devices The default of 127 is guaranteed to discover all other MS TP master devices on the network Max Info...

Page 14: ...ckbox under the Foreign Device Registration section of the BACnet Settings Enter the Remote BACnet Router s externally mapped IP Address and BACnet IP Port to the appropriate Foreign Device Registrati...

Page 15: ...BACnet Explorer page 6 1 Discover Device List To discover the devices connected to the same subnet as the BACnet Explorer click the Discover button cycle icon This will open the Discovery window clic...

Page 16: ...n message will appear in the upper right corner of the browser to confirm that a discovery is complete 6 2 View Device Details and Explore Points Parameters To view the device details click the blue p...

Page 17: ...back to highlighting the unexpanded device in this case 555 and click the Explore button o Now additional device details are viewable however the device can be explored even further Click on one of th...

Page 18: ...ist of the device details will appear on the right side window If changes are expected since the last explore simply press the Refresh button on the upper right side of the screen to refresh all the v...

Page 19: ...are editable such as object name object description etc however this is not recommended because the BACnet Explorer is a discovery tool not a Building Management System BMS To edit the present value...

Page 20: ...ck save A check will appear inside the save button and the window will close When the BACnet Explorer page appears the present value will be changed as specified NOTE Attempting to edit any other fiel...

Page 21: ...device may not cause harmful interference This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to...

Page 22: ...ed to work together Forcing this situation would create extremely difficult to diagnose problems Appendix B 2 Understanding BACnet BBMD and NAT Routing The BACnet Explorer does not support NAT routing...

Page 23: ...they know them The only reachable address is the BBMD itself so this must also act as a BACnet Explorer to forward traffic to the intended device When this is done the destination device s IP Address...

Page 24: ...on or on which original identification marks have been removed or altered This Limited Warranty also will not apply to interconnecting cables or wires consumables or to any damage resulting from batte...