Intesis
TM
ASCII Server
– BACnet Client
User Manual r1.1 EN
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Figure 5.7
BACnet Network scan button
If properly connected to the Intesis, following dialog will appear:
Figure 5.8
BACnet Network scan dialog
In top section of the window
BACnet Explorer Configuration
, following parameters are available:
•
Explore Mode
: It can be either IP or MSTP, depending on last configuration downloaded to Intesis.
•
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.
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
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
!