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BACnet MS/TP Master Device Configuration
The bottom area of the BACnet MS/TP Master Configuration page lets you configure up to 32 external
BACnet MS/TP devices.
1)
To add additional Slave connections, click the -Select- dropdown menu under BACnet MS/TP
Master Device List and select
Add Generic Slave
option.
a.
If you are configuring multiple devices click
<<
or
>>
to navigate to another device.
b.
To create a new slave with the same parameters already configured from another slave,
click the -Select- dropdown and select the
Add from BACnet MS/TP
X
option (where X
represents the slave you wish to copy parameters from). Once created, you can make
any additional changes needed to that new slave.
c.
To remove a device, navigate to the slave to delete using the
<<
and
>>
buttons and click
the
Delete Slave
button.
d.
Click
Save Parameters
to save your changes before a restart or going to another
configuration page.
2)
The
Enable
check box should be selected for the device.
3)
Enter a
Device Label
to identify the device within the gateway.
4)
Enter the unique
Instance
that matches the slave. If this value doesn’t match, the gateway will
timeout.
5)
Bit Pack:
Select the formatting of the Binary Input/Output/Value Objects. Automap will use this
packing size to map binary objects to/from the other protocol. The bit pack selection here
should match that of the other protocol. The starting address is considered Bit 0 and is the low-
order bit.
6)
Priority Array:
Select the Priority Array index to use for the Writeable Commandable BACnet
Objects.
7)
Enter the number of Read Scan Lines and Write Scan Lines.
8)
Click the
Generate Scan Lines
button to have the read and write scan lines auto-generate for
you. You may manually configure the read and write scan lines after they have been generated.
