FS-8700-16 BACnet PTP Serial Driver Manual Table of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.
BACNET DESCRIPTION...................................................................................................................3
2.
DRIVER SCOPE OF SUPPLY...........................................................................................................3
2.1.
Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this Driver ................................................. 3
2.2.
Provided by supplier of 3
rd
party equipment ............................................................... 3
3.
HARDWARE CONNECTIONS ..........................................................................................................4
4.
CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A BACNET CLIENT .......................................................5
4.1.
Data Arrays/ Descriptors............................................................................................ 5
4.2.
Setting the FieldServer Node_ID and Network Number ............................................. 5
4.3.
Client Side Connection Descriptions .......................................................................... 6
4.4.
Client Side Node Descriptors ..................................................................................... 6
4.5.
Client Side Map Descriptors....................................................................................... 7
4.5.1.
FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters.................................................... 7
4.5.2.
Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters............................................................. 7
4.5.3.
Timing Parameters ................................................................................................. 7
4.5.4.
Map Descriptor Example......................................................................................... 8
5.
CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A BACNET SERVER .....................................................9
5.1.
Driver Specific FieldServer Parameters ..................................................................... 9
5.2.
Server Side Connection Descriptions........................................................................10
5.3.
Server Side Node Descriptors...................................................................................10
5.4.
Server Side Map Descriptors ....................................................................................11
5.4.1.
FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters...................................................11
5.4.2.
Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ...........................................................11
5.4.3.
Map Descriptor Example........................................................................................12
APPENDIX A.
DRIVER NOTES ............................................................................................................13
Appendix A.1.
Data_Type Legal Values – Abbreviation Descriptions..................................13
APPENDIX B.
ADVANCED TOPICS ....................................................................................................14
Appendix B.1.
BACnet Object Names.................................................................................14
Appendix B.2.
BACnet Priority Arrays .................................................................................14
Appendix B.3.
Limitations of the BACnet READ_PROPERTY_MULTIPLE service. ............14
Appendix B.4.
Network number...........................................................................................15
Appendix B.5.
BACnet State Text Preload ..........................................................................16
APPENDIX C.
TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS..........................................................................................17
Appendix C.1.
Debugging a BACnet connection – Hints and Tips.......................................17
Appendix C.2.
BACnet Specific Statistics............................................................................17
APPENDIX D.
UNITS.............................................................................................................................18