Technologies Computer Driver Instruction Manual

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