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TAC Xenta Server – Gateway, Technical Manual B Protocols
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Device Template
Device templates having a [BACnetIP] filename prefix are used to cre-
ate BACnet IP network devices in XBuilder. Subsequently, each device
node is used to configure communications with a logical group of val-
ues within the host server device.
Device Properties
• Group# – Allows a numeric identifier to be assigned to a group of
values to assist in logging, but is not used for addressing on the
BACnet IP network. A suitable number may be entered if pre-
ferred, or the box left blank to use an automatically generated
sequence number.
Device Status Signal
For each device the BACnet IP driver generates a communication status
signal.
• online – Flags ONLINE during normal device communications,
and will change to OFFLINE if communications with the device
have failed. An OFFLINE condition normally indicates an incor-
rect device address having been entered, or by incorrect wiring of
the network connection to it.
Note
• The Xenta 913 does not use value grouping when communicat-
ing with the target device. Grouping is only provided because it
can be useful for a target device that contains a large number of
I/O values, or where its I/O values fit within a number of logical
or functional groups. Subsequently, each group can appear as a
separate node in Xbuilder.