FieldServer FS-8700-16 - Manual (Page 2)

FS-8700-16 BACnet PTP Serial Driver Manual Table of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 BACnet PTP Description ................................................................................................................................. 4
2 Driver Scope of Supply ................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this Driver .................................................................................... 5
2.2 Provided by supplier of 3
rd
party equipment ................................................................................................. 5
3 Hardware Connections ................................................................................................................................... 6
4 Configuring the FieldServer as a BACnet Client .............................................................................................. 7
4.1 Data Arrays/ Descriptors ............................................................................................................................... 7
4.2 Setting the FieldServer Node_ID.................................................................................................................... 8
4.3 Client Side Connection Descriptions .............................................................................................................. 8
4.4 Client Side Node Descriptors ......................................................................................................................... 9
4.5 Client Side Map Descriptors......................................................................................................................... 10
4.5.1 Driver Related Map Descriptor Parameters ......................................................................................... 10
4.5.2 Timing Parameters ............................................................................................................................... 10
4.5.3 Map Descriptor Example. ..................................................................................................................... 11
5 Configuring the FieldServer as a BACnet Server ........................................................................................... 12
5.1 Driver Specific FieldServer Parameters ........................................................................................................ 12
5.2 Data Arrays/Descriptors .............................................................................................................................. 12
5.3 Server Side Connection Descriptions ........................................................................................................... 13
5.4 Server Side Node Descriptors ...................................................................................................................... 13
5.5 Server Side Map Descriptors........................................................................................................................ 14
5.5.1 FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ................................................................................. 14
5.5.2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ......................................................................................... 15
5.5.3 Map Descriptor Example. ..................................................................................................................... 16
Appendix A. Useful Features ................................................................................................................................ 17
Appendix A.1. BACnet object names ....................................................................................................................... 17
Appendix A.2. Network number .............................................................................................................................. 17
Appendix A.3. Accessing Data from BACnet Properties comprising Arrays of Values ............................................. 18
Appendix A.4. FieldServer implementation of BACnet priority Arrays .................................................................... 18
Appendix A.4.1. Accessing Priority Array information...................................................................................... 19
Appendix A.5. BACnet State Text Preload ............................................................................................................... 20
Appendix A.5.1. Method 1 – Using an Offset/User Table: ................................................................................ 20
Appendix A.5.2. Method 2 – Using a Single Data Array: .................................................................................. 21
Appendix A.5.3. Using Intrinsic Reporting for a Multistate Value .................................................................... 22
Appendix A.6. COV and Intrinsic Reporting ............................................................................................................. 22
Appendix A.6.1. Notes on COV configuration: .................................................................................................. 23
Appendix A.6.2. Notes on Intrinsic Reporting configuration: ........................................................................... 23
Appendix A.6.3. Map Descriptor Example - COV .............................................................................................. 24
Appendix A.6.4. Map Descriptor Example – Intrinsic Reporting ....................................................................... 24
Appendix A.6.5. Map Descriptor Example - Enable or Disable COV ................................................................. 24
Appendix B. Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................... 25
Appendix B.1. Debugging a BACnet connection ...................................................................................................... 25
Appendix C. Vendor Information ......................................................................................................................... 26