Adding data points to BACnet devices or entities - Industrial IoT 4.4.2.4

To monitor the data points of a BACnet device or entity, you must add them in Security Center.

1. From the Config Tool home page, open the Plugins task.
2. Select a BACnet device or entity from the entity browser and click the Properties tab.
   • In the Data points section, click Browse device data points (), select a BACnet object from the Identifier list, and click Add.
   • In the Data points section, click Add data point (), enter the following, and then click Add:

     Name

     The name of the data point.

     Object Type

     The BACnet object type that is related to the data point. For more information, see Object types used by the BACnet plugin.

     Object identifier

     The number used to identify the BACnet object.

     Access level

     Indicates whether the selected object type is read-only or read-write. This is automatically displayed by the plugin.

     Name

     The unit of measure of the data point. This field is optional.

     Symbol

     A symbol to represent the unit of measure of the data point. This field is optional.

   NOTE: The warning message Device unreachable persists after the BACnet device is reached in the data point browser, even after the browser is refreshed. To clear the message, close and re-open the data point browser.
   
3. Click Apply.