For the Industrial IoT plugin role to monitor and control BACnet devices, you must add them to Security Center.
Before you begin
- Make sure you understand how the BACnet protocol works.
- Ensure that the BACstac service is running and that the BACnet protocol is enabled in the plugin.
- If you want to use the data point browser, you must install your devices and make sure they work properly. However, this is not a prerequisite for configuring your system.
What you should know
- BACnet devices must be in the same subnet as the plugin.
- BACnet devices communicate in broadcast mode across their subnet. If you want to deploy devices over multiple subnets, you must use a BACnet Broadcast Management Device (BBMD).
Procedure
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Click the Devices tab and click Add a
device (
).
The Add a device dialog box opens.
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Enter the following information:
- Name
- A unique name used to identify this device in your system.
- Type
- (Optional) The device type to apply as a model for this device.
Device types define the common properties, such as protocol, states,
data points, and actions, shared by a group of devices. Using a
device type simplifies your configuration work. Device types are
defined in the Device types page of the
Industrial IoT plugin
role.NOTE: If you select None, you must manually configure all properties for the device in Security Center. If this is your first device, you can complete its configuration and create the device type from it.
- Protocol
- Select BACnet.
The dialog box expands to show the rest of the information you must enter.