Adding data points to BACnet devices or entities - Industrial IoT 5.0.2.0 | BACnet | Modbus | OPC Client | SNMP Manager

Industrial IoT Plugin Guide 5.0.2.0

Applies to
Industrial IoT 5.0.2.0 | BACnet | Modbus | OPC Client | SNMP Manager
Last updated
2023-03-20
Content type
Guides > Plugin and extension guides
Language
English
Product
Industrial IoT
Version
5.0

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

Before you begin

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool home page, open the Plugins task.
  2. Select a BACnet device or entity.
  3. In the Data points section, do one of the following:
    • Click Browse device data points (), and select a BACnet object from the Identifier list.
      NOTE: If the device is unreachable when the browser is open, 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.
    • Click Add a data point (), and enter the following:
      Dialog box for adding BACnet data point.
      Name
      The name of the data point.
      Object type
      The BACnet object type that is related to the data point.
      Object instance
      The number used to identify the BACnet object.
      Access level
      Indicates whether the selected data point is read-only or read-write. This field is automatically displayed by the plugin role.
      Unit name
      (Optional) The measurement unit of the data point.
      Unit symbol
      (Optional) The symbol representing the measurement unit.
  4. Click Add to add another data point or click Add and Close.
    The data point is displayed in the Data points section.
  5. Click Apply.