Adding BACnet devices to Security Center - Industrial IoT 5.2.3.0 | BACnet | Modbus | OPC Client | SNMP Manager

For the Genetec™ Industrial IoT plugin role to monitor and control BACnet devices, you must add them to Security Center.

1. From the Config Tool homepage, open the Plugins task.
2. Select the Industrial IoT plugin role from the entity browser.
3. In the Devices tab, you can add devices manually or by using the discovery tool. Skip this step if you want to add devices manually.
   1. To use the discovery tool, click on Discover devices(). Only devices communicating with the BACnet protocol can be discovered.
      
   2. Select BACnet as the Protocol.
   3. (Optional) In the Advanced settings, set the Timeout(ms) and the number of Retries.
   4. Click Discover devices()
   5. Select the devices and data points from the generated list and click Add.
4. To add devices manually, click Add a device ().
   1. In the Add a device dialog box 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.

      
   2. Selecting BACnet expands the dialog box. Enter the rest of the information:

      Device ID

      The ID indicated on the BACnet device.

      Maximum concurrent outgoing requests

      It is the maximum number of confirmed requests that a device can receive concurrently. You can choose to inherit the configuration from the BACnet protocol or have a custom configuration.

      Out-of-service warnings

      Displays a warning message when the device is out of service (when the Status is displayed in yellow). This setting is defined at the BACnet protocol level. You can decide to follow the protocol configuration or to enable or disable the warnings on a per-device basis.

      Force polling

      If it is enabled, every data point is polled at a regular interval and if it is disabled, subscription to value change is prioritized. The configuration can also be inherited from the BACnet protocol.

   3. Click Add.
      The device is added to the list of devices.
5. Click Apply.