Adding data points to BACnet devices or entities - Industrial IoT 5.2.3.0 | BACnet | Modbus | OPC Client | SNMP Manager

Industrial IoT Plugin Guide 5.2.3.0

Product
Industrial IoT
Content type
Guides > Plugin and extension guides
Version
5.2
Release
5.2.3.0
ft:locale
en-US
Last updated
2024-07-11

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

Best Practice: For optimal performance of the plugin, it is recommended to limit the number of data points and rules to 5000 respectively.

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool homepage, open the Plugins task.
  2. In the entity browser, select the Industrial IoT role and click on the Devices tab.
  3. Select the BACnet device from the Devices list.
  4. In the Data points section of the device, 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.
      Conversion
      The conversion to be applied to the argument.
      Unit name
      (Optional) The measurement unit of the data point.
      Unit symbol
      (Optional) The symbol representing the measurement unit.
  5. Click Add to add another data point or click Add and Close.
    The data point is displayed in the Data points section.
  6. (Optional) To duplicate a data point, right-click on the data point and select Duplicate.
  7. (Optional) To deactivate a data point, right-click on the data point and select Deactivate.
  8. Click Apply.