ESF BACnet Driver configuration

The Driver configuration tab shows the following options:

• Protocol type: the data link protocol to be used for communication. The available options are IP and MS/TP.
• BACnet/IP Subnet address: the subnet address in CIDR notation when the BACnet/IP protocol is chosen.
• BACnet/IP Port: the port to be used for the BACnet/IP connection.
• BACnet/IP Network Number: a unique 16-bit number for identifing the BACNet network.
• BACnet/MSTP Serial port: the RS 485 serial port when BACnet/MSTP option is chosen.
• BACnet/MSTP Serial baudrate: the RS 485 serial baudrate for BACnet/MSTP.
• BACnet/MSTP Serial data-bits: the RS 485 serial data bits for BACnet/MSTP.
• BACnet/MSTP Serial parity: the RS 485 serial parity for BACnet/MSTP.
• BACnet/MSTP Serial stop-bits: the RS 485 seria stop bits for BACnet/MSTP.
• BACnet/MSTP MAC address: a unique 8-bit MAC address of the router's MSTP port in decimal.
• BACnet/MSTP Network Number: a unique 16-bit number for identifing the BACNet network.
• BACnet/MSTP Max Masters: the highest allowable address for master nodes.
• BACnet/MSTP Max Info Frames: the maximum number of information frames the node may send before it must pass the token.
• BACnet/MSTP Usage Timeout: the minimum time in milliseconds without a DataAvailable or ReceiveError event that a node must wait for a remote node to begin using a token or replying to a Poll For Master frame. Allowed values are between 20 and 100 milliseconds.
• Local device instance number: the instance number of the local device used to connect to BACNet remote devices.
• Discovery Timeout: the timeout in seconds for discovering new devices.
• Change-Of-Value subscription lifetime: the lifetime of COV subscriptions. After the lifetime timeout, the driver will automatically refresh the subscriptions.
• FDR Enable: enable the Foreign Device Registration to a BBMD device. The parameter is valid only when the protocol type is BACnet/IP.
• FDR BBMD IP Address: The IP Address of the BBMD with which the driver will perform the Foreign Device Registration. The parameter is valid only when the protocol type is BACnet/IP.
• FDR BBMD Port: the port to be used to connect to the BBMD for the Foreign Device Registration. The parameter is valid only when the protocol type is BACnet/IP
• FDR timeout: The time-to-live value of the Foreign Device Registration. After the timeout, the driver will automatically refresh the registration. The parameter is valid only when the protocol type is BACnet/IP.
• BBMD Enable: enable the configuration of this driver as a BBMD device. The parameter is valid only when the protocol type is BACnet/IP.
• BBMD Device Table: The list of BBMD devices to which the driver will communicate. The entries are in the form address:port where the address is in CIDR notation. The entries must be separated by a comma. A valid example is 10.0.200.4/32:47808,192.168.0.4/32:47810. The parameter is valid only when the protocol type is BACnet/IP.

• IP Routes: The list of routes to be added to the IP Routing table. The entries are in the form subnet:gateway where the subnet is in CIDR notation. The entries must be separated by a comma. A valid example is 172.16.0.0/24:192.168.0.4,10.0.200.4/32:192.168.1.2.

• Gateway for BBMD Registration: The IP address of the gateway for contact the BBMD for Foreign Device registration.

For more details about the BBMD support, please see this section.