Niagara Point Manager

This manager provides access to the proxy points mapped into the PointDeviceExt. In a NiagaraNetwork, it is a view on the NiagaraPointDeviceExt of each NiagaraStation. It is the default view for the Points extension under any device object. Like other manager views, it is table-based. Each row represents a proxy point (or a points folder) under Points.

When building a network in the station, you use this view to create, edit, and delete proxy points in the station database.

Following station configuration, this view provides a status summary for proxy points. You can also use it to issue an override action to a writable proxy point, e.g. Active, Off, and so on.

NOTE: Only proxy points appear in the Point Manager view—any other components that may also reside under Points do not appear. For example, you do not see kitControl or schedule components, or any control point with a null proxy extension. However, you can use other views of Points (wire sheet, property sheet, slot sheet) to access these items.

Figure 111. Point Manager under a BacnetDevice

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Columns

The columns depend on the driver. This table documents the columns in a NiagaraNetwork Point Manager.

Column	Description
Path	Identifies the location of the device or event in the station. For example, it defines the path to the resource in the web service, that is, the path after the host address.
Name	Provides descriptive text that reflects the identity of the entity or logical grouping.
Display Name	Displays the name for the point.
Type	Displays the type of point.
Point Id	Displays the Id given to the point.
Out	Displays the current value of the proxy point including facets and status. The value depends on the type of control point. Facets define how the value displays, including the value’s number of decimal places, engineering units, or text descriptors for Boolean/enum states. You can edit point facets to poll for additional properties, such as the native statusFlags and/or priorityArray level. Status reports the current health and validity of the value. Status is specified by a combination of status flags, such as fault, overridden, alarm, and so on. If no status flag is set, status is considered normal and reports {ok}.
Enabled	Reports if the point is functional.
Facets	Reports the facet setting.
Tuning Policy Name	Displays the selected tuning policy name.
Subscription Status	Displays the status of the subscription.
Fault Cause	Indicates the reason why a system object (network, device, component, extension, etc.) is not working properly (in fault). This property is empty unless a fault exists.
Read Value	Displays the last value read from the device, expressed in device facets.
Device Facets	Displays the configured facets.
Conversion	Displays the type of selected conversion.
Display Names	Displays the name for the points.

Buttons

These buttons are available on the NiagaraNetwork’s Niagara Point Manager view.

New Folder creates a new folder for devices. Each such folder provides its own set of manager views.
New creates a new device record in the database.
Edit opens the device’s database record for updating.
Discover runs a discover job to locate installed devices, which appear in the Discovered pane. This view has a standard appearance that is similar to all Device Manager views.
Add inserts into the database a record for the discovered and selected object.
Match associates a discovered device with a record that is already in the database.
TagIt associates metadata, such as location or unique configuration with the object.