ccn-CcnNetwork

This component is a container object used to track the status of the entire CCN, track and perform time synchronization between the CCN system and the Niagara system, and provide support for automatically creating proxy points by learning (discovering) devices or controllers within the CCN.

CcnNetwork is the top-level CCN container component in a station.

Figure 2.   Ccn Network properties
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To access this view, expand Config > Drivers, right–click CcnNetwork and click Views > Ccn Network View.

In addition to the standard driver properties (Status, Enabled, Fault Cause, Health, Alarm Source Info, Monitor, Tuning Policies and Poll Scheduler), these properties are unique to this component.

Property Value Description
Response Timeout (sec) hours, minutes, seconds (recommended 2-5 seconds) Indicates how long the driver waits for a response before declaring the CCN non-responding.

For a poll/response sequence, if the response does not return within this period, the driver attempts a retry.

If Retry Count has been exhausted, the driver declares a communications failure.

Clear Bridge List true or false (default) Clears the Bridges list during a discovery and starts over.
Create Tables true or false (default) Automatically creates (true) all tables under all devices that have been selected for CcnDevice creation during the create process.
Auto Create Points true or false (default) Enables (true) and disables (false) automatic point creation when the driver creates Pic and or Data and or FID IO tables.

This property only supports the creation of points under Status Display (11H) and FID Status tables (501H).

Bridges read-only Reports the known bridge addresses.
Learn Status read-only Reports the status of the network-level learn command (busy, idle or error).
First Bus No number Defines the starting bus address to discover.
Last Bus No number Defines the ending bus address to be used by discovery.
Low Elem No number Defines the starting element address to be used by discovery.
High Elem No number Defines the ending element address to be used by discovery.
Device Learn Count number Reports the number of devices found during the latest discovery.
Display Metric true or false (default) Selects metric (true) or imperial (false) units for of all values.
Unsolicited Receive Handler read-only Reports unsolicited messages.
Alarm Acknowledger true or false (default) Enables (true) and disables (false) the use of a controller to acknowledge alarms.
Broadcast Acknowledger true or false (default) Enables (true) and disables (false) the use of a controller to broadcast acknowledgments.
Time Sync Stat read-only Reports if the time sync service has started or stopped.
Time Broadcaster true or false (default) Enables (true) and disables (false) the use of the CcnNetwork as a time broadcaster.
Time Sync Display Dots true or false (default) Enables (true) and disables (false a “T” character display in the diagnostic output for every Time Sync cycle.
Bus Address number Defines the CCN bus address that the station is connected to (generally the primary bus, bus 0).
Elem Address number Defines the CCN element address on the Bus Address that the station is assigned to. This is generally a High element No just below the broadcast address range, typically 230-239.

Do not use the same address assigned to the ComfortVIEW application that you use to tunnel for setup and configuration.

Low Level Debug true or false(default) Turns low-level debug messages on and off.

true configures a controller to be the CCN network broadcast acknowledger causing the driver to generate specific debug text from low-level native code and send it to the administrator console window.

false disables this feature.

Low Level Debug Mask number (defaults to zero (0)) Do not use this property to isolate a specific problem without the assistance of a qualified technical support person.
Comm Port communications port number Defines the interfaces between a computer and other computers or devices.
Host Baud Rate drop-down list (defaults to Baud9600) Defines communication speed in bits per second.