Discovering components to export as BACnet objects
You export station objects to BACnet objects so that client devices, such as your Supervisor station, can make requests of
the objects. This includes exporting schedules, calendars and histories. Discovery vs. new and/or matching is the usual way
to locate and export objects.
Prerequisites: You are working in
- Expand and double-click Export Table.The Bacnet Export Manager opens.
- To create an export folder to hold your server descriptors, click the New Folder button.The New export folder window opens.
- Edit any other folder properties and click OK.
- To rename the folder, select it, click Ctrl + R, and enter a new name.This should be a name related to the objects contained in the folder.
- Click the Discover button.The Bql Query Builder window opens.
- Using this interface, locate the station objects to export (expose) as BACnet objects.In the Bql Query Builder, type selections other than Control Point, Boolean Point, Enum Point, Numeric Point, Schedule, and Alarm Class, which have no practical application.The Local Objects (discovered) pane lists the found components. The Export Objects (database) pane lists currently-exported objects. These special export descriptor components point to the exposed component. Additional slots determine how the driver handles BACnet access and writes.