Discovering device data offline
Offline configuration does not require a connection to the network. This procedure uses the utility to discovery device data
from the EDE master configuration file and add them to the database.
Prerequisites: You have the EDE master configuration file that was exported from the remote station as well as a state text
file, which you created manually. The station is connected to the BACnet network and running
- To discover devices, expand and double-click the BacnetNetwork.The EDE Bacnet Device Manager opens.
- To continue, click Discover.The discovery job opens the EDE File Chooser window.A key serves as an ID associated with the EDE master configuration file and state texts f ile.
- To populate the location properties, select the key from the
EDE Configuration Selectiondrop-down list.The EDE File Chooser automatically populates the location properties with file paths. - If this set of configuration files does not have a key yet, click Add.The EDE Configuration window opens with the
keyproperty available for editing.
- Enter a
keyvalue, use the browser folder icons to the right of the location properties to locate the file paths and click OK.The next time you use the EDE configuration utility with this set of EDE configuration files, you will not need to browse to the file locations. - With all properties configured, click OK.The discovery job finds all the devices present in the EDE configuration files.
- To add these data to the database, select one or more devices in the Discovered pane and click Add.The devices move from the Discovered pane to the Database pane.