Discovering point data offline
You discover point data from the EDE master configuration file and add them to the database. Once a controller or Supervisor
station is on line, running a second discovery job matches the point records in the database with the actual points.
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
A single EDE master configuration file can have many points for each device. Inside a specific points folder, discovery finds
only points that belong to the current device even though the EDE master configuration file may contain many points that belong
to other devices.
Perform the following steps:
- To discover points expand and double-click the Points folder.The Points Manager view 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 file.
- 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 analog, binary and multistate points present in the EDE configuration files.
- To add these point data to the database, select the points in the Discovered pane and click Add.The point data move from the Discovered pane to the Database pane.