Exporting a file
You typically discover files to export using the Bacnet File Export Manager, as opposed to using the New and/or Match buttons.
Prerequisites: You are working in
- From the right most corner, select the Bacnet File Export Manager from the drop-down list.The Bacnet File Export Manager view opens.
- Click Discover.The top pane shows files under the station’s folder.
As with other manager views featuring online discovery, learn mode in Bacnet File Export Manager has two panes:
- Top (discovered) is the Local Files pane. It lists all files and subfolders under the station folder.
- Bottom (database) is the Exported Objects pane. It lists files currently exported to BACnet. These are special file descriptor components—each essentially a pointer to the exposed station file, with additional slots that determine how the system handles BACnet access and writes.
When exporting, the manager automatically performs object ID maintenance on exported files, ensuring that it creates no duplicate combinations of object type and instance number.
- Do one of the following:
- Select and drag discovered objects from the Local Files pane to the Exported Objects pane.
- To identify a single file to export, click New.
- To export one or more files, select the file(s) and click Add.
The New or Add file export window opens.
- If you used the New of Add buttons, use the batch search and replace feature (
) to locate the file and click OK.
The manager automatically performs object ID maintenance on exported components, which ensures that the driver creates no
duplicate combinations of object type and instance number. It also adds to each exported object an OutOfServiceExt.