Manually adding a skipUploadslot

To speed station startup in networks with multiple MS/TP devices, adding a skipUploadslot and setting its value to true can speed processing. This procedure documents how to add a slot using the slot sheet. Alternatively, you can use the Batch Editor of the station’s ProgramService to do the same on multiple selected BacnetDevices.

Go to the slot sheet of the BacnetDevice (typically, one for an MS/TP device).
Add a slot with Name: skipUpload and choose Type: baja, Boolean.
Go to the property sheet of the BacnetDevice and set the value of this new property to: true.
Save these changes.
Change the uploadOnStartup property on the BacnetNetwork property sheet from false (default) to true .
This automatically creates a hidden skipUploadslot, with a value of true on child BacnetDevices (from this point on).
When engineering a BacnetNetwork with mostly MS/TP devices in, a possible tactic is to set the network-level uploadOnStart property to false before adding BacnetDevices. Then you could go to the slot sheet of BacnetDevices for Bacnet/IP and/or Bacnet/Ethernet devices and either delete (or clear to change from the property sheet) the hidden skipUploadslot.

Manually adding a skipUploadslot

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