Bacnet Schedule Import Manager

This component is the container for BACnet schedules under a BacnetDevice. Its default view is the Bacnet Schedule Import Manager.
Figure 177.   Bacnet Schedule Import Manager
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To access this view, expand Config > Drivers > BacnetNetwork > BacnetDevice and double-click Schedules.

Discovered pane

As in other manager views, when you click Discover this manager goes to Learn mode, splits into two panes, and executes a discover job. Discover also returns Schedule objects, each of which occupies one row in this view. Following are the columns displayed in Discovered pane:

Column name Description
Object name Displays the object’s unique name.
Object ID Displays the identifier assigned to the object.
Schedule Type Displays the schedule type.
Data Type Displays the type of data.
Description Displays the additional information of the schedule object.

Database pane

Following are the columns and buttons in the database pane:

Column name Description
Name Indicates the name of the BACnet schedule.
Type Indicates the type of schedule.
Object ID Indicates the ID of schedule.
State Reports the particular schedule state.
Status Indicates the condition at the last check.

{ok} indicates that the component is licensed and polling successfully.

{down} indicates that the last check was unsuccessful, perhaps because of an incorrect property, or possibly loss of network connection.

{disabled} indicates that the Enable property is set to false.

{fault} indicates another problem. Refer to Fault Cause for more information.

Enabled Reports if the schedule is enabled for communication.
Last Attempt Displays when the driver attempted the last import.
Last Success Displays when the import was successful.
Last Failure Displays whe the last import failed.
Fault Cause Displays the reason why the last import failed.
Priority For Writing Reports schedule priority, which defaults to 16.
Execution Time
Reports the frequency with which data are imported from a remote trend log (or trend log multiple) into a history (or histories). Data import occurs at intervals, daily or when requested.

Buttons

  • New creates a new device record in the database.
  • Edit opens the device’s database record for updating.
  • Discover runs a discover job to locate installed devices, which appear in the Discovered pane. This view has a standard appearance that is similar to all Device Manager views.
  • Cancel ends the current discovery job.
  • Add inserts into the database a record for the discovered and selected object.
  • Match associates a discovered device with a record that is already in the database.
  • Import imports the selected schedule objects.
  • TagIt associates metadata, such as location or unique configuration with the object.

Manager menu

These actions are available on the BacnetDeviceFolder Manager menu.

Menu item Description
New Creates a new device record in the database.
Edit Opens the Edit window for updating the selected record.
Learn Mode Controls the discovery of devices and adding them to the database.
Discover Initiates a discovery job (same as clicking the Discover button).
Cancel Stops the current job.
Add Opens an Add window with properties to configure before adding the selected record(s) in the Discovery pane to the database.
Quick Add Adds the selected record(s) in the Discovery pane to the database.
Match Opens a window with properties to configure before matching the discovered record with a record in the database.
Quick Match Matches the selected record with its sister record that is already in the database.
Import Runs the import job.
Tag Mode Opens a Tag Dictionary pane for managing metadata tags. The Niagara Tagging Guide documents tag.
TagIt Associates an item of metadata, such as location or unique configuration, with the object.