A BacnetVirtualObject is the AX-3.3 and later Bacnet driver implementation of the container for Baja “virtual points”, where each BacnetVirtualObject represents a BACnet object. Find them by expanding the BacnetVirtualGateway under each BacnetDevice and BacnetWsDevice. Each BacnetVirtualObject contains some number of BacnetVirtualProperty child components, which represent the properties of that BACnet object. These BacnetVirtualProperty components act as “virtual points” to access data in the device.

Virtual components reside in the station’s “virtual component space,” and are not persisted in the station’s database in its component space (Config), like regular components. Usage of Bacnet virtual points is anticipated for monitor access in Px views, or for “one-off” read/write access to configuration properties. For more details, see Bacnet virtual points.