Bacnet Schedule Import Manager

The Schedules device extension can also contain BacnetScheduleExport components. These correspond to schedules or calendars that are pushed to specific BACnet schedule or calendar objects in the remote device.

Figure 165. Bacnet Schedule Import Manager

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.