Data Points

Data Points are universal components that represent a value in the application logic. The available Data Points:

AnalogDataPoint with native BacnetAnalogPoint and ModbusAnalogPoint extensions;
BinaryDataPoint with native BacnetBinaryPoint and ModbusBinaryPoint extensions;
MultistateDataPoint with native BacnetMultistatePoint and ModbusMultistatePoint extensions.
To learn more about Data Points, please refer to the nano EDGE ENGINE Programming user manual Data Points.

Data Point Manager

The Data Point Manager is a special view that allows to manage the Data Points available within the nE2 licence

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Fig. 1: Data Point Manager

The Data Point Manager lists all the Data Points used in applications saved on the device. The view shows the following fields:

name of the Data Point;
description;
value on the Out slot;
enabled or disabled status;
exposed on BACnet status;
BACnet object Id;
exposed on Modbus status;
Modbus address;
Configuration Data extension status.

In the Data Point Manager, it is possible to:

add Data Point components:

Methods of adding Data Points

Use a drag&drop method to add Data Points directly to the Application:

Fig. 2: Adding Data Point - drag and drop method

Use a context menu to add Data Points as children components:

Fig. 3: Adding Data Point as a child component to the Equipment component
edit the Data Point's name and BACnet/Modbus exposition and enable/disable the component:

Fig. 4: Edit pop-up

Note: Editing is possible for more than one Data Point at a time. If multiple Data Points are edited, the same new value is written to common slots, so individual slots, such as Name, cannot be edited in this manner.

Fig. 5: Editing of multiple Data Points
copy/cut/duplicate/remove Data Point components:

Fig. 6: Context menu options for the Data Point

Opening the Data Point Manager

The Data Point Manager view is accessible from three locations:

in the context menu of the Applications container;
in the context menu of the Application component;
in the context menu of the Equipment container.

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Fig. 7: Accessing the Data Point Manager in the context menu

Licensing

The license for the new generation of iSMA CONTROLLI controllers driven by the nano EDGE ENGINE is constructed against the number of Data Points: each device based on the nano EDGE ENGINE is granted a specified number of license points (Data Points in this case), which can be used within applications. Therefore, the licensing system is only of quantitative, not functional, character‐only the real number of Data Points in applications is taken into account, regardless of how many communication protocols are used to expose them, or how many network points are controlled. With the nano EDGE ENGINE-generation devices it is possible to create as big an application (or applications) as the number of licensed Data Points. No elements in the Networks, Services, or System containers are subject to license limitations, other than Data Points in the Applications container.

Note: In order to check the number of license points, please refer to the License in the device.

Data Points

Adding Data Points

Data Points Configuration

Adding Extensions

Data Point Manager

Opening the Data Point Manager

Licensing