BACnet

Planning for BACnet

Ideal Configuration: In this configuration, devices on the BACnet IP network and subordinate MS/TP networks are accessible

Less Ideal Configuration: In this configuration, only the devices on the BACnet IP network are accessible, and subordinate MS/TP networks are not

Configuring BACnet

Before you begin, you must have an active edge device with a BACnet connector configured. See the Planning for BACnet section.

To configure BACnet:

1. Login to the Green Stack Console and navigate to Building Engineering

Adding BACnet Devices

To add BACnet devices:

1. Select a Site from the system profile tree

2. Expand Connectivity and select the Building Automation folder

BACnet Discovery

To add devices via BACnet discovery:

1. Click Add Devices

2. Select the discovered devices you'd like to add

3. Click Import Devices to save the devices

Manually

To add a BACnet device manually:

1. Select Manual Entry from the Add Devices menu

2. Provide a Device Name, Device Instance, and brief description

3. Provide additional optional fields as desired

4. Click Save Device to save the device

Adding BACnet Points

To add BACnet points in a managed BACnet device:

1. Select a BACnet device from the system profile tree

2. Select the Points tab

BACnet Discovery

To add points via BACnet discovery:

1. Click Add Points

2. Select the discovered points you'd like to add

3. Click Import Points to save the points

Manually

To add a BACnet point manually:

1. Select Manual Entry from the Add Points menu

2. Select a Point Type from the dropdown

3. Provide a Point Name, Object Instance, and brief description

4. Provide additional optional fields as desired

5. Click Save Point to save the device

BACnet Alarming

Managed BACnet point alarms are automatically annunciated to the Green Stack console by default. The behavior of the alarm and its priority are determined by the configuration of the BACnet point and its associated notification class.

Alarm Priority

When a new alarm is received, it is prioritized by the assigned notification class priority.

NC Priority	Alarm Priority	Alarm Level
0-63	PRI1	CRITICAL
64-127	PRI2	WARN
128-191	PRI3	CAUTION
192-255	PRI4	NOTICE