Introduction

BACnet is a communication protocol for Building Automation and Control (BAC) networks that leverage the ASHRAE, ANSI, and ISO 16484-5 standard protocol.

BACnet was designed to allow communication of building automation and control systems for applications such as heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning control (HVAC), lighting control, access control, and fire detection systems and their associated equipment. The BACnet protocol provides mechanisms for computerized building automation devices to exchange information, regardless of the particular building service they perform.

To read objects via BACnet, select BACnet/IP from the protocol dropdown at the top of the left sidebar and click Start Discovery.

By default, all devices accessible via BACnet are now recognized and listed. Depending on the size of the network, this process may take a few minutes.

You can also restrict the search to specific devices by selecting the Discover by Device ID option. You can then restrict the search to a single device or a range of devices.

You can filter devices that have already been found by entering the desired search term under Filter Devices. Only devices whose names contain the search term will then be displayed.

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If the search field is not displayed, please click on Search above to show the search options.

The search field for device detection

Objects

After the network search, select the desired BACnet device in the left sidebar to display its objects. These will then appear in the table on the right.

The object list of the selected BACnet device

Select an object from the object list to view or edit its properties.

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Click on Hide at the top right in the sidebar to temporarily hide it. This means that practically the entire screen width is then available for the object list.