A device subsection starts with <Device> and ends with </Device>. You will need a separate Device section for each device you want the Vantage Point Server to query. We recommend using a comment immediately after the opening tag to provide a long description of the device.
Device Type – ACC
Device Description – A short description of the device, contained within double-quotes (").
PortID – The PortID that you assigned to the device in the Comm Ports section.
Device Address – This is the Andover EnergyNet ID of the Network Controller and will have a value between 1 and 192.
Device Bus Number – 0
Interval Seconds – The frequency devices are queried for new values.
TimeOut Seconds – How many seconds the Vantage Point Server will wait for a response from a devices before it times out.
Unreliable TimeOutSec – How many seconds the Vantage Point Server is to go without any response from a device before it marks that the device as Unreliable. The Vantage Point Server will then report the unreliable status to the Vantage Point Presentation.
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A Points subsection starts with <Points> and ends with </Points> and it is contained within a Device subsection. A Device subsection can have only one Points subsection. It contains every Point on a Device from which you want to retrieve data but not necessarily every point available in the Device.
Point Tag – A short name that identifies the point and must be unique within the entire configuration file.
Point Address – This is the full path to the Andover Infinity object using Alias names. If the point is located on the controller, the Point Address is simply the alias name of the point. If the point is located on a device connected to the controller, the Point Address is the Alias of the device followed by a forward slash and then the Alias of the point.
Type –
RB: Any device that returns a binary value (ie, 0 or 1, True or False).
RS: Any device that returns a text value.
R: All other devices.
Point Description – A brief description of the point contained within double quotes.
Number of Entries – The maximum number of history records stored for this point.
Auto or Optimized: Sets the Interval to Hourly and records 336 hourly records, 60 daily records, and 120 monthly records into history.
Numeric Value: Sets the maximum number to the value indicated.
Default (-): Designated by a hyphen, default stores only the last record.
Value Type –
Accumulated, Accum, Total, Totalize, Meter, or Metered: An aggregate value for the specified Interval is recorded in history.
Minimum or Min: The lowest value received in the specified Interval is recorded in history.
Maximum or Max: The highest value received in the specified Interval is recorded in history.
Average or Avg: The average of all values received in the specified Interval is recorded in history.
Instantaneous, Instant, Inst, or (-): The last value received in the specified Interval is recorded in history. If no value type is specified, it will default to this.
Interval – The frequency in which the result of the calculation is stored in history.
Minute
Hour or Hourly
Day or Daily
Month or Monthly
Multiplier – Multiplies the Interval by the value indicated. The default value, indicated with a hyphen, is 1. (An hourly interval with a multiplier of 3 would record entries 3 times an hour, or every 20 minutes.)
Rollover – Some points return an accumulating value that resets to zero once it reaches a maximum value (eg, a meter). This setting adds the accumulated value reached at the reset to the values now received. The default, designated by a hyphen, is zero.
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