A device section 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 – To determine which of the two device types below that your device is, refer to the BACnet integration section or the BACnet PICS statement in the manufacturer's manual.
BACNET_IP: Devices that can handle multiple requests in a single packet.
BACNET_IP_S: Devices that can handle only a single request per packet.
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 BACnet Device ID. Use a BACnet network management tool, check with whomever manages your BACnet network, or review the documentation provided by the installer.
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 on the Device.
Point Tag – A short name that identifies the point and must be unique within the entire configuration file.
Point Address – This is found in the device manufacturer's manual, usually in the BACnet PICS statement or BACnet integration section. It is the object type, an underscore, and the object instance. Supported object types are AI, AO, BI, BO, AV, BV, and MV.
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 – Contained within double quotes, this is a brief description of the point.
Number of Entries – The maximum number of history records stored for this calculation.
Auto or Optimized: Sets the Interval to Hourly and records 336 hourly records, 60 daily records, and 120 monthly 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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