Quick Help
Device number simply shows you where you are on the device list. Click "next" and "prev" to scroll through the list. Remote
BACnet IP devices to be accessed by this device are specified
here. Enter the Device Instance of the remote device, a name to
reference in other pages, and a poll rate. Then click "update". Select
dynamic or static address binding. Dynamic binding is used most often,
and simply means the gatewill will send out a "Who-Is" request asking
for the device instance to respond, at which time the gateway learns its
IP address (or MS/TP address) automatically. If
static binding must be used and the device is BACnet IP, enter the
fixed IP address you know the device instance to be found at. If no port
is given, it will default to 0xBAC0 (47808). Enter IP as a.b.c.d
or IP with port as a.b.c.d:p, for example 192.168.1.99:47808. Include
network number, mac length, and mac address ONLY if static binding
to a device on the other side of a BACnet router. When
dynamic address binding is used (default), the gateway broadcasts a
"Who-Is" looking for this device instance when a read or write map wants
to use this device. When (if) it responds, its IP address or
MS/TP MAC address is listed here simply as a diagnostic.
Timeouts resulting from inability to reach this device are tabulated on
this page as well, and may be cleared by clicking the Clear button. To
cause the who-is process to be repeated, click Clear Cache. When dynamic
binding is used, the IP address is read-only and any changes
entered will be ignored. |