BACnet Editor

With BACnet Editor, you can perform the following tasks on BACnet objects: edit, delete, specify and copy alarms, and create and edit a notification class.

For background information, see the reference section.

Prerequisites:

  • You have Engineering mode access rights.
  • System Manager is in Engineering mode.
Editing a BACnet Object
  1. In System Browser, select the object whose properties you wish to edit.
  1. In the Main section, edit the primary BACnet properties.
  1. In the Alarming section, edit the object’s intrinsic alarming or create and edit event enrollment objects. The latter is an enhanced alarming feature that is more flexible and powerful than intrinsic alarming

The Property section displays additional BACnet properties not shown in any of the other sections of the BACnet Object Editor.

 

Specifying Alarming for a BACnet Object

Two methods of alarming are available for BACnet objects: intrinsic and event enrollment (algorithmic change reporting).

NOTE:
You can also copy the intrinsic alarm properties and event enrollment objects from a BACnet object to one or more target objects. See Copying BACnet Alarms to Other Objects for more information.

  • To specify alarming for a BACnet object, at least one notification class object must already exist in the system.
  1. In the System Browser, select the BACnet object for which you wish to specify alarming, and edit the appropriate sections in the Alarming section of the BACnet Object Editor.
  1. If the object supports intrinsic alarming, then Alarm Level 1 (Intrinsic Alarming) is listed in the Alarming list. Select this item and edit any fields in the Definitions and Advanced sections as appropriate.

    NOTE: You cannot delete the intrinsic alarm from a BACnet object. The Delete button only deletes event enrollment objects.
  1. Click the New button in the Alarming section to create an event enrollment object.
  1. In the Alarming list, select the event enrollment object and edit any fields in the Definitions and Advanced sections as appropriate.
  1. Click Send to save any changes.

 

Copying BACnet Alarms to Other Objects

You can copy all the event enrollment objects and the intrinsic alarm properties associated with a BACnet object to one or more BACnet objects. This process creates new event enrollment objects for each target object, based on the properties of the copied objects (any existing event enrollment objects remain). It also overwrites the intrinsic alarm properties of the target object with the intrinsic alarm properties of the selected object.

Since this process works in the background, you can start a copy procedure and then continue to work with other management station features.

  1. In the System Browser, select the BACnet source object whose alarms you wish to copy, then check the Manual Navigation box.
  1. Click Copy All to display the Copy All list box in the Alarming section.
  1. Select the target BACnet objects you wish to copy the alarms to, then drag them to the Copy All list on the Targets tab.
  1. Use the buttons of the Copy Alarms section to edit this list and to start or cancel the copy procedure.
  1. Click the Activity Log tab to view the results of the latest copy procedure.
  • New event enrollment objects with the properties of the copied objects are created for each object selected in Step 3. The intrinsic alarm properties of the target objects are overwritten with the alarm properties of the selected object.

NOTE:
If the notification class object specified in the source object does not exist in the target object, then a new notification class object is created.

 

Creating/Editing a Notification Class Object

At least one notification class object must exist in the system to specify alarming for BACnet objects.

  • You want to create of new notification class object.
  1. In the System Browser select an existing notification class object or a device.
  1. Click New in the BACnet Object Editor pane. Alternately, to create a new notification class object based on an existing object, click Save As.
  1. Edit the selected notification class object in the BACnet Object Editor.
  1. In the Main section you edit primary BACnet properties.
  1. The Recipient List section allows you to define the list of devices receiving BACnet alarms. You can specify multiple devices for the notification class object.
  1. In the Advanced section you edit additional object and alarm properties for the object.
  1. To save your changes click Save.
    NOTE: Clicking OK in the Advanced Notification section only temporarily saves data for the device selected in the Recipient List. To save all changes made to the notification object you must click the Save button on the Application toolbar.

 

Deleting a BACnet Object
  1. In the System Browser, select the BACnet object you wish to delete.
  1. Click Delete on the BACnet Object Editor Application toolbar.
NOTICE

Because an event enrollment object can only exist in conjunction with another BACnet object, using the Delete button for an event enrollment object selected in the System Browser will also delete its referenced object, plus any other event enrollment objects associated with the referenced object.

To delete a single event enrollment object you must delete it using the Delete button in the Alarming section of the referenced BACnet object.