Quickstart Guide
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Industrial Systems Connection ...
BACnet

BacnetIP

7min

Note: This driver is available for Manufacturing Connect Edge version 3.3.1 and later.

Review the following information for setting up and configuring the BacnetIP device.

Manufacturing Connect Edge Compatible Series

Compatibility parameter

Compatible items

Driver type

Ethernet

Validated devices/series

BACnet/IP devices

To set up and configure this device in Manufacturing Connect Edge, you will need to do the following:

  • Step 1: Set up and Configure the PLC Device
  • Step 2: Set up the PLC Device in Manufacturing Connect Edge DeviceHub
  • Step 3: Configure the List of Registers

Step 1: Set up and Configure the PLC Device

Important: When setting up the PLC device, the Bacnet driver and your Manufacturing Connect Edge instance must be on the same subnet. If they aren't on the same subnet, the Bacnet driver won't be able to connect to Manufacturing Connect Edge.

To find the network parameters of the driver, you have the option of using the Device Discovery Tool. Otherwise, set up the device for Ethernet access and collect the network parameters.

To use the device discovery tool:

  1. Navigate to DeviceHub > Devices.
  2. Click Add New Device.

    Add New Device icon
    Add New Device icon
    
  3. Click the Device Type drop-down list and select BACnet.
  4. Click the Driver Name drop-down list, and select BacnetIP.
  5. Click Device Discovery. The Device Discovery dialog box appears.

    Device Discovery option
    Device Discovery option
    
  6. In the Network address field, open the drop-down list and select the appropriate ethernet port. The available options are based on the interfaces configured in Manufacturing Connect Edge. To review interfaces, navigate to System > Network > Interfaces.
  7. In the Retry count field, review the default value (5) and update it if needed. This configures the number of times Manufacturing Connect Edge will attempt to discover devices.
  8. In the Timeout field, review the default value (2) and update it if needed.
  9. Click Start discovery. When the search is complete, available devices will be listed with the following parameters:
    • Device ID
    • IP address
    • Port
  10. Click the appropriate device, and then click Update form with discovery results. The Connect Device dialog box appears with Network Address, Network Port, and Target Device ID pre-filled based on the discovery results.
  11. Move onto Step 2 and continue configuring the device with the remaining parameters.

Step 2: Set up the PLC Device in Manufacturing Connect Edge DeviceHub



Parameter

Value

Type

BACnet

Driver

BacnetIP

Network Address

The device address you defined in Step 1

Port

47808

Target Device ID

The Object ID of the device

Instance Device ID

If the default value of 0 is configured, then a random instance ID will be generated. This ID must be unique.



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Name

Value Types

Address Format

Min Address

Max Address

Description

AI

float32



0

2147483647

Analog input

AO

float32



0

2147483647

Analog output

AV

float32



0

2147483647

Analog value

BI

uint32, bool



0

2147483647

Binary input

BO

uint32, bool



0

2147483647

Binary output

BV

uint32, bool



0

2147483647

Binary value

MSI

int32



0

2147483647

Multi state input

MSO

int32



0

2147483647

Multi state output

MSV

int32



0

2147483647

Multi state value

SCH

float32



0

2147483647

Schedule

LFSP

uint32



0

2147483647

Life safety point

LOCTL

float32



0

2147483647

Local control

OCTSTR

octet_string



0

2147483647

Octet string

PINT

uint32



0

2147483647

Positive integer

CHV

string



0

2147483647

Object character string value

F

octet_string



0

2147483647

File object

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bool, int32, uint32, float32, float64, string, octet_string



0

2147483647

Proprietary