EDE File Set

Here are the definitions of the EDE (Engineering Data Exchange) files as specified in the BIG-EU description document called Engineering Data Exchange Template for BACnet Systems. The EDE file set is a collection of Comma-Separated Value (CSV) files.
 

NOTE: The definition document indicates that the Unit-Texts and Object-Types files may be “extended by adding Proprietary Units and Objects, according to the rules defined in the BACnet Standard”. However there is no facility within the Niagara driver framework to generate Niagara point types to represent Proprietary Objects, neither is it capable to generate Niagara Facets to represent Proprietary Units and therefore any such extensions made to the files are unsupported by this Plugin.
 

EDE

The CSV file which includes, in its name EDE, contains project information and also the list of data points chosen for interoperation.



Figure 1.   The EDE.csv file

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Object-Types

The CSV file which includes, in its name Object-Types, contains a list of supported BACnet Object Types. The file EDE refers to entries in the file Object-Types.



Figure 2.   The Object-Types.csv file

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State-Texts

The CSV file which includes, in its name State-Texts, contains information about the state texts being used for binary objects and multi state objects. The file EDE refers to entries in the file State-Texts.



Figure 3.   The State-Texts.csv file

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Unit-Texts

The CSV file which includes, in its name Unit-Texts, contains a list of supported BACnetEngineeringUnits which are being used for analog objects. The file EDE refers to entries in the file Unit-Texts.



Figure 4.   The Unit-Texts.csv file

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EDE File Set example

The four EDE files will be named in a similar fashion to those in the following MyProject... example:

  • MyProject_EDE.csv
  • MyProject_ObjTypes.csv
  • MyProject_StateTexts.csv
  • MyProject_Units.csv