EDE Device Discovery In NiagaraAX

The EDE files contain data pertaining to the BACnet Device object. Here is a description of the relevant EDE file data which is used to define the NiagaraAX Bacnet device.

EDE File (EDE.csv) references

 

NOTE: When any of the EDE files are parsed, the #Comment row is ignored. Instead, the column number relative to the start of each row is used by the parser. Column 0 is the first column of each row followed by Column 1, Column 2 etc.
 
EDE File (EDE.csv) NiagaraAX
Column* #Comment Device Property
0 (M) keyname Bacnet Device Display Name
3 (M) object-type (object-type = 8 which determines the BACnet object type = Device)
4 (M) object-instance Object Id
 

NOTE: *The EDE definition document indicates that some fields are Mandatory and some are Optional. These are indicated (M) or (O)