Using offline Discover to add Bacnet Devices

The EDE files contain data that defines BACnet devices. You use the BacnetNetwork’s Ede Bacnet Device Manager view to firstly select an EDE Configuration containing an EDE file set and then discover the BACnet Device components from it so that Bacnet devices can be added to the BacnetNetwork in a similar manner to Bacnet Online discovery.


Prerequisites:
  • At least one EDE Configuration.

Perform the following steps:
  1. Right-click the BacnetNetwork in the nav tree and select View > Ede Bacnet Device Manager to bring up the Ede Bacnet Device Manager.
  2. Click the Discover button to automatically learn what devices are defined in the EDE files.
    A popup EDE Device Discovery dialog appears.
  3. Click the down arrow in the EDE Configuration Selection and make a selection from the drop down list.
  4. Click the OK button to initiate the discovery process.
    A progress bar appears at the top of the view and updates as the discovery occurs.
When the discovery job completes, discovered BACnet devices are listed in the top pane of the view, in the “Discovered” table.
 

NOTE: This works the same as most Device Manager views. For details, see the section “About Device Discover, Add and Match (Learn Process)” in the Drivers Guide. To add learned devices, see the section “To add discovered BACnet Devices” in the Bacnet Guide.