Using offline Discover to add Bacnet proxy points

The EDE files contain data that defines BACnet objects. You use the BacnetNetwork’s Ede Bacnet Point Manager view to firstly select an EDE Configuration containing an EDE file set and then discover the BACnet Objects from it so that Bacnet proxy points can be added under any BacnetDevice in a similar manner to Bacnet Online discovery.

Perform the following steps:
  1. In the Ede Bacnet Device Manager, in the Exts column, double-click the Points icon in the row representing the device you wish to explore.
    This brings up the Ede Bacnet Point Manager.
  2. Click the Discover button to automatically learn what BACnet objects are defined in the EDE files.
    A popup EDE File Chooser dialog appears.
  3. Click the down arrow in the EDE Configuration Selection and make a selection from the drop down list.
     

    NOTE: Ensure you select the same EDE Configuration as used previously for the EDE Device discovery.
     
  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 objects are listed in the top pane of the view, in the “Discovered” table. Each BACnet object in the device occupies one row.
 

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