Using offline Discover to add Bacnet Histories

The EDE files contain data that defines BACnet Trend Logs. You use the BacnetNetwork’s Ede Bacnet History Import Manager view to firstly select an EDE Configuration containing an EDE file set and then discover the BACnet Trend Log objects from it so that Bacnet history import components can be added to the 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 Trend Logs icon in the row representing the device you wish to explore.
    This brings up the Ede Bacnet History Import Manager
  2. Click the Discover button to automatically learn what BACnet Trend Log 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 Trend Log objects are listed in the top pane of the view, in the “Discovered” table. Each BACnet Trend Log object in the device occupies one row.
 

NOTE: For general information on this device extension, see “About the Histories extension” in the Drivers Guide and also see the section “BACnet Trend Log import notes” in the Bacnet Guide.