Adding an EDE Configuration

Offline discover operates on an EDE file set. You can select one or more different EDE file sets and each file set, along with its individual EDE file paths is stored as an EDE Configuration with a unique Configuration ID. You must create and add an EDE Configuration before undertaking offline discover.

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 Add button to bring up the EDE Configuration dialog.
  4. Enter a name for this configuration in the Configuration ID option.
  5. Click the down arrow next to the folder icon adjacent to the EDE Master File Location option and select File Ord Chooser.
  6. Navigate to and select the desired MyProject_EDE.csv EDE file.
  7. Repeat the previous procedure for the Units File Location and State Texts File Location options.
  8. Adjust, if necessary the CSV Delimiter option to match the configuration of your chosen EDE files. The default is Comma , .
  9. Click the OK button to save the EDE Configuration and return to the EDE Device Discovery dialog.
You have created an EDE Configuration which can be used for offline discover.