
FS-87 -73 BACnet MSTP Driver Manual Table of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. BACNET MSTP DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................... 3
2. DRIVER SCOPE OF SUPPLY ........................................................................................ 4
2.1. Supplie by Fiel Server Technologies for this river.................................................. 4
2.2. Provi e by the Supplier of 3
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Party Equipment ........................................................ 4
2.2.1. Required 3
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Party Hardware .................................................................................. 4
2.2.2. Optional Items ........................................................................................................ 4
3. HARDWARE CONNECTIONS........................................................................................ 5
3.1. Har ware connection Tips/Hints ................................................................................ 6
4. CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A BACNET MSTP CLIENT............................ 7
4.1. Data Arrays/Descriptors............................................................................................. 7
4.2. Setting the Fiel Server No e_ID................................................................................ 7
4.3. Client Si e Connection Descriptions .......................................................................... 8
4.4. Client Si e No e Descriptors ..................................................................................... 9
4.5. Client Si e Map Descriptors......................................................................................10
4.5.1. FieldServer Related ap Descriptor Parameters...................................................10
4.5.2. Driver Related ap Descriptor Parameters............................................................10
4.5.3. Timing Parameters ................................................................................................10
4.5.4. ap Descriptor Example........................................................................................11
5. CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A BACNET MSTP SERVER.........................12
5.1. Driver Specific Fiel Server Parameters ....................................................................12
5.2. Server Si e Connection Descriptors .........................................................................13
5.3. Server Si e No e Descriptors...................................................................................13
5.4. Server Si e Map Descriptors ....................................................................................15
5.4.1. FieldServer Specific ap Descriptor Parameters...................................................15
5.4.2. Driver Specific ap Descriptor Parameters ...........................................................15
5.4.3. ap Descriptor Example........................................................................................16
APPENDIX A. DRIVER NOTES.............................................................................................17
Appen ix A.1. Data_Type Legal Values – Abbreviation Descriptions..................................17
APPENDIX B. ADVANCED TOPICS .....................................................................................18
Appen ix B.1. BACnet Object Names.................................................................................18
Appen ix B.2. BACnet Priority Arrays .................................................................................18
Appen ix B.3. Limitations of the BACnet Rea _Property_Multiple service..........................18
Appen ix B.4. BACnet State Text Preloa ..........................................................................19
APPENDIX C. TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS ..........................................................................2
Appen ix C.1. Debugging a BACnet connection: Hints an tips.........................................20
Appen ix C.2. BACnet Specific Statistics............................................................................21
Appen ix A.1. Network number...........................................................................................21
Appen ix C.3. Known problems with thir party evices - Automate Logic Corporation. ...21
APPENDIX D. UNITS ............................................................................................................22