About Bacnet Comm: Client, Server, and Transport

Relative to other Bacnet Comm child containers, properties under the Client, Server, and Transport containers typically require little configuration (from default values).

Possible exceptions apply to the Bacnet Comm Server component, specifically to its “Reinitialize Allowed” property—which is hidden, by default. If job circumstances require a remote BACnet client to have the ability to reboot the Niagara host (running the station), you can clear the “Hidden” config flag for this property from the Server’s slot sheet, and change its value from false to true.

In the Server layer component, its Reinitialize Allowed property must be set to true to support any of the following:

A remote BACnet client to reinitialize the station (in most cases, this results in a host reboot).
Server-side support of “backup and restore” functions from a remote BACnet Workstation client, conforming to BACnet DM-BR-B BIBB.
This requires AX-3.2 or higher. In addition, you may wish to adjust related properties in the BacnetNetwork’s LocalBacnetDevice. See Local Device backup and restore properties.