The Ip Port container provides for BACnet Annex J communications as a BACnet/IP device. Link binding is automatic to the IP address and the selected Ethernet adapter of the host Niagara platform.

By default, the “conventional” UDP port 0xBAC0 (decimal 47808) is used, however, you can specify using another UDP port. Figure 5 shows the Ip Port property sheet expanded to its Link container.

As with other Bacnet network ports, the Ip Port provides its own, independent Poll Scheduler (Poll Service). See “About poll components” in the Drivers Guide for more details. Also see About Bacnet Polling.

Link property “IP Device Type” allows for B/IP operation as a BBMD (BACnet Broadcast Management Device) or BACnet Foreign Device, or a standard BACnet device (the default). Remaining properties support further configuration as a BBMD or Foreign Device. For related BBMD and Foreign Device details, see BACnet/IP and BBMDs.