Perhaps the most important Local Device property is the device object ID for the station—by default, this is -1 (driver inoperative). To permit any BACnet operation in the station, you must reassign this to a valid, unique, device ID on the BACnet network. Range is from 0 to 4194302.

Figure 9 shows the property sheet of the BacnetNetwork expanded to show the Local Device container. In this example, the station is operating as BACnet Device 75.

Most other properties are status (read-only) types reflective of the station’s BACnet device capabilities. However, several are configuration properties to specify location, description, and various APDU parameters. External from Niagara (to other BACnet devices), these properties determine how the BACnet Device object appears that represents the station. See Local Device properties for more details.