Updates (changes/additions) to this NiagaraAX BACnet Guide document are listed below.
Updated: December 5, 2011
Updated document to describe various changes made in the BACnet driver in AX-3.4, AX-3.5, and AX-3.6, as well as the new BACnet AWS Supervisor and BACnet OWS Supervisor products introduced in the 3.6.40.1 build of BACnet-related modules, as well as in a later AX-3.6 maintenance release.. The following document sections were affected:
In the section Bacnet Quick Start, a Note was added explaining that quick start procedures also apply to any of the “BACnet Supervisor” products, with links to the appropriate sections that describe these products. Related Notes were added in quick start procedures.
In the main sectionNiagara Bacnet Client Concepts, a more comprehensive table of contents to subsections is provided, with various content changes or additions in some of these subsections. Changed areas include About Bacnet Comm: Network: Router Table, About Bacnet Comm: Network: Ip Port, and reordered content in About Bacnet Polling. In the Local Bacnet Device section, the subsection About Local Device slots was edited, and a new section was added: Time synchronization properties. New Bacnet Device Manager subsections were added, including Devices discovered in fault (orange), and AX-3.5 and later features Timesynch (TSynch) function and Device ID function. Starting in build 3.6.40.1 of the BACnet driver, client support was added for Trend Log Multiple objects. This affected sections About Bacnet Trend Logs (Histories), including subsections Bacnet History Import Manager, and new subsection Bacnet Trend Multiple View.
In the main sectionNiagara Bacnet Server Operation, a more comprehensive table of contents to subsections is provided, with various content changes or additions in some of these subsections. Changed areas include export folder and Bacnet Export Manager, including new subsections Using export folders, Structured View Object server support, Adding new Bacnet export folders, and Svo Subordinate Manager view. Other changes were made in Local Device container slots.
In the sectionBacnet Plugin Guides, more plugin (view) summary descriptions were added, including Views in module bacnetAws and Views in module bacnetOws. Summaries support context-sensitive Workbench “Help on View”, and contain links to more in-depth, contextual details in main sections.
In the sectionBacnet Component Guides, more component summary descriptions were added, including bacnetAws module components and bacnetAws module components. Summaries support context-sensitive Workbench Help “Guide on Target”, and have links to more in-depth, contextual details in main sections.
A new appendix BACnet AWS and OWS Supervisors was added, with main sections BACnet OWS and AWS Supervisors overview, BACnet AWS Supervisor features, BACnet OWS Supervisor features, and Converting to a BACnet AWS or OWS Supervisor station.
The previous appendix BACnet Supervisor (about a bacnetws module -based Supervisor) was retained, but now contains Notes about the BACnet Supervisor being deprecated starting in AX-3.6.
A few additional Notes were added about BacnetDevice support starting in AX-3.5.
A new appendix Internetworks and BACnet/IP was added, providing details similar to those in the (R2) Niagara BACnet Integration Reference, but relative to a NiagaraAX station. Main sections include BACnet Network Numbers, Internetwork = BACnet Routers, BACnet/IP and BBMDs, and Example Internetwork Diagrams.
Updated: February 26, 2008
Changed document to reference the new NiagaraAX Drivers Guide, which was created from information formerly found in the NiagaraAX User Guide. Reworked and expanded the section Bacnet virtual points, to describe the Bacnet virtual component redesign in AX-3.3 and later. Added new corresponding summary descriptions in the Bacnet Component Guides and Bacnet Plugin Guides sections.
Updated: April 30, 2007
Converted document to “new look” print format. Added new BACnet Supervisor Appendix A, containing information formerly in a NiagaraAX BACnet Supervisor User Guide (PDF only) document. Included in that appendix are new sections covering the client-side Backup Device and Restore Device functions available for an AX-3.2 BACnet Supervisor.
In the Niagara Bacnet Client Concepts section, added new sections About Bacnet Polling, Who Has function, Facets usage to poll additional properties (AX-3.2), and Bacnet virtual points (AX-3.2).
In the Niagara Bacnet Server Operation section, added a new subsection about Local Device backup and restore properties (AX-3.2).
Updated the summary descriptions for components and views found in the Bacnet Component Guides and Bacnet Plugin Guides sections, including creation of many that were found missing.
Made numerous other small changes and additions, including an AX-3.2-upgrade related entry in the Bacnet FAQs section of this preface.
Revised: April 4, 2006
Minor corrections throughout, mostly for typos. Started a Bacnet FAQs section in this Preface.
Revised: February 1, 2006
Major changes and additions. Started a BACnet terms section in this Preface. Reversed order of this change log to put newest changes at top.
Added new section Bacnet licensing considerations in Bacnet Driver Installation section.
Updated various discussions and figures in the main section Niagara Bacnet Client Concepts, including new subsections Bacnet Schedule Import Manager, Bacnet Schedule Export Manager, Bacnet History Import Manager, and BACnet Trend Log import notes.
Added new main section Niagara Bacnet Server Operation, with main subsections Bacnet server configuration overview, Bacnet Export Manager, Bacnet File Export Manager, Bacnet Niagara Log Export Manager, and Local Device notes.
Made numerous small changes in sections Bacnet Component Guides and Bacnet Plugin Guides. Document title changed to BACnet Guide (was Bacnet Guide).
Revised: September 15, 2005
Changed to new cover design (affects PDF only).
Revised: July 6, 2005
Minor changes. Moved Copyright and Trademarks information to front of document, and removed Bajadoc references. Print version (PDF) has new cover appearance.
Published: June 24, 2005
Added Copyright and Trademarks to preface.
Draft: June 15, 2005
Added several missing components in Bacnet Component GuidesBacnet Component Guides section. No other changes.
Draft: May 25, 2005
From a review, made minor corrections in the Bacnet Quick Start and Niagara Bacnet Client Concepts sections. Added more detail under Bacnet proxy points, including new sections Bacnet ProxyExt actions and Status merger for Bacnet proxy points.
Draft: May 18, 2005
(Initial change log). More detail in procedures under Create Bacnet proxy points.
Related to this, added a new section Bacnet Point Manager, which provides details on the Discovered and Database tables (panes) in the Point Manager.
Various other minor additions made to the Niagara Bacnet Client Concepts section.
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