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iRidium for BACnet IP
a set of tools for creating visualization interfaces
The driver is meant to control BACnet equipment. Use a project example to have a look at it:
Description
iRidium for BACnet is a set of tools to create an interface to control Smart home or office on the basis of BACnet equipement. It realizes commands of BACnet protocol.
Connection
Control panels (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac) can control BACnet equipment only via BACnet controller.
Import configuration from SBO Workstation to iRidium Studio
You can save the configuration file in xml format and import to iRIdium
1 Open StruxureWare Building Operation Workstation and authorize there.
2 Click by the right mouse button to Enterprise server in StruxureWare Building Operation. Select "Import" from the list of options
3 Create a new project in iRidium Studio. Open PROJECT DEVICE PANEL and select Import > BACnet Project(*.xml). The driver with commands and feedback will be created from your xml file.
Manual Adding of Driver
If you can't import data from xml, add the BACnet driver to the project from iRidium database:
- Launch iRidium Studio and create a new iRidium project
- Open DEVICE BASE side panel and find BACnet driver. Drag and drop BACnet to PROJECT DEVICE PANEL
Indicate the controller address in iRidium project otherwise it will not work.
Connection settings
When a driver is added to a project with the help of import or manually, indicate connection settings.
- Host - controller IP address
- Port - controller connection port
- Send Timeout - time for data sending in milliseconds
- Update Timeout - time for data update in sending buffer in milliseconds. Update Timeout must be several times as big as Send Timeout.
BACnet-device parameters
Devices in BACnet has several important settings.
- Device Instance - ID of Bacnet device. It is seen in the controller web-interface
- Priority - the value of this parameter can vary from 1 to 16 and it means the priority of writing an opearation. Prioritising BACnet commands
- Network ID - Network numbers must be unique on a BACnet system regardless of the protocol. BACnet MS/TP and BACnet/IP network numbers cannot be duplicated. A network number can range from 1 – 65,534 (with 65,535 reserved for broadcasts).
- Maс address - are the lowest level addressing scheme in BACnet. In i-Vu® Open Control systems, MS/TP MAC addresses range from 1 – 99 and must be unique for each device within an MS/TP network.
Change of Connection Settings
You need the possibility to change connection properties when you disconnect from the Wi-Fi network of the automation object and start using 3G or another Wi-Fi network. To maintain control of the object you need to switch from the local to public IP-address of the Internet router.
The switch is not automatic. You have to select the connection mode. For remote acces you have to make ports for controlling the automation system public. In order to do that you have o set up the Port Forwarding service on your Internet router. VPN can provide protected connection.
1 Download the template (*.js) (right-click button: "Save object as ..."), add the template in the script editor with the button
(+) Add Script from file
2 Set up script properties as it is shown in the example:
- function Internal_1() {
- IR.GetDevice('BACnet').SetParameters({Host: "192.168.0.95", Port: 5001, "SendTimeOut": 2000, "UpdateTimeOut": 1000});
- }
- function External_1() {
- IR.GetDevice('BACnet').SetParameters({Host: "215.110.10.10", Port: 5001, "SendTimeOut": 2000, "UpdateTimeOut": 1000});
- }
Copy the driver name from Projeсt Device Panel - the list of properties has to be copied from the example.
3 Select the button which will be responsible for the switch of Internal and External properties. Open Macros Editor for the Press event (Object Properties > Programming), select the Script Call command and add it by double-clicking on it. Select the name of the function which will be activated by the button:
Now each pressing on the button will apply the corresponding connection properties.
Commands & Feedbacks
Commands and feedback channels have to be assigned to graphic items to control equipment:
- A command is assigned to a graphic item.
- Feedback channel is assigned to a graphic item to display the variable state.
To assign commands or channels to graphic items use the drag&drop method.
To send a command, drag it on a graphic item. To display feedback, drag the channel on the graphic item and indicate where to output the value (Value):
Setting up
To set a command or a feedback channel, set the following fields:
- Object Type - type of variable
- ObjectID - variable ID (input, output). It can be found in the controller web-interface -> BaCnet Interface - Application - Points - Variable - Advanced Tab
- property type - the property of reading\writing value(Present Value - read value from device, Out of service - write data from panel)
- COV increment - minimal value change for data update
At the moment the following types of variables are supported:
Object Types
| type |
description
|
| analog-input |
Analogue input
|
| analog-output |
Analogu output
|
| analog-value |
Analogue value
|
| binary-input |
Binary input
|
| binary-output |
Binary output
|
| binary-value |
Binary value
|
| multi-state-input |
Input with multiple states
|
| multi-state-output |
Output with multiple states
|
| multi-state-value |
Value with multiple states
|
