BACnet Server
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BACnet® IP Server

UniStream controllers can functions as BACnet IP servers.

  • BACnet Server requires a license purchase. For more information, please contact your Unitronics' sales representative.

  • One-hour Trial Offer: this free, fully functional trial offer enables you to explore UniStream's BACnet Server for 60 minutes at a time. Click here for Trial activation instructions.

Services, Objects, and Tasks 

The following list details the features currently supported by a UniStream controller, when licensed as a BACnet Server

Services

BIBB

B-AAC texts

B-AAC


Data Sharing

Data Sharing - Read Property - B

DS-RP-B

Data Sharing - Read Property Multiple - B

DS-RPM-B

Data Sharing - Write Property - B

DS-WP-B

Data Sharing - Write Property Multiple - B

DS-WPM-B

Alarm event management

Alarm and Event - Notification Internal - B

AE-N-B

Alarm and Event - ACK - B

AE-ACK-B

Alarm and Event - Information - B

AE-INFO-B

Scheduling

Scheduling - Internal - B

SCHED-I-B



Device & Network Management

Device Management - Dynamic Device Binding - B

DM-DDB-B

Device Management - Dynamic Object Binding - B

DM-DOB-B

Device Management - Device Communication Control - B

DM-DCC-B

Device Management - Time Synchronization - B

DM-TS-B

Device Management - Reinitialize Device - B

DM-RD-B

Objects

Objects

Analog Input

Analog Output

Analog Value

Binary Input

Binary Output

Binary Value

Calendar

Device

Notification Class

Schedule

Trend Log

Other

Task

Persistence - Delete on application change
(UniStream BACnet Server is a dynamic server)

Process start/stop/reset

BACnet backup & restore device procedures - Password

 

Configuring BACnet server

  • BACnet requires that the controller's SD card be installed in its slot at all times.

In the Solution Explorer under Protocols click BACnet, select Servers, and then click Add New BACnet Server.

After you add the Server:

  1. Click in the BACnet server fields to edit them.

  1. Drag I/Os from the toolbox and link tags as required.

  1. Select a row to define the attributes for an I/O.

 

 

Licensing: Activating BACnet

Trial Activation
To activate the BACnet Trial license:

  1. Create a UniLogic project.

  2. Add a BACnet IP server as shown above; include I/Os, Schedules, and other items according to your project needs.

  3. Download your BACnet project to a UniStream controller with a firmware version higher than OS 1.28.58.
    At the end of the download, your PLC will restart, and the One-hour Trial will automatically start.

  4. When the trial hour completes, UniStream will display this HMI screen:

You can reactivate the 1-hour Trial by restarting the PLC or HMI, or by selecting the Reset HMI or Reset PLC option in UniApps.

 

 

Full Activation

When you purchase a license from your Unitronics sales representative, you receive a license key number.

In UniApps, select Licensing>Activate BACnet License>Enter Key and follow the on-screen instructions for Activation.