COV Subscription

SubscribeCOV Service SubscriberProcessID ObjectID ConfirmedNotifications Lifetime 123 AV27 TRUE 300 SubscribeCOVProperty Service SubscriberProcessID ObjectID ConfirmedNotifications Lifetime PropertyID COV Increment 123 AV27 TRUE 300 85 1.0

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COV Notification
ConfirmedCOVNotification Service

SubscriberProcessID
DeviceID ObjectID

123
3415 AV27

PropertyID Array Index Property Value

Time Remaining
List of Values

143

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Modeling With Objects

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Data Model
Name Present Value Status Last Changed Hours On e.g. OutsideLight on or off? OK, Fault, Overridden 2008-09-06 20:13 1652.5

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Everything is a Point
Name Present Value Status Last Changed Hours On OutsideLight ON OK 2008-09-06 20:13 1652.5

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Use Standard Objects to Model Points

Name Present Value Status Last Changed Hours On

BO or BV MSI or MSV

AV

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Mix Standard Objects and Proprietary Objects

Name Present Value Status Last Changed Hours On Proprietary String object BO or BV MSI or MSV Proprietary Date object AV

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Everything is an Object
OutsideLight Present Value Status Last Changed Hours On ON OK 2008-09-06 20:13 1652.5

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Standard Object
BO object Object_Name Present_Value Status_Flags
Change_Of_State_Time

OutsideLight Active Normal 2008-09-06 20:13 1652.5

Elapsed_Active_Time

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Proprietary Object
Proprietary XX object Object_Name My Value My Status
Last Change

OutsideLight 1 0 2008-09-06 20:13 1652.5

Hours On

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I/O Modeling: Events

ReadProperty or ReadPropertyMultiple

Present_Value

(unsubscribed) COVNotification EventNotification Event Enrollment object

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I/O Modeling: Feedback

BO object Object_Name Present_Value Event_State Feedback_Value AHU3Fan Active Offnormal Inactive

Time_Delay

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HOA, Override, Out of Service Inputs

NOT NORMAL? NOT NO_FAULT_DETECTED?

IN_ALARM Status_Flags FAULT OVERRIDDEN

Out_Of_Service T

OUT_OF_SERVICE

writes to Present_Value

Present_Value F BACnet Alarm/Fault Logic Reliability F Reliability Logic Event_State

writes to Reliability

sensor input

F=auto

Override Decision

Interface_Value
T=manual

manual setting

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NOT NORMAL? NOT NO_FAULT_DETECTED?

HOA, Override, Out of Service Outputs

IN_ALARM FAULT OVERRIDDEN Status_Flags

Out_Of_Service

OUT_OF_SERVICE

Present_Value writes to Reliability

T F Reliability Logic

BACnet Alarm/Fault Logic Reliability Event_State Interface_Value

T F

Override Decision Last In-Service Value F=auto

control output

T=manual

manual setting

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Change of State Time, Count

BI/BO/BV object

Present_Value
Change_Of_State_Time Change_Of_State_Count

Active/Inactive
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Time_Of_State_Count_Reset
Elapsed_Active_Time Time_Of_Active_Time_Reset

2008-09-06 21:22
1257.3 2008-09-06 21:22

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Structuring and Aggregating Objects

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Structured View Object

Structured View Object
Node_Type Node_Subtype Subordinate_List Subordinate_Annotations equipment AHU

Mode Schedule, Heating Setpoint, Cooling Setpoint

DeviceID ObjectID

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Group Objects
List_Of_Group_Members Present_Value
ObjectID PropertyID Array Index Property Value

Global Group
Group_Members Present_Value Group_Member_Names
DeviceID ObjectID PropertyID Array Index

Status, Mode, Level

Property Value

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Questions

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Character Sets
String

Values, any length Character Set Code

ANSI

3.64 DBCS (plus code page) JIS (Japan) ISO 10646 UCS-4 (Everything) ISO 10646 UCS-2 (Unicode) ISO 8859 (ANSI + Latin/Europe) UTF-8

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Character Set Contexts

Object_Names String

properties, e.g. Description, Active_Text, etc. String parameters, e.g. Passwords Comparison, e.g. ReadPropertyConditional

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Questions

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Proprietary Extensions

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Extensible Enumerations
Enumeration Name error-class error-code BACnetAbortReason BACnetDeviceStatus BACnetDoorAlarmState BACnetEngineeringUnits BACnetEventState BACnetEventType BACnetLifeSafetyMode BACnetLifeSafetyState BACnetLifeSafetyOperation BACnetMaintenance BACnetObjectType BACnetProgramError BACnetPropertyIdentifier BACnetPropertyStates BACnetReliability BACnetRejectReason BACnetSilencedState BACnetVTClass Reserved Range 0-63 0-255 0-63 0-63 0-255 0-255 0-63 0-63 0-255 0-255 0-63 0-255 0-127 0-63 0-511 0-63 0-63 0-63 0-63 0-63 Maximum Value 65535 65535 255 65535 65535 65535 65535 65535 65535 65535 65535 65535 1023 65535 4194303 254 65535 255 65535 65535

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Proprietary Object Types and Properties

Some

BACnet clients wont support Avoid using constructed datatypes Publish detailed descriptions of all proprietary object types and their properties

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EventNotifications
Complex,

Extended Event Types Using event types with objects not listed in 13-2 Faults

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Proprietary Services
PrivateTransfer
unconfirmed

confirmed

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Configuration
Read/Write

properties is preferred vs. PrivateTransfer or AtomicRead/WriteFile Tools vs. Files (e.g. XML) vs. Private Mechanisms (web pages etc.)

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Questions

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