BACNET IP integration

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Hi. I have installed new version of Mango with BACNET IP protocol. When I want to add data source of Bacnet IP device it isn't possible.
Could you help with workflow of BACNET IP integration ?

The BACnet I/P protocol is only available in the commercial version of the product. Have you purchased a commercial license?

Last weekend I tried Mango with BacnetIP protocol. I tried to connect
it with Siemens PXC BacnetIP controller.

Connection is OK and I can also discover Bacnet device and find out
all Bacnet objects.

I have some problems to add Analog value as data point and I dont have
there possibility to set it as settable point.

I would like also ask you how is possible to setup parameters of time schedulers ?

I have feeling that this product could be good and mainly cheep solution for small project
with less or middle size of data points.

If you have some more detailed helps or guides for BacnetIP in Mango, please send me.

Dusky

Hi Dusky,

The three "value" objects (i.e. analog, binary, and multistate) were originally considered read-only. The spec confirms though that this is not the case. A future micro-release will provide a fix for this. In the meantime, you can apply the following patch. Edit the file WEB-INF/jsp/dataSourceEdit/editBacnetIp.jsp and locate the function called "objectTypeChanged" (should be a line 157). Replace this function with the following definition:

No restart is required. When you hit that page again it will recompile and the change will be implemented.

Regarding time schedulers, if you are referring to the "schedule object type" in BACnet, this is not currently supported by Mango because Mango already implements Scheduled Events which provides better consolidation of event handling within the application itself (as opposed to distributing your logic across your automation network). I recommend you check out the Scheduled Events documentation to confirm whether they will satisfy your requirements.