Controller Summary View

Use Controller Summary to view or modify Device Name,, Device Model, and select the period when day light savings are in effect. TimeZone can also be configured in this view which will be used to calculate the UTCOffset property of the BACnet device object.

To view or modify the summary details of the controller:

  1. Double-click the device name in the Nav palette to display the Controller Summary View on the right of your screen.
  2. Enter Device Name.
  3. Select a Device Model.
  4. Engineering Mode\Normal Mode: Use this option to switch from Engineering Mode to Normal Mode and vice versa.

For more details, See "Menus and Actions on a Spyder device".

BACnet Controller

  1. One of the following BACnet models can be selected:

Spyder II models:

Spyder BACnet Micro models:

Spyder BACnet Relay models:

  1. Use Model Description to view the device details such as controller details, number of universal inputs, number of binary inputs, number of modulating outputs, number of binary outputs, type of wall module, number of functional blocks, etc.
  2. Use Download status to view download status. You can view five types of download status on screen:
  3. Click Set to enter the Global Update Rate.. Update Rate is the rate at which the BACnet objects expect an update from the BACnet network. When 'Fail Detect' is enabled , the controller will report an alarm if 5 consecutive updates are not received.. The Set button can be used to globally set the update rate for all objects in the ControlProgram logic. Note that any new object added to the ControlProgram would have the default update rate of 60 seconds.
  1. ClickSet to enter the Global Send Heart Beat.
  2. Send Heartbeat  is the rate at which a Network object value is sent to the network regardless of whether its value has changed or not. . The Set button can be used to globally set the Send Heartbeat for all objects in the ControlProgram logic. Note that any new object added to the ControlProgram would have the default send heartbeat of 60 seconds.
  1. Select the Enable Daylight Savings option and specify the following information when the day light savings must come into effect:
  2. You must clear the Day Light Savings check box and download it to the controller, for the controller to stop using daylight savings.
  3.  Select the TimeZone where the controller is installed. This will be used to calculate the UTCOffset property of the BACnet DeviceObject. This property is written to the controller when the controller time is set.
  4. Click Save to save the changes or Cancel to revert to the previous settings.

           Note: You are free to select any device model even if the application created does not fit the memory requirements of the target model.

                    Honeywell Spyder performs necessary actions on model change and gives a report of the same.