About Bacnet Link Manager

Using Bacnet Link Manager view, you can manage the binding of Spyder devices. The view also provides the link details of the Bacnet devices.

The following link details are displayed in the Bacnet Link Manager view.

Opening Bacnet Link Manager View

To access the Bacnet Link Manager view:

Bacnet Link Manager Commands

The following commands are available in the Bacnet Link Manager view-

Add

Click Add ,to bind two Spyder Bacnet devices, or bind a Spyder Bacnet device and a third party Bacnet device.

Delete

Click Delete, to delete the links from the database. The link status changes to Obselete after the deletion, to indicate that the link is deleted only in the database. Click Bind, to remove the binding information from the controller.

Refresh

Click Refresh, to refresh the status of the bindings between the devices. The link status is displayed as NewLink, Bound, or Obsolete, depending on whether the link is downloaded to the device or is yet to be downloaded.

Bind

Click Bind, to download the binding information to the devices. The link status is updated, after the Bind option is invoked.

Selective Bind

Click Selective Bind, to download the binding information selectively to one or more devices.

Learn Link(s)

Click Learn Link(s), to learn the binding information from the devices. The link status is updated, after the binding information is retrieved from the device. On clicking Learn Link(s), all obsolete links are marked as Bound. The NewLinks that are not yet downloaded to the controller are retained.

Note:

At any point, for Learn Link(s) to restore the link status from a Spyder Bacnet device, the device has to be in downloaded state, that is, the application in Control Program of the source device in Niagara should match that in the online device. Otherwise Learn Links(s) does not learn links from that device.

The application in the target device involved in data sharing in Niagara does not have to match that in the online device.

Clear Bindings

Click Clear Bindings, to clear all the links from the device. The links that are in Bound and Obsolete states are marked as NewLink.

Types of Link Status

Each link or binding in the Bacnet Link Manager view appears with a status in the LinkStatus column. The links show one of the following status, assuming there is no error.

Error Conditions

Errors and warnings may occur while attempting to change or modify data when the devices are bound. The following are some of the error conditions.

 

Related Topics

Binding Lon Devices

Binding Bacnet Devices

Binding Jace and Spyder