Add Bindings

Add Bindings allows you to bind two devices wherein at least one device is a Spyder device. You can bind two devices in any one of the following ways.

The Spyder device can be selected under the Source Details or the Target Details section.

Perform the following to Generate Network Objects for Source and Target devices.

Perform the following to bind two Spyder devices.

  1. Select a Spyder Bacnet source device from the Device list.
  2. Select the source object from the Object list.
  3. Note: Click icon to select an object from the most recently used objects for data sharing.

  4. Select presentValue from the Property list.
  5. Select a Spyder Bacnet target device from the Device list.
  6. Select the target object from the Object list.
  7. Select presentValue from the Property list when the target object type is AV, BV, and MSV.
    or
    Select the priority value from the Property list when the target object type is AO or BO. A priority value from 1 to 16 can be set for the target object.

Note: The priority index selected for binding in case of a target device should be different from the priority index being driven by the controlprogram logic.

  1. Click OK to bind the two devices.

Perform the following to bind a Spyder source device with a third party target device.

  1. Select a Spyder source device from the Device list.
  2. Select the source object from the Object list.
  3. Select presentValue from the Property list.
  4. Select a third party target device from the Device list.
  5. Select the target Object Type from the list.
  6. Type the object instance number in the Object ID text box. A default Object Name is provided for the target object.

Note: The Object Name can be edited.

  1. Select presentValue from the Property list when the target object type is AV, BV, and MSV.
    or
    Select the priority value from the Property list when the target object type is AO or BO. A priority value from 1 to 16 can be set for the target object.
  2. Click OK to bind the two devices.

Perform the following to bind a third party source device with a Spyder target device.

  1. Select a third party source device from the Device list.
  2. Select an Object Type from the list.
  3. Type the object instance number in the Object ID text box. A default Object Name is provided for the target object.

Note: The Object Name can be edited.

  1. Select presentValue from the Property list. The present value of the source object is taken by default.
  2. Select a Spyder Bacnet target device from the Device list.
  3. Select the target object from the Object list.
  4. Select presentValue from the Property list when the target object type is AV, BV, and MSV.
    or
    Select the priority value from the Property list when the target object type is AO or BO. A priority value from 1 to 16 can be set for the target object.

Note: The priority index selected for binding in case of a target device should be different from the priority index being driven by the control program logic.

  1. Click OK to create the binding link between two devices.

Note: Binding cannot be done if both source and target devices are third party Bacnet devices. An error message, "Cannot create the link. Both are non-bindable devices." appears, if you try binding two third party devices.