SBO BACnet configuration. Schneider Electric SW ABILIT.CBS/SPACELYNK/BMS

6 SBO BACnet configuration

Schneider Electric StruxureWare Building Operation is a BACnet certified Building Management System capable of discovering values exported from spaceLYnk (SL). Exported data can be used for information, control, or visualization. Communication between SBO and SL is bi-directional.

Enterprise/Automation server acts as a BACnet client.

To configure the Building Operation WorkStation follow these five steps:

1) Log into SBO

2) Add BACnet interface into Automation Server

3) Configure IP

4) Discover devices and upload BACnet objects

5) Set required priority to reveal actual exported values

Note: Server name in this application note is Enterprise/Automation Server. In case of change this name following steps must reflect this change.

Note: To use BACnet functionality, your Enterprise/Automation Server and your spaceLYnk need to connected in the same level network.

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Step 1: Log into SBO

1) Open your SBO program and enter your user name and password.

 Main page of SBO program opens.

Step 2: Add BACnet interface into Enterprise/Automation Server

1) Right click Enterprise/Automation server

2) Click New

3) Click Interface

4) Click BACnet interface

5) Type your BACnet interface Name. You can leave preset name “BACnet interface”

6) Type your Location. You can leave the preset location

7) Click Create

 Your BACnet interface is now available in system menu.

Figure 19: Add BACnet Interface into Enterprise/Automation Server

Note: If BACnet interface must be added to additional servers

1) Create your new server

2) Change Location for BACnet Interface object

3) Select your new location

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Step 3: Configuring IP

Configuring SBO IP network allows you to establish connection between spaceLYnk and SBO to use Device discovery function to discover spaceLYnk device on the network.

Important : To use Device Discovery, you must set the IP settings of SBO to the same IP range as spaceLYnk.

1) Go to Enterprise/Automation server

2) Expand BACnet Interface

3) Click IP Network

4) Type your IP configuration

Figure 20: BACnet Interface configuration

IP address of your SBO is now set.

Note: In case of network collision change the value of the SBO IP port number.

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Step 4: Discovering devices and uploading BACnet objects

1) Click Enterprise/Automation Server

2) Click Device Discovery and select BACnet devices from pull down menu

 List of all discovered devices displays

3) Drag and drop your spaceLYnk to BACnet Interface

 IP network is displayed in System Tree

 A pop up message informs you, that objects have to be uploaded to the database in SBO

4) Right click your spaceLYnk and then select Upload

Figure 21: Uploaded BACnet objects with values

Objects from your spaceLYnk are now synchronized with your SBO application

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Step 5: Setting required priority to reveal live exported values

1) Click your spaceLYnk in System Tree

2) Expand spaceLYnk to show the Application folder

3) Click Application folder

 Sub window with list of spaceLYnk objects appears

4) Right click on Description to see a list of possible BACnet properties to be displayed such as priority, data type, etc.

5) Select the check box of properties of your BACnet object to display them

Figure 22: BACnet objects

Application tab collects all exported values from spaceLYnk to BACnet. Values of BACnet objects are dynamically changed according to their current values. Live update of your spaceLYnk proves successfully established connection between SL and SBO. You can manually change values of your data to test the connection.

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