Issue
The column labeled "Name" in the BACnet device discovery window is mislabeled.
Product Line
EcoStruxure Building Operation
Environment
Building Operation Workstation (All Versions)
Cause
BACnet device objects have two different names:
- An object display name that shows in WorkStation
- A BACnet name that represents the object in the device
These names have different character and length restrictions. For example, when you create a point or value in a BACnet device, you are prompted to enter an object display name. You can enter more than 16 characters here and are not restricted to using only letters, digits, and underscores.
For the BACnet name, you can enter up to 16 characters. The BACnet name specifies how an object is identified in a BACnet device and is composed solely of letters, digits, and underscores. If you leave the BACnet name box empty, the EcoStruxure Building Operation object name is truncated and spaces are removed for the name to fit in the box.
The object display name and the BACnet name are not linked, so changing one does not modify the other. As a result, when you rename a BACnet device point or value, you need to change both the object display and BACnet names.
You rename BACnet device points or values if you wish to change the name to something more specific, or if the point or value was initially named incorrectly. Because the binding templates require a naming convention, you may also need to rename a point or value to match a convention imposed after they were created. Instead of having to delete the point or value and configure a new one, you do a rename instead.
Resolution
The "Name" column within BACnet discovery actually reflects the BACnet Name and not the object display name.
