Issue
When browsing the IP network using the WorkPlace Commissioning Tool, third party devices are displayed in addition to the I/A Series BACnet devices but no information is known about those devices.
Product Line
TAC I/A Series
Environment
- WorkPlaceTech Commissioning Tool
- 3rd party BACnet IP & MS/TP devices
Cause
3rd party BACnet devices are sometimes connected to the IP network without the knowledge of the engineer programming the I/A Series system.
Resolution
When performing a global browse of the IP network, unknown devices are sometimes displayed in the WorkPlaceTech Commissioning Tool device list display. Since all data columns are not necessarily displayed, some of the device information may not be able to be directly determined.
Right-click in the column headers and a menu of available data columns will be displayed.
The following columns may be displayed at a minimum to allow identification of the devices on the network as well as the BACnet routing path to those devices:
- Instance
- Vendor
- Model
- Router
- Network
- Address
If the device is a BACnet IP device, the "Address" will be displayed as an IP Address and Port.
For example the address of a BACnet IP device communicating via port 47821 at IP 10.159.34.238
Address = 10.159.34.238 : 47821
If the device is a BACnet MS/TP device under a BACnet IP device, the address is the MAC address of the device on the MSTP bus and the Router is the address of the BACnet IP router to that device in Hexadecimal numbers.
For example, for MSTP device #4 under BACnet IP Router address, 10.159.34.238 : 47821
10 = 0A, 159 = 9F, 34 = 22, 236 = EC and 47821 = BA CD
Address = 4
Router = 0A-9F-22-EC-BA-CD
If the device provides vendor and model information, that information will be displayed in the appropriate columns.
