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Posted: 2025-12-09 02:05 AM
I'm looking to program an M172 to be a direct replacement for another PLC which has certain BACnet object instances. When I try to change this in machine expert, the option is greyed out and I cannot change this.
Is there any way to change the BACnet object instance number?
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Posted: 2025-12-10 12:18 AM
It's not possible, the instance can be changed only on the Device object, the instance of the other objects AV, BV,... objects is automatically assigned starting from the lowest one
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Posted: 2025-12-10 12:18 AM
It's not possible, the instance can be changed only on the Device object, the instance of the other objects AV, BV,... objects is automatically assigned starting from the lowest one
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