Using the BACnet Device Management Tasks
PcVue BACnet interface provides a number of tasks to assist in the management of devices on your BACnet network.
The BACnet Device Management tasks are available to the developer in the Application Explorer only if access to advanced features is activated in the BACnet settings dialog. See the topic BACnet settings.
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Cold start | Send a message to a device to instruct it to re-boot. |
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Warm start | Send a message to a device to instruct it to reset to a predefined state. |
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Enable communication | Send a message to the device to instruct it to enable communication. |
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Disable communication initiation | Send a message to the device to instruct it to stop initiating messages. |
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Disable communication | Send a message to the device to instruct it to stop responding to requests and stop initiating messages. |
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Backup | Send a message to the device to initiate a backup of its programs and configuration to a file on the PcVue machine. |
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Restore | Send a message to the device to initiate a restore of its programs and configuration from a file on the PcVue machine. |
The communication related tasks directly affect a device's ability to communicate not only with PcVue but also with other BACnet devices. Use with caution.
Location of the files used by Backup and Restore
The files used by backup and restore are located in a sub-folder of that configured in the Advanced tab of the BACnet Network Configuration dialog. See the topic Adding a BACnet network. The files are stored in the sub-folders \[Network Id]\[Device Id].