8.3 Windows Elements
The initial setup screen of SetBACnet is sho wn below.
Title bar:
Show the title of th
e
window.
Menu bar:
Show a list of function
that may be selected.
G-50A Tab:
Sets the unit
configuration in
BACnet IF.
System Tab:
Set the extended
functions.
BACnetTab:
Sets the parameter of
the BACnet
communication.
8.4 Open/Close file
The File menu contains items that allow you to start creating a file, save changes in your system setting, and
exit BACnetIF. The made file is used for the backup of the system etc.
[File] menu Contents
[New Settings] Open a new empty file
[Open Settings] Open a pre-existing file
[Save Settings] Save the current file (*.dat)
If you have not edited the file since you last saved, then a new empty file will appear in the
Main Window.
If you have edited the file since you last saved, then dialog boxes will open prompti ng you to
save the changes.
[Save Settings As] Save the curre nt file under a new file name (*.dat)
The dialog box with a suggested file name will appear.
[Exports] Export is done to the CSV file.
[Properties] IP address of PC to which BACnetIF is set up is input.
[127.0.0.1] is input when set up to PC, as which BACnetIF and a setting tool are the same.
[Exit] THE BACnetIF program is ended.
8.5 Get/Put system settings
The [BACnetIF] menu contains the item that you forward the system set up information to BACnetIF, and
acquires it from BACnetIF.
[BACnetIF] menu Contents
[Get Settings] The system set up information is acquired from BACnetIF. (*1)
[Put Settings] The system set up information is forwarded to BACnetIF. (*1, *2)
*1 Internet Protocol address at the forwarding desti nation (acquisition source) is set with Properties of the File menu.
*2 Please restart BACnetIF, when a function and a system c onfiguration are changed.
BACn et IF reads setting information at once at the time of starting.
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