BAM 117: How BACnet integrations really work part 2
Have you ever wired up a BACnet MS/TP trunk and it just wouldn’t work? Or for whatever reason, the MS/TP trunk was crazy slow, and the customer was getting upset by slow point data? If this sounds familiar you’re not alone. Early in my career BACnet MS/TP was super confusing. I didn’t know how to make sense of it. And learning BACnet MS/TP was made even more difficult by the lack of knowledge about MS/TP that was available. That’s why in this episode we are going to dive into BACnet MS/TP. By the time you finish this episode you will: Understand the top issues that can cause your BACnet MS/TP trunks to fail What the most important BACnet MS/TP settings are and why you should care My five-step process to ensure that your BACnet MS/TP integrations go flawlessly The most common problems with MS/TP and how you can easily troubleshoot them. BACnet MS/TP What makes up BACnet MS/TP (1:50) How daisy-chains make BACnet MS/TP work (3:55) Why manufacturers have different device limits (4:30) The secret of the MS/TP token (5:30) The single most misconfigured MS/TP setting (7:15) How MS/TP is addressed and why it matters (8:15) State machines and tokens (10:30) How your device Masters MS/TP (12:45) Ending your MS/TP trunks (15:40) How to integrate new BACnet MS/TP devices (17:05) Solving problems with bad MS/TP trunks (22:00)