BAM 118: How BACnet integrations really work part 3
How would you setup 1,000 BACnet/IP devices? Would you know what to ask IT? Would you know how to troubleshoot these devices if something went wrong? How would you support all these devices? The amount of BACnet/IP devices being installed is increasingly daily. Unfortunately, the understanding and knowledge of BACnet/IP is not! That’s why in this episode you are going to learn BACnet/IP. By the time you finish this episode you will: Understand the top questions to answer when designing and deploying BACnet/IP networks How BACnet/IP devices are unique and the little know nuances to installing BACnet/IP devices The 5 questions you must be able to answer on every new BACnet/IP installation The most common problems with BACnet/IP and how you can easily troubleshoot it. Listen to the episode below. BACnet IP What is different with BACnet/IP (1:50) How the lack of IT knowledge is keeping you unsuccessful (3:45) Why the lack of IT training options is holding back the BAS industry (4:50) The impact of large-scale BACnet/IP networks (6:30) How BACnet/IP communicates (7:45) The two stacks of BACnet awesomeness (10:15) The two BACnet addressing schemes (12:40) How do broadcasts work in BACnet/IP (15:25) Why the BBMD is the most useful part of BACnet/IP (16:40) How to add new BACnet/IP devices (19:20) The step-by-step process to adding new BACnet/IP devices (20:15) The top questions you need to ask when working with BACnet/IP (22:25) How to easily deal with an IT group that won’t give you static IP addresses (25:10) Common BACnet/IP troubleshooting strategies (26:45)