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FS-8700-73 BACnet MSTP Driver Manual Page 9 of 48
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5 CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A BACNET MSTP CLIENT
For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the FieldServer Configuration Manual. The
information that follows describes how to expand upon the factory defaults provided in the configuration files
included with the FieldServer (See “.csv” sample files provided with the FieldServer).
This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate
with a BACnet MSTP Server.
The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable
the FieldServer for BACnet MSTP communications, the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared
in the “Data Arrays” section, the destination device addresses need to be declared in the “Client Side Nodes”
section, and the data required from the servers needs to be mapped in the “Client Side Map Descriptors” section.
Details on how to do this can be found below.
Note that in the tables, * indicates an optional parameter, with the bold legal value being the default.
Specify the MAC_Address of the FieldServer
The MAC_Address is used on the Data_Link (or physical) layer as the source or destination address. See section
9.1.1.2 of the BACnet ANSI/ASHREA standard for more information.
Section Title
FieldServer
Column Title
Function Legal Values
System_Node_ID Specify the MAC_Address of the FieldServer. 1-254
Example
// Bridge
Bridge
Title , System_Node_ID
BACnet_MSTP , 11