BACnet Samples - 1

Sample BACnet Messages via ARCNET

and Point-to-Point (RS-232)
27 October 1998

Copyright 1996, 1998 American Standard Inc.

This document shows examples of BACnet messages as they might appear on an ARCNET or BACnet
Point-to-Point (PTP) link. The examples describe the derivation of the encoded values from the service
definitions and encoding rules contained in ANSI/ASHRAE 135-1995, the BACnet standard (referred to
herein as BACnet or ANSI BACnet.)

References to page numbers and to numbered clauses are to the BACnet standard.

References to numbered sections are to sections of this document.

To construct a BACnet request, proceed as follows

1. Find the appropriate service description in clauses 13 to 17. This will describe in English the
parameters to be used.
2. Find the ASN.1 definition of the service and its parameters in clause 21. This is the formal definition
of the service request.
3. Use clause 20.1 to encode the APDU header.
4. Use clause 20.2 to encode the tagged portion of the APDU.
5. Use clause 6 to define and encode the network layer header.
6. Use clause 7 to 11 to define and encode the datalink and physical layer information.

The examples which follow show this process.

1.0 A Quick Course in ASN.1

This section is intended to assist readers unfamiliar with the ASN.1 notation in reading BACnet clause 21.
The reader is also referred to ISO/IEC 8824, which formally defines ASN.1, and to BACnet clause 20.2
which defines BACnets encoding of ASN.1. Experts may quibble with the descriptions given here. The
intention of this section is merely tutorial.

name ::= expression

defines "name" in terms of the expression.

SEQUENCE {}
means that one of each item in the bracketed construct is included, unless it is marked with the
keyword OPTIONAL, in which case it may or may not be included.

SEQUENCE OF item
means a list of zero or more items. The item may be another ASN.1 definition, or it may be a
SEQUENCE {}. Note the difference between the one-shot SEQUENCE and the list defined by
SEQUENCE OF.

CHOICE {}
means a selection of one item of the bracketed construct is included.
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ENUMERATED {name (value),...}

defines an enumeration, where a list of "names" are assigned values shown in parenthesis.

[n]
A number in square brackets denotes a context tag, which will generally appear in the encoding
(the exception being tags defined in the APDU header productions)

ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
Indicates that a CHOICE of any tagged datatype is legal.

2.0 General Notes

BACnet Point to Point (PTP), as described in BACnet clause 10, is a full duplex Datalink protocol. Thus,
frames may be sent and received simultaneously. Requester implementations must be prepared to
receive Data and Heartbeat frames at any time. In particular, Data frames must be acknowledged via
DataAck (Datalink acknowledge) in a timely fashion, even if the content of the Data frame is not expected
by the upper layers. If this is not done, the peer device will be unable to send subsequent Data frames
which may contain expected data. Frames containing PDUs not expected by the upper layers should be
dealt with as described in BACnet clause 5. Appropriate actions will generally be either to discard the
PDU, or to respond to it with a BACnet-Abort-PDU.

ARCNET, as described in BACnet clause 8, is a peer to peer Datalink protocol. Requester

implementations must be prepared to receive frames at any time. Frames containing PDUs not expected
by the upper layers should be dealt with as described in BACnet clause 5. Appropriate actions will
generally be either to discard the PDU, or to respond to it with a BACnet-Abort-PDU.

Attempts to implement a requester as the master of a master/slave pair will not be successful unless the
above concerns are addressed. In particular, implementations must be prepared to receive various
broadcast messages from time to time. For example, the Tracer Summit Workstation will broadcast
Who-Is messages on a periodic basis. Summit BCUs may issue such messages as well.

3.0 Establishing a PTP Connection

This section does not apply to ARCNET interfaces.

To establish a PTP connection with the BCU, a PTP REQUESTER sends "BACnet"<CR>

0x42
0x41
0x43
0x6E
0x65
0x74
0x0D

The PTP BCU responds with Connect Request

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x0C Frame Type 12: Connect Request
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
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0x44 Header CRC

The PTP REQUESTER responds with Connect Response

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x0D Frame Type 13: Connect Response
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0xDC Header CRC

The PTP REQUESTER sends Heartbeat XON

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x01 Frame Type 1: Heartbeat XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0x76 Header CRC

The PTP BCU sends Heartbeat XON

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x01 Frame Type 1: Heartbeat XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0x76 Header CRC

If The BCU does not transmit any other frames for 15 seconds, it will send a Heartbeat frame. Requester
implementations should be prepared to receive Heartbeat frames at any time.

The PTP REQUESTER sends I-Am-Router-To-Network (required by BACnet, but optional as far as the
BCU is concerned.) This message is described in clauses 6.4.2, 6.6.3.3, and 6.7. The network layer
header is described in clause 6.2.

Note: the correct contents of the network header for this message are currently under discussion. The
issue is whether or not a DNET and DADR (and possible SNET and SADR) should be present.
Implementations should be prepared for all combinations of network header.

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x02 Frame Type 2: Data 0
0x00 Length = 9
0x09
0xDA header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x88 Network control octet
Bit7 =1 "network message"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET absent
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
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0x00 Source net 0x002

0x02
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x15 Source address 0x15
0x01 Network Message Type 01: I-Am-Router-To-Network
List of network numbers follows
0x00 network number 0x0001
0x02
0x6E Data CRC
0xCD

PTP BCU acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x06 Frame Type 6: Data Ack 0 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0xBB Header CRC

4.0 Unconfirmed Services (Who-Is and I-Am)

Who-Is and I-Am may be used to dynamically bind Device IDs (Device Object Identifiers) to addresses.
Tracer Summit uses Who-Is and I-Am in this fashion. Since these messages are globally broadcast, they
will be routed between ARCNET and PTP. Thus, requester implementations must be prepared to see
these messages at any time.

4.1 Who-Is
The Who-Is and I-Am services are described in clause 16.9. The ASN.1 definition of these services is in
clause 21. These are Unconfirmed services. On page 348, BACnet-Unconfirmed-Request-PDU is
defined to be a service-choice followed by a service-request. The comment states that tags are not used
in the header encoding. Header encoding for BACnet-Unconfirmed-Request-PDU is shown in clause
20.1.3.3.

The service-choice is defined to be of type BACnetUnconfirmedServiceChoice, which is defined on page

359 as an enumeration. The value for who-Is is 8 decimal.

The service-request is defined to be of type BACnetUnconfirmedServiceRequest, which is defined on

page 359. The CHOICE for who-Is is the production Who-Is-Request, which is defined on page 361, as
a SEQUENCE consisting of an OPTIONAL pair of unsigned integers which specify the range of devices
which should respond. The encoding of an unsigned integer is defined in clause 20.2.4. In this
example, the intergers are absent, meaning (according to clause 16.9.2) that all devices should respond
with I-Am.

4.1.1 Example of Who-Is on PTP

In the example which follows, the network header specifies a global broadcast (DNET 0xffff, DADR of
length 0). The network header specifies the "return address" of the requester as SNET and SADR.
Neither SNET nor SADR may be "broadcast", and SNET may not be the same as DNET.
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PTP REQUESTER sends

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x03 Frame Type 3: Data 1
0x00 Length = 12
0x0C
0x41 Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x28 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0xFF DNET 0xFFFF (broadcast)
0xFF
0x00 DLEN 0 (denotes broadcast)
0x00 SNET 0x0002
0x02
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x15 SADR 0x15
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x10 APDU type 1: Unconfirmed Request (with DLE escape)
0x90
0x08 Service Choice 8: Who Is
No Tagged Service parameters for this example
0xE2 Data CRC
0x56

PTP BCU acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x07 Frame Type 7: Data Ack 1 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0x23 Header CRC

4.1.2 Example of Who-Is on ARCNET

In the example which follows, the network header specifies a global broadcast (DNET 0xffff, DADR of
length 0). The network header contains no source network or address for the requester, as the requester
is assumed in this example to reside on the same ARCNET network where the request is observed. The
CRC is not shown, as it is inserted and removed by the ARCNET interface hardware.

ARCNET REQUESTER sends

0x15 ARCNET Source ID (assume hex 15)

0x00 ARCNET Destination ID (broadcast)
0x0C ARCNET Frame Length = 12
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0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet

0x82 8802-2 SSAP (reserved by the IEEE for BACnet)
0x82 8802-2 DSAP (reserved by the IEEE for BACnet)
0x03 8802-2 caution: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x20 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0xFF DNET 0xFFFF (broadcast)
0xFF
0x00 DLEN 0 (denotes broadcast)
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x10 APDU type 1: Unconfirmed Request
0x08 Service Choice 8: Who Is
No Tagged Service parameters for this example

4.2 I-Am
When the BCU receives a Who-Is whose device instance range limits include the BCU's Device Identifier,
or a Who-Is which does not contain device instance range limits, the BCU will respond by broadcasting an
I-Am.

The I-Am service is described in clause 16.9. The ASN.1 definition is in clause 21. This is an
Unconfirmed service. On page 348, BACnet-Unconfirmed-Request-PDU is defined to be a
service-choice followed by a service-request. The comment states that tags are not used in the header
encoding. Header encoding for BACnet-Unconfirmed-Request-PDU is shown in clause 20.1.3.3.

The service-choice is defined to be of type BACnetUnconfirmedServiceChoice, which is defined on page

359 as an enumeration. The value for I-Am is 0.

The service-request is defined to be of type BACnetUnconfirmedServiceRequest, which is defined on

page 359. The CHOICE for I-Am is the production I-Am-Request, which is defined on page 360, as a
SEQUENCE consisting of a BACnetObjectIdentifier containing the devices identifier, an unsigned integer
specifying the maximum APDU length receivable by the device, an enumeration specifying the devices
segmentation abilities, and an unsigned integer specifying the devices vendor. The encoding of a
BACnetObjectIdentifier is defined in clause 20.2.14. In this example, the BCU's Device Object has
Object Identifier objectType = 8 (Device), instance = 1. The encoding of an unsigned integer is defined in
clause 20.2.4. In this example, the BCU's maximum APDU length is 480. The encoding of an
enumeration is defined in clause 20.2.11. In this example, the BCU can both send and receive
segmented messages, so the value is segmented-both. The value of the BCUs vendor identifier is 02
(Trane).

Note that the network header for both ARCNET and PTP specifies a global broadcast destination.
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4.2.1 Example of I-Am on PTP

PTP BCU sends

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x02 Frame Type 2: Data 0
0x00 Length = 24
0x18
0xD5 Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x28 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0xFF DNET 0xFFFF (broadcast)
0xFF
0x00 DLEN 0 (denotes broadcast)
0x00 SNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x01 SADR 0x01
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x10 APDU type Unconfirmed Request (with DLE escape)
0x90
0x00 Service Choice 0: I Am
Tagged Service parameters follow
0xC4 Application Tag 12 (Object Identifier), length 4
0x02 Object type 8 (Device), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x22 Application Tag 2 (Unsigned Integer), length 2
0x01 Maximum APDU size: 480
0xE0
0x91 Application Tag 9 (Enumerated), length 1
0x00 segmentation: segmented-both
0x21 Application Tag 2 (Unsigned Integer), length 1
0x02 value 2 = vendorID Trane
0xCB Data CRC
0x1A

PTP REQUESTER acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x06 Frame Type 6: Data Ack XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0xBB Header CRC
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4.2.2 Example of I-Am on ARCNET

ARCNET BCU sends

0x01 ARCNET Source ID (assume hex 01)

0x00 ARCNET Destination ID (broadcast)
0x18 ARCNET Frame Length = 24
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
0x82 8802-2 DSAP
0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x20 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0xFF DNET 0xFFFF (broadcast)
0xFF
0x00 DLEN 0 (denotes broadcast)
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x10 APDU type Unconfirmed Request
0x00 Service Choice 0: I Am
Tagged Service parameters follow
0xC4 Application Tag 12 (Object Identifier), length 4
0x02 Object type 8 (Device), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x22 Application Tag 2 (Unsigned Integer), length 2
0x01 Maximum APDU size: 480
0xE0
0x91 Application Tag 9 (Enumerated), length 1
0x00 segmentation: segmented-both
0x21 Application Tag 2 (Unsigned Integer), length 1
0x02 value 2 = vendorID Trane

5.0 ReadProperty - Single Property of Analog Input

Example of ReadProperty for the present-value property of Analog Input Object number 1.

5.1 ReadProperty - Request

The Analog Input Object and its properties are described in clause 12.1. The ReadProperty service is
described in clause 15.5. The ASN.1 definition of ReadProperty is in clause 21. This is a Confirmed
service. On page 348, BACnet-Confirmed-Request-PDU is defined to be a SEQUENCE of items. The
comment states that tags are not used in the header encoding.
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Header encoding for BACnet-Confirmed-Request-PDU is shown in clause 20.1.2. Values may be

determined as follows:

segmented-message
BOOLEAN, TRUE if this is a segmented message, FALSE otherwise. FALSE in this example.

more-follows
BOOLEAN, TRUE if this is a segmented message, and this is not the final segment. FALSE
otherwise. FALSE in this example.

segmented-message-accepted
BOOLEAN, TRUE if the requester will accept a segmented BACnet-Complex-ACK-PDU as a
response, FALSE otherwise. TRUE in this example.

The BCU will accept segmented BACnet-Confirmed-Request-PDUs, and is capable of returning

segmented BACnet-ComplexACK-PDUs. Support of segmentation by requesters is optional.

maximum-APDU-size-accepted
Specifies the maximum size of a single PDU or PDU segment. In this example, an enumerated
value of 3, denoting a maximum of 480 octets. This is the maximum value allowed for BACnet
PDUs on ARCNET and PTP, and is the maximum value accepted by the BCU.

invokeID
"Serial number" used by the requester to associate the response with the request. All segments
of a segmented request must have the same invokeID. The invokeID should be incremented for
each new BACnet-Confirmed-Request-PDU. This facilitates debugging, as it allows responses
to be correlated with the requests which caused them. The invokeID will increment in each
example which follows.

sequence-number
Identifies the segments of a segmented BACnet-Confirmed-Request-PDU. Not present in
un-segmented requests, such as this example.

proposed-window-size
Specifies the maximum segmentation window size acceptable to a requester sending a
segmented BACnet-Confirmed-Request-PDU. Not present in un-segmented requests, such as
this example.

service-choice
The service-choice is defined to be of type BACnetConfirmedServiceChoice, which is defined on
page 350 as an enumeration. The value for readProperty is 12 decimal.

service-request
The service-request is defined to be of type BACnet-Confirmed-Service-Request, which is defined
on page 351. The CHOICE for readProperty is the production ReadProperty-Request, which is
defined on page 355 as a SEQUENCE consisting of "objectIdentifier", tagged with context tag 0
and of type BACnetObjectIdentifier; "propertyIdentifier", tagged with context tag 1 and of type
BACnetPropertyIdentifier; and "propertyArrayIndex", an OPTIONAL unsigned integer tagged with
context tag 2. Since the present-value of an Analog Input Object is not an array, the index will
not be present in this example.
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The BACnetPropertyIdentifier is an enumeration defined on page 375. present-value has an enumerated

value of 85 decimal. Enumerations are primitive, and their encoding is described in clause 20.2.11. In
this case, the ASN.1 "[0]" specifies that encoding should contain context tag 0, rather than the application
tag 12 which would be used if the ASN.1 did not contain the "[0]". Clause 20.2.15 subitem "a)" and "b)"
specify the encoding of such a value to be the context tag, followed by the data octets encoded as
specified in clause 20.1.11.

5.1.1 ReadProperty - Request on PTP

PTP REQUESTER sends

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x02 Frame Type 2: Data 0
0x00 Length = 23
0x16
0x2E Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x2C Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0x00 DNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Destination address length 1 octet
0x01 DADR 0x01
0x00 SNET 0x0002
0x02
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x15 SADR 0x15
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x02 APDU type 0: Confirmed Request; Bit1: Segmented Response Accepted
0x03 Max response 3: up to 480 octets
0x00 Invoke ID 0
0x0C Service Choice 12: Read Property
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x19 Context Tag 1, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0xD8 Data CRC (second octet is 0x13 with DLE escape)
0x10
0x93

PTP BCU acknowledges

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0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x06 Frame Type 6: Data Ack 0 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0xBB Header CRC

5.1.2 ReadProperty - Request on ARCNET

ARCNET REQUESTER sends

0x15 ARCNET Source ID

0x01 ARCNET Destination ID
0x11 ARCNET Frame Length = 17
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
0x82 8802-2 DSAP
0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x04 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET not present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
APDU follows
0x02 APDU type 0: Confirmed Request; Bit1: Segmented Response Accepted
0x03 Max response 3: up to 480 octets
0x00 Invoke ID 0
0x0C Service Choice 12: Read Property
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x19 Context Tag 1, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value

5.2 ReadProperty - Response

When the BCU receives a ReadProperty-Request, it services the request as described in clause 15.5.2
The normal response is a Result(+), which is defined in Table 15-5.

Since the response includes data, it must be returned as a BACnet-ComplexACK-PDU. On page 349,
BACnet-ComplexACK-PDU is defined to be a SEQUENCE of items. The comment states that tags are
not used in the header encoding.

Header encoding for BACnet-ComplexACK-PDU is shown in clause 20.1.5. Values may be determined
as follows:
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segmented-message
BOOLEAN, TRUE if this is a segmented response, FALSE otherwise. FALSE in this example.

more-follows
BOOLEAN, TRUE if this is a segmented response, and this is not the final segment. FALSE
otherwise. FALSE in this example.

original-invokeID
Will contain the invokeID of the BACnet-Confirmed-Request-PDU which is being responded to.

sequence-number
Identifies the segments of a segmented BACnet-Confirmed-Request-PDU. Not present in
un-segmented requests, such as this example.

proposed-window-size
Specifies the maximum segmentation window size acceptable to a responder sending a
segmented BACnet-ComplexACK-PDU. Not present in un-segmented ComplexACKs, such as
this example.

service-ACK-choice
The service-ACK-choice is defined to be of type BACnetConfirmedServiceChoice, which is
defined on page 350 as an enumeration. The value for readProperty is 12 decimal.

service-ACK
The service-ACK is defined to be of type BACnet-Confirmed-Service-ACK, which is defined on
page 351. The CHOICE for readProperty is the production ReadProperty-ACK.

ReadProperty-ACK is defined on page 355 as a SEQUENCE consisting of "objectIdentifier",

tagged with context tag 0 and of type Object Identifier; "propertyIdentifier", tagged with context tag
1 and of type BACnetPropertyIdentifier; "propertyArrayIndex", an OPTIONAL unsigned integer
tagged with context tag 2; and "propertyValue" tagged with context tag 3 and of type
ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type.

In this example, a propertyValue will be returned. The designation "ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type" means

that the encoding (defined in clause 20.2.19) is the complete encoding including tags of the data type
defined for the property value being returned. Since such an encoding includes tags, the
ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type is "constructed" according to the definition of 20.2.1.3.2, the context tag 3
must be encoded as an opening tag/closing tag pair surrounding the encoding of the
ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type. In this example, the value is a real number.

5.2.1 ReadProperty - Response on PTP

PTP BCU sends ComplexACK

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x03 Frame Type 3: Data 1
0x00 Length = 28.
0x1C
0xB0 Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x28 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
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Bit6 =0 not used

Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0x00 DNET 0x0002
0x02
0x01 Destination address length 1 octet
0x15 DADR 0x15
0x00 SNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x01 SADR 0x01
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x30 APDU type 3: Complex ACK
0x00 Invoke ID 0
0x0C Service Choice 12: Read Property ACK
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x19 Context Tag 1, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x3E Context Tag 3, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
0x44 Application Tag 4 (Real), length 4
0x42 Data: value = 46.4
0x39
0x99
0x9A
0x3F Context Tag 3, closing tag
0x1F Data CRC
0x6D

PTP REQUESTER acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x07 Frame Type 7: Data Ack 1 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0x23 Header CRC

5.2.2 ReadProperty - Response on ARCNET

ARCNET BCU sends ComplexACK

0x01 ARCNET Source ID

0x15 ARCNET Destination ID
0x17 ARCNET Frame Length = 23.
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
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0x82 8802-2 DSAP

0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x00 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET not present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
APDU follows
0x30 APDU type 3: Complex ACK
0x00 Invoke ID 0
0x0C Service Choice 12: Read Property ACK
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x19 Context Tag 1, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x3E Context Tag 3, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
0x44 Application Tag 4 (Real), length 4
0x42 Data: value = 46.4
0x39
0x99
0x9A
0x3F Context Tag 3, closing tag

6.0 ReadPropertyMultiple - One Property of Analog Input

The previous example used the ReadProperty service to read a property of an object. This example uses
the ReadPropertyMultiple service to read the same property. Either service may be used. However,
ReadPropertyMultiple has additional capabilities which will be shown in later examples.

6.1 ReadPropertyMultiple - Request

APDU header encoding is as in the example of 5.1, except for service-choice and service-request:

service-choice
The service-choice is defined to be of type BACnetConfirmedServiceChoice, which is defined on
page 350 as an enumeration. The value for readPropertyMultiple is 14 decimal.

service-request
The service-request is defined to be of type BACnet-Confirmed-Service-Request, which is defined
on page 351. The CHOICE for readPropertyMultiple is the production
ReadPropertyMultiple-Request, which is defined on page 356 as a SEQUENCE consisting of a
SEQUENCE OF ReadAccessSpecifications.
 BACnet Samples - 15

ReadAccessSpecification is defined on page 382 as a SEQUENCE consisting of an

"objectIdentifier", tagged with context tag 0 and of type BACnetObjectIdentifier; and a
listOfPropertyReferences, tagged with context tag 1 and of type SEQUENCE OF
BACnetPropertyReference.

BACnetPropertyReference is defined on page 378 as "propertyIdentifier", tagged with context tag

0 and of type BACnetPropertyIdentifier; and "propertyArrayIndex", an OPTIONAL unsigned integer
tagged with context tag 1. Since the present-value of an Analog Input Object is not an array, the
index will not be present in this example.

In this example, the request contains a single ReadAccessSpecification, which in turn specifies a single
BACnetPropertyReference for the property to be read.

6.1.1 ReadPropertyMultiple - Request on PTP

PTP REQUESTER sends

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x03 Frame Type 3: Data 1
0x00 Length = 24
0x18
0x4D Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x2C Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0x00 DNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Destination address length 1 octet
0x01 DADR 0x01
0x00 SNET 0x0002
0x02
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x15 SADR 0x15
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x02 APDU type 0: Confirmed Request; Bit1: Segmented Response Accepted
0x03 Max response 3: up to 480 octets
0x02 Invoke ID 2
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF BACnetPropertyReference
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
 BACnet Samples - 16

0x55 Property 85: present-value

0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag
0x92 Data CRC
0x7B

PTP BCU acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x07 Frame Type 7: Data Ack 1 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0x23 Header CRC

6.1.2 ReadPropertyMultiple - Request on ARCNET

ARCNET REQUESTER sends

0x15 ARCNET Source ID

0x01 ARCNET Destination ID
0x13 ARCNET Frame Length = 19.
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
0x82 8802-2 DSAP
0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x04 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET not present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
APDU follows
0x02 APDU type 0: Confirmed Request; Bit1: Segmented Response Accepted
0x03 Max response 3: up to 480 octets
0x02 Invoke ID 2
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF BACnetPropertyReference
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Property 85: present-value
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag
 BACnet Samples - 17

6.2 ReadPropertyMultiple - Response

When the BCU receives a ReadPropertyMultiple-Request, it services the request as described in clause
15.7.2 The normal response is a Result(+), which is defined in Table 15-11.

Since the response includes data, it must be returned as a BACnet-ComplexACK-PDU. On page 349,
BACnet-ComplexACK-PDU is defined to be a SEQUENCE of items. The comment states that tags are
not used in the header encoding.

Header encoding is as for the example of 5.2 except for service-ACK-choice and service-ACK:

service-ACK-choice
The service-ACK-choice is defined to be of type BACnetConfirmedServiceChoice, which is
defined on page 350 as an enumeration. The value for readPropertyMultiple is 14 decimal.

service-ACK
The service-ACK is defined to be of type BACnet-Confirmed-Service-ACK, which is defined on
page 351. The CHOICE for readPropertyMultiple is the production ReadPropertyMultiple-ACK,
which is defined on page 356 as a SEQUENCE OF ReadAccessResults.

The ReadAccessResult is defined on page 381 as a SEQUENCE consisting of "objectIdentifier", tagged

with context tag 0 and of type Object Identifier; and listOfResults, tagged with context tag 1 and of type
SEQUECE OF SEQUENCE.

Each element of the listOfResults SEQUENCE OF consists of a "propertyIdentifier", tagged with context
tag 2 and of type BACnetPropertyIdentifier; a "propertyArrayIndex", an OPTIONAL unsigned integer
tagged with context tag 3; and a CHOICE of either "propertyValue" tagged with context tag 4 and of type
ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type, or propertyAccessError, tagged with context tag 5 and of type Error.

In this example, the response contains a single ReadAccessResult, which specifies a single element
listOfResults.

In this example, a propertyValue will be returned. The designation "ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type" means

that the encoding (defined in clause 20.2.19) is the complete encoding including tags of the data type
defined for the property value being returned. Since such an encoding includes tags, the
ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type is "constructed" according to the definition of 20.2.1.3.2, the context tag 4
must be encoded as an opening tag/closing tag pair surrounding the encoding of the
ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type. In this example, the value is a real number.

6.2.1 ReadPropertyMultiple - Response on PTP

PTP BCU sends ComplexACK

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x02 Frame Type 2: Data 0
0x00 Length = 30
0x1E
0xD7 Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x28 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
 BACnet Samples - 18

Bit5 =1 DNET present

Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0x00 DNET 0x0002
0x02
0x01 Destination address length 1 octet
0x15 DADR 0x15
0x00 SNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x01 SADR 0x01
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x30 APDU type 3: Complex ACK
0x02 Invoke ID 2
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple ACK
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x4E Context Tag 4, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
0x44 Application Tag 4 (Real), length 4
0x42 Data: value = 46.4
0x39
0x99
0x9A
0x4F Context Tag 4, closing tag
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag
0xE5 Data CRC
0xD4

PTP REQUESTER acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x06 Frame Type 6: Data Ack 0 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0x23 Header CRC

Note that the response in this example was conveyed in a Data 1 frame. Examples in this document
should not be assumed to be consecutive. Note that transmit and receive sequence numbers (Data 0
versus Data 1) are independent. They must be processed as described in clause 10. Both sequence
numbers must be reset to zero whenever a connection is made.
 BACnet Samples - 19

6.2.2 ReadPropertyMultiple - Response on ARCNET

ARCNET BCU sends ComplexACK

0x01 ARCNET Source ID

0x15 ARCNET Destination ID
0x19 ARCNET Frame Length = 25.
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
0x82 8802-2 DSAP
0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x00 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET not present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
APDU follows
0x30 APDU type 3: Complex ACK
0x02 Invoke ID 2
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple ACK
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x4E Context Tag 4, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
0x44 Application Tag 4 (Real), length 4
0x42 Data: value = 46.4
0x39
0x99
0x9A
0x4F Context Tag 4, closing tag
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag

7.0 ReadPropertyMultiple - Multiple Properties of Analog Input

Example of a ReadPropertyMultiple for the present-value, status-flags, and engineering units properties of
Analog Input Object instance number 1.

In this case, the request contains a single ReadAccessSpecification, which specifies a SEQUENCE OF
(list of) three BACnetPropertyReferences, one for each of the three properties to be read.

The encoding is as described in the previous example, except that the SEQUENCE OF
BACnetPropertyReference contains three elements between its opening and closing tags.
 BACnet Samples - 20

7.1 ReadPropertyMultiple - on PTP

PTP REQUESTER sends

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x02 Frame Type 2: Data 0
0x00 Length = 28
0x1C
0x28 Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x2C Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0x00 DNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Destination address length 1 octet
0x01 DADR 0x01
0x00 SNET 0x0002
0x02
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x15 SADR 0x15
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x02 APDU type 0: Confirmed Request; Bit1: Segmented Response Accepted
0x03 Max response 3: up to 480 octets
0x02 Invoke ID 2
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF BACnetPropertyReference
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Property 85: present-value
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x6F Property 111: status-flags
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x75 Property 117: units
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag
0xC8 Data CRC
0xDC

PTP BCU acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x06 Frame Type 6: Data Ack 0 XON
 BACnet Samples - 21

0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0x23 Header CRC

In this case, the response contains a single ReadAccessResult, which specifies a SEQUENCE OF (list of)
three SEQUENCE, one for each of the three properties to be returned.

PTP BCU responds with ComplexACK

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x03 Frame Type 3: Data 1
0x00 Length = 43
0x2B
0x5C Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x28 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0x00 DNET 0x0002
0x02
0x01 Destination address length 1 octet
0x15 DADR 0x15
0x00 SNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x01 SADR 0x01
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x30 APDU type 3: Complex ACK
0x02 Invoke ID 2
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple ACK
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x4E Context Tag 4, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
0x44 Application Tag 4 (Real), length 4
0x42 Data: value = 46.4
0x39
0x99
0x9A
0x4F Context Tag 4, closing tag
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x6F Data: Property 111: status-flags
 BACnet Samples - 22

0x4E Context Tag 4, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type

0x82 Application Tag 8 (bit string), length 2
0x04 4 unused bits in final octet
0x00 data (FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE)
0x4F Context Tag 4, closing tag
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x75 Data: Property 117: units
0x4E Context Tag 4, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
0x91 Application tag 9 (enumerated), length 1
0x40 Data: value 64: degrees-Fahrenheit
0x4F Context Tag 4, closing tag
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag
0xAB Data CRC
0x36

PTP REQUESTER acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x07 Frame Type 7: Data Ack 1 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0x23 Header CRC

7.2 ReadPropertyMultiple - on ARCNET

ARCNET REQUESTER sends

0x15 ARCNET Source ID

0x01 ARCNET Destination ID
0x17 ARCNET Frame Length = 23.
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
0x82 8802-2 DSAP
0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x04 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET not present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
APDU follows
0x02 APDU type 0: Confirmed Request; Bit1: Segmented Response Accepted
0x03 Max response 3: up to 480 octets
0x02 Invoke ID 2
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
 BACnet Samples - 23

0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF BACnetPropertyReference
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Property 85: present-value
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x6F Property 111: status-flags
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x75 Property 117: units
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag

In this case, the response contains a single ReadAccessResult, which specifies a SEQUENCE OF (list of)
three SEQUENCE, one for each of the three properties to be returned.

ARCNET BCU responds with ComplexACK

0x01 ARCNET Source ID

0x15 ARCNET Destination ID
0x26 ARCNET Frame Length = 38.
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
0x82 8802-2 DSAP
0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x00 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET not present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
APDU follows
0x30 APDU type 3: Complex ACK
0x02 Invoke ID 2
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple ACK
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x4E Context Tag 4, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
0x44 Application Tag 4 (Real), length 4
0x42 Data: value = 46.4
0x39
0x99
0x9A
0x4F Context Tag 4, closing tag
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x6F Data: Property 111: status-flags
0x4E Context Tag 4, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
 BACnet Samples - 24

0x82 Application Tag 8 (bit string), length 2

0x04 4 unused bits in final octet
0x00 data (FALSE,FALSE,FALSE,FALSE)
0x4F Context Tag 4, closing tag
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x75 Data: Property 117: units
0x4E Context Tag 4, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
0x91 Application tag 9 (enumerated), length 1
0x40 Data: value 64: degrees-Fahrenheit
0x4F Context Tag 4, closing tag
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag

8.0 ReadPropertyMultiple - Single Property of Multiple Objects

Example of a ReadPropertyMultiple for the present-value of Binary Input Object number 1 and of Analog
Input Object number 1 in a single request.

In this case, the request contains two ReadAccessSpecifications, one for each object. Each
ReadAccessSpecification specifies a SEQUENCE OF (list of) one BACnetPropertyReference.

8.1 ReadPropertyMultiple - on PTP

PTP REQUESTER sends

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x02 Frame Type 2: Data 0
0x00 Length = 33
0x21
0xC2 Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x2C Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0x00 DNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Destination address length 1 octet
0x01 DADR 0x01
0x00 SNET 0x0002
0x02
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x15 SADR 0x15
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x02 APDU type 0: Confirmed Request; Bit1: Segmented Response Accepted
0x03 Max response 3: up to 480 octets
 BACnet Samples - 25

0x06 Invoke ID 6
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 3 (Binary Input), Object Instance 1
0xC0
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF BACnetPropertyReference
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF BACnetPropertyReference
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag
0x98 Data CRC
0x16

PTP BCU acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x06 Frame Type 6: Data Ack 0 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0xBB Header CRC

The response contains two ReadAccessResults, each of which specifies a SEQUENCE OF (list of) one
property value.

PTP BCU responds with ComplexACK

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x03 Frame Type 3: Data 1
0x00 Length = 43
0x2B
0x5C Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x28 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0x00 DNET 0x0002
0x02
 BACnet Samples - 26

0x01 Destination address length 1 octet

0x15 DADR 0x15
0x00 SNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x01 SADR 0x01
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x30 APDU type 3: Complex ACK
0x06 Invoke ID 6
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple ACK
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 3 (Binary Input), Object Instance 1
0xc0
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x4E Context Tag 4, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
0x91 Application tag 9 (enumerated), length 1
0x01 Data: enumerated value 1: active
0x4F Context Tag 4, closing tag
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x4E Context Tag 4, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
0x44 Application Tag 4 (Real), length 4
0x42 Data: value = 46.4
0x39
0x99
0x9A
0x4F Context Tag 4, closing tag
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag
0xCA Data CRC
0x06

PTP REQUESTER acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x07 Frame Type 7: Data Ack 1 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0x23 Header CRC
 BACnet Samples - 27

8.2 ReadPropertyMultiple - on ARCNET

ARCNET REQUESTER sends

0x15 ARCNET Source ID

0x01 ARCNET Destination ID
0x1C ARCNET Frame Length = 28.
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
0x82 8802-2 DSAP
0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x04 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET not present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
APDU follows
0x02 APDU type 0: Confirmed Request; Bit1: Segmented Response Accepted
0x03 Max response 3: up to 480 octets
0x06 Invoke ID 6
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 3 (Binary Input), Object Instance 1
0xC0
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF BACnetPropertyReference
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF BACnetPropertyReference
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag

The response contains two ReadAccessResults, each of which specifies a SEQUENCE OF (list of) one
property.

ARCNET BCU responds with ComlexACK

0x01 ARCNET Source ID

0x15 ARCNET Destination ID
0x26 ARCNET Frame Length = 38.
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
 BACnet Samples - 28

0x82 8802-2 DSAP

0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x00 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET not present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
APDU follows
0x30 APDU type 3: Complex ACK
0x06 Invoke ID 6
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple ACK
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 3 (Binary Input), Object Instance 1
0xC0
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x4E Context Tag 4, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
0x91 Application tag 9 (enumerated), length 1
0x01 Data: enumerated value 1: active
0x4F Context Tag 4, closing tag
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x4E Context Tag 4, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type
0x44 Application Tag 4 (Real), length 4
0x42 Data: value = 46.4
0x39
0x99
0x9A
0x4F Context Tag 4, closing tag
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag

9.0 WriteProperty - Single Property of Binary Output

Example of a WriteProperty for the present-value property of Binary Output Object instance number 1.
 BACnet Samples - 29

9.1 WriteProperty - Request

The Binary Output Object and its properties are described in clause 12.5. The WriteProperty service is
described in clause 15.8. The ASN.1 definition of WriteProperty is in clause 21. This is a Confirmed
service. On page 348, a BACnet-Confirmed-Request-PDU is defined to be a SEQUENCE of items. The
comment states that tags are not used in the header encoding. Header encoding for a
BACnet-Confirmed-Request-PDU is shown in clause 20.1.2.

The service-choice is defined to be of type BACnetConfirmedServiceChoice, which is defined on page 350

as an enumeration. The value for writeProperty is 15 decimal.

The service-request is defined to be of type BACnet-Confirmed-Service-Request, which is defined on

page 351. The CHOICE for writeProperty is the production WriteProperty-Request, which is defined on
page 356 as a SEQUENCE consisting of "objectIdentifier", tagged with context tag 0 and of type
BACnetObjectIdentifier; propertyIdentifier, tagged with context tag 1 and of type
BACnetPropertyIdentifier; "propertyArrayIndex", an OPTIONAL unsigned integer tagged with context tag
2; "propertyvalue", tagged with context tag 3 and of type ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type; and "priority", an
OPTIONAL unsigned integer in the range 1 to 16 tagged with context tag 4. Since the present-value of a
Binary Output Object is not an array, propertyArrayIndex will not be present in this example. Since the
present-value of a Binary Output Object is a commandable property, priority will be present in this
example.

The BACnetPropertyIdentifier is an enumeration defined on page 375. present-value has an enumerated

value of 85 decimal.

In this example, the value to written will be "inactive" (0), and the priority will be 7 (shown in Table 19-1 as
available for general use).

9.1.1 WriteProperty - Request on PTP

PTP REQUESTER sends

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x03 Frame Type 3: Data 1
0x00 Length = 28
0x1C
0xB0 Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x2C Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0x00 DNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Destination address length 1 octet
0x01 DADR 0x01
0x00 SNET 0x0002
0x02
 BACnet Samples - 30

0x01 Source address length 1 octet

0x15 SADR 0x15
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x02 APDU type 0: Confirmed Request; Bit1: Segmented Response Accepted
0x03 Max response 3: up to 480 octets
0x05 Invoke ID 5
0x0F Service Choice 15: Write Property
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x01 Data: Object type 4 (Binary Output), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x19 Context Tag 1, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x3E Context Tag 3, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type (value)
0x91 Application tag 9 (enumerated), length 1
0x00 Data: enumerated value 0: inactive
0x3F Context Tag 3, closing tag
0x49 Context Tag 4, length 1: unsigned (priority)
0x07 Data: value 7
0xEB Data CRC
0xBE

PTP BCU acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x07 Frame Type 7: Data Ack 1 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0x23 Header CRC

9.1.2 WriteProperty - Request on ARCNET

ARCNET REQUESTER sends

0x15 ARCNET Source ID

0x01 ARCNET Destination ID
0x17 ARCNET Frame Length = 23.
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
0x82 8802-2 DSAP
0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x04 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET not present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
 BACnet Samples - 31

APDU follows
0x02 APDU type 0: Confirmed Request; Bit1: Segmented Response Accepted
0x03 Max response 3: up to 480 octets
0x05 Invoke ID 5
0x0F Service Choice 15: Write Property
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x01 Data: Object type 4 (Binary Output), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x19 Context Tag 1, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x3E Context Tag 3, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type (value)
0x91 Application tag 9 (enumerated), length 1
0x00 Data: enumerated value 0: inactive
0x3F Context Tag 3, closing tag
0x49 Context Tag 4, length 1: unsigned (priority)
0x07 Data: value 7

9.2 WriteProperty - Response

When the BCU receives a WriteProperty-Request, it services the request as described in clause 15.8.2
The normal response is a Result(+), which is defined in Table 15-13 as containing no parameters. The
definition in ASN.1 is in clause 21.

Since the response does not include data, it must be returned as a SimpleACK-PDU. On page 348,
BACnet-SimpleACK-PDU is defined to be a SEQUENCE of an invokeID and a service-ACK-choice. The
comment states that tags are not used in the header encoding. Header encoding for
BACnet-SimpleACK-PDU is shown in clause 20.1.4.

The service-ACK-choice is defined to be of type BACnetConfirmedServiceChoice, which is defined on

page 350 as an enumeration. The value for writeProperty is 15 decimal.

9.2.1 WriteProperty - Response on PTP

PTP BCU responds

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x02 Frame Type 2: Data 0
0x00 Length = 14
0x0E
0x26 Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x28 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
 BACnet Samples - 32

Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority

0x00 DNET 0x0002
0x02
0x01 Destination address length 1 octet
0x15 DADR 0x15
0x00 SNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x01 SADR 0x01
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x20 APDU type 2: Simple ACK
0x05 Invoke ID 5
0x0F ServiceACK Choice 15: Write Property
No Tagged Service parameters follow
0xDD Data CRC
0x95

PTP REQUESTER acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x06 Frame Type 6: Data Ack 0 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0xBB Header CRC

9.2.2 WriteProperty - Response on ARCNET

ARCNET BCU responds

0x01 ARCNET Source ID

0x15 ARCNET Destination ID
0x09 ARCNET Frame Length = 9.
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
0x82 8802-2 DSAP
0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x00 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET not present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
APDU follows
0x20 APDU type 2: Simple ACK
0x05 Invoke ID 5
0x0F ServiceACK Choice 15: Write Property
No Tagged Service parameters follow
 BACnet Samples - 33

10.0 WritePropertyMultiple - Single Property of Binary Output

The previous example used the WriteProperty service to write a property of an object. This example
uses the WritePropertyMultiple service to write the same property. Either service may be used.
However, WritePropertyMultiple has additional capabilities, parallel to those of ReadPropertyMultiple.

Example of a WritePropertyMultiple for the present-value property of Binary Output Object instance
number 1.

10.1 WritePropertyMultiple - on PTP

The WritePropertyMultiple service is described in clause 15.9. The ASN.1 definition of
WritePropertyMultiple is in clause 21. This is a Confirmed service. On page 348, a
BACnet-Confirmed-Request-PDU is defined to be a SEQUENCE of items. The comment states that tags
are not used in the header encoding. Header encoding for a BACnet-Confirmed-Request-PDU is shown
in clause 20.1.2.

The service-choice is defined to be of type BACnetConfirmedServiceChoice, which is defined on page 350

as an enumeration. The value for writePropertyMultiple is 16 decimal.

The service-request is defined to be of type BACnet-Confirmed-Service-Request, which is defined on

page 351 The CHOICE for writePropertyMultiple is the production WritePropertyMultiple-Request, which
is defined on page 357 as a SEQUENCE OF WriteAccessSpecifications. The definition as a
SEQUENCE OF means that a WritePropertyMultiple request can write to one or more properties of one or
more objects.

The WriteAccessSpecification is defined on page 382 as a SEQUENCE consisting of "objectIdentifier",

tagged with context tag 0 and of type BACnetObjectIdentifier; and "listOfProperties", tagged with context
tag 1 and defined as a SEQUENCE OF (list of) BACnetPropertyValue. The definition as a SEQUENCE
OF means that a WriteAccessSpecification can include one or more properties.

The BACnetPropertyValue is defined on page 378 as a SEQUENCE consisting of "propertyIdentifier",

tagged with context tag 0 and of type BACnetPropertyIdentifier; "propertyArrayIndex", an OPTIONAL
unsigned integer tagged with context tag 1; "value", tagged with context tag 2 and of type
ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type; and "priority", an OPTIONAL unsigned integer in the range 1 to 16 tagged
with context tag 3. Since the present-value of a Binary Output Object is not an array, propertyArrayIndex
will not be present in this example. Since the present-value of a Binary Output Object is a commandable
property, priority will be present in this example.

The BACnetPropertyIdentifier is an enumeration defined on page 375 present-value has an enumerated

value of 85 decimal.

In this example, the value to written will be inactive, and the priority will be 7 (shown in Table 19-1 as
available for general use).

PTP REQUESTER sends

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x03 Frame Type 3: Data 1
0x00 Length = 30
0x1E
0x4F Header CRC
 BACnet Samples - 34

NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x2C Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0x00 DNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Destination address length 1 octet
0x01 DADR 0x01
0x00 SNET 0x0002
0x02
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x15 SADR 0x15
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x02 APDU type 0: Confirmed Request; Bit1: Segmented Response Accepted
0x03 Max response 3: up to 480 octets
0x07 Invoke ID 7
0x10 Service Choice 16 (escaped): Write Property Multiple
0x90
Tagged Service follows
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x01 Data: Object type 4 (Binary Output), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF BACnetPropertyValue
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: enumerated value 85: present-value
0x2E Context Tag 2, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type (value)
0x91 Application Tag 9 (enumerated), length 1
0x00 Data: 0 = inactive
0x2F Context Tag 2, closing tag
0x39 Context Tag 3, length: unsigned (priority)
0x07 Data: Value 7
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag
0xD0 Data CRC
0x81

PTP BCU acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x07 Frame Type 7: Data Ack 1 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0x23 Header CRC

PTP BCU responds

0x55 Preamble
 BACnet Samples - 35

0xFF
0x02 Frame Type 2: Data 0
0x00 Length = 14
0x0E
0x26 Header CRC
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x28 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =1 DNET present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =1 SNET present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
0x00 DNET 0x0002
0x02
0x01 Destination address length 1 octet
0x15 DADR 0x15
0x00 SNET 0x0001
0x01
0x01 Source address length 1 octet
0x01 SADR 0x01
0xFF Hop Count 255
APDU follows
0x20 APDU type 2: Simple ACK
0x07 Original Invoke ID 7
0x10 ServiceACK Choice 16 (escaped): Write Property Multiple
0x90
0x1B Data CRC
0x4E

PTP REQUESTER acknowledges

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x06 Frame Type 6: Data Ack 0 XON
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0xBB Header CRC

10.2 WritePropertyMultiple - on ARCNET

ARCNET REQUESTER sends

0x15 ARCNET Source ID

0x01 ARCNET Destination ID
0x19 ARCNET Frame Length = 25.
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
0x82 8802-2 DSAP
0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
 BACnet Samples - 36

0x04 Network control octet

Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET not present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =1 reply expected (confirmed service request)
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
APDU follows
0x02 APDU type 0: Confirmed Request; Bit1: Segmented Response Accepted
0x03 Max response 3: up to 480 octets
0x07 Invoke ID 7
0x10 Service Choice: Write Property Multiple
Tagged Service follows
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x01 Data: Object type 4 (Binary Output), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF BACnetPropertyValue
0x09 Context Tag 0, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: enumerated value 85: present-value
0x2E Context Tag 2, opening tag: ABSTRACT-SYNTAX.&Type (value)
0x91 Application Tag 9 (enumerated), length 1
0x00 Data: 0 = inactive
0x2F Context Tag 2, closing tag
0x39 Context Tag 3, length: unsigned (priority)
0x07 Data: Value 7
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag

ARCNET BCU responds

0x01 ARCNET Source ID

0x15 ARCNET Destination ID
0x09 ARCNET Frame Length = 9.
0xCD ARCNET System Code for BACnet
0x82 8802-2 SSAP (value assigned by IEEE to BACnet)
0x82 8802-2 DSAP
0x83 8802-2 function: UI
NPDU follows
0x01 Network version 1
0x00 Network control octet
Bit7 =0 "BACnet APDU"
Bit6 =0 not used
Bit5 =0 DNET not present
Bit4 =0 not used
Bit3 =0 SNET not present
Bit2 =0 no reply expected
Bit1,0 = 00 normal priority
APDU follows
0x20 APDU type 2: Simple ACK
0x07 Original Invoke ID 7
0x10 ServiceACK Choice 16: Write Property Multiple
 BACnet Samples - 37

11.0 Breaking a PTP Connection

This section does not apply to ARCNET interfaces.

To break a connection with the BCU, a PTP REQUESTER sends

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x0E Frame Type 14: Disconnect Request
0x00 Length = 1
0x01
0x89 Header CRC
0x03 Disconnect reason 3: other
0xE3 Data CRC
0xC2

PTP BCU responds

0x55 Preamble
0xFF
0x0F Frame Type 15: Disconnect Response
0x00 Length = 0
0x00
0xEF Header CRC

12.0 Error APDUs

If a REQUESTER sends a correctly encoded Confirmed-Service-Request, and the BCU encounters some
condition while servicing the request which necessitates the return of Result(-), the BCU will return a
BACnet-Error-PDU. For example, when the BCU receives a WritePropertyMultiple-Request, it services
the request as described in clause 15.9.2. If a specified object does not exist, or a specified property is
not writable, the response is a Result(-), which is defined in Table 15-14 as containing two parameters,
Error Type, and First Failed Write Attempt. The definition in ASN.1 is in clause 21.

Since the response is a Result(-), it must be returned as a BACnet-Error-PDU. On page 349,

BACnet-Error-PDU is defined to be a SEQUENCE consisting of an invokeID, an error-choice, and an
error. The comment states that tags are not used in the header encoding. Header encoding for
BACnet-Error-PDU is shown in clause 20.1.7.

The error-choice is defined to be of type BACnetConfirmedServiceChoice, which is defined on page 350

as an enumeration. The value for writePropertyMultiple is 16 decimal.

The "error" is defined to be of type BACnet-Error, which is defined on page 361 as a CHOICE. The value
of the CHOICE for writePropertyMultiple, defined to be of type WritePropertyMultiple-Error. The comment
on BACnet-Error states that the context tags on the CHOICE are not to be used in the encoding.

WritePropertyMultiple-Error is defined on page 364 as a SEQUENCE consisting of errorType, tagged with

context tag 0 and of type Error; and firstFailedWriteAttempt, tagged with context tag 1 and of type
BACnetObjectPropertyReference.

Error is defined on page 363 as a sequence consisting of two enumerations: error-class and error-code.
In the case of a non-existent object, the error-class will be "object" and the error-code will generally be
"unknown-object".
 BACnet Samples - 38

In the case of an unknown object, the firstFailedWriteAttempt is the first property in the propertyList.

The PTP framing and Network information of a BACnet-Error-PDU are as shown in the previous
examples. The APDU portion is defined in clause 20.1.7, and might appear as follows:

0x50 APDU type 5: Error

0x06 Original Invoke ID 6
0x10 Error Choice 16 (escaped): Write Property Multiple
0x90
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0E Context Tag 0, opening tag: Error
0x91 Application Tag 9 (enumerated), length 1
0x01 Data: value 1: "object"
0x91 Application Tag 9 (enumerated), length 1
0x1F Data: value 31: "unknown-object"
0x0F Context Tag 0, closing tag

0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: firstFailedWriteAttempt

0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: objectIdentifier
0x00 Data: Object type 4 (Binary Output), Object Instance 1
0x01
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x19 Context Tag 1, length 1: propertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: 55 (present value)
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag

13.0 Errors Within the Response to ReadPropertyMultiple

If a REQUESTER sends a correctly encoded Confirmed-Service-Request containing a
ReadPropertyMultiple request, and the BCU encounters some condition while servicing the request which
necessitates the return an error to one or more of the requested, the BCU will issue a
BACnet-ComplexACK-PDU. For example, if the request of section 6 were sent to a BCU which did not
contain the specified object, the response would contain a tagged error (CHOICE [5]) rather than a tagged
value (CHOICE [4]).

The PTP framing and Network information of a BACnet-Error-PDU are as shown in the previous
examples. The APDU portion might appear as follows:

0x30 APDU type 3: Complex ACK

0x05 Invoke ID 5 (matching the Invoke ID of the request)
0x0E Service Choice 14: Read Property Multiple ACK
Tagged Service parameters follow
0x0C Context Tag 0, length 4: Object Identifier
0x00 Data: Object type 0 (Analog Input), Object Instance 1
0x00
0x00
0x01
0x1E Context Tag 1, opening tag: SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE
0x29 Context Tag 2, length 1: BACnetPropertyIdentifier
0x55 Data: Property 85: present-value
0x5E Context Tag 5, opening tag: Error
 BACnet Samples - 39

0x91 Application Tag 9 (enumerated), length 1: Error Class

0x01 Data: value = 01 (object)
0x91 Application Tag 9 (enumerated), length 1: Error Code
0x1F Data: value = 31 (unknown-object)
0x5F Context Tag 5, closing tag
0x1F Context Tag 1, closing tag

14.0 Reject of Invalid APDUs

If a REQUESTER sends a Confirmed-Service-Request with a valid APDU header, but with errors in the
tagged portion (for example, missing items, incorrect tag numbers, or incorrect encoding of data values),
the BCU will return a BACnet-Reject-PDU.

The PTP framing and Network information of a BACnet-Reject-PDU are as shown in the previous
examples. The APDU portion is defined in clause 20.1.8, and might appear as follows:

0x60 APDU type 6: Reject

0x06 Original Invoke ID 6
0x04 Reject Reason 4 (invalid-tag)

The BACnetRejectReason enumeration is on page 362.

15.0 Abort APDUs

If a BCU cannot acquire sufficient internal resources to service a request, or if the request contains a
non-initial segment, the BCU will return a BACnet-Abort-PDU. Since the BCU is acting as a server for the
request, it will set the server bit in the Abort PCU.

The PTP framing and Network information of a BACnet-Abort-PDU are as shown in the previous
examples. The APDU portion is defined in clause 20.1.9, and might appear as follows:

0x71 APDU type 7: Abort, sent by server

0x06 Original Invoke ID 6
0x02 Abort Reason 2 (invalid-APDU-in-this-state)

The BACnetAbortReason enumeration is on page 361