BCM-ETH Controller

BACNET PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION CONFORMANCE STATEMENT

Date: July 1, 2004

Vendor Name: Alerton
Product Name: BCM-ETH
Product Model Number: n/a
Application Software Version: BCM-ETH Controller v1.10
Firmware Revision: BCM-ETH Loader v1.10
BACnet Protocol Revision: 4

Product Description:
The Alerton BCM-ETH is a high-performance BACnet-compliant router and global
controller that supports both a BACnet Ethernet and a BACnet MS/TP network
connection.

BACnet Standardized Device Profile (Annex L):

 BACnet Operator Workstation (B-OWS)

 BACnet Building Controller (B-BC)
 BACnet Advanced Application Controller (B-AAC)
 BACnet Application Specific Controller (B-ASC)
 BACnet Smart Sensor (B-SS)
 BACnet Smart Actuator (B-SA)

BACnet Interoperability Building Blocks Supported (Annex K):

DS-RP-A,B AE-N-A DM-DDB-A,B SCHED-I-B T-VMT-I-B NM-CE-A

DS-RPM-A,B AE-N-I-B DM-DOB-B SCHED-E-B T-VMT-E-B NM-RC-B
DS-WP-A,B AE-N-E-B DM-DCC-B T-ATR-B
DS-WPM-B AE-ACK-B DM-TS-B
DS-COV-B AE-ASUM-B DM-UTC-B
DS-COVU-A,B AE-ESUM-B DM-RD-B
AE-INFO-B DM-OCD-B
DM-BR-B

Segmentation Capability:

 Able to transmit segmented messages Window Size: 1

 Able to receive segmented messages Window Size: 1

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Standard Object Types Supported:

Analog Value
Dynamically Creatable: No
Dynamically Deletable: No
Optional Properties Supported: Description
COV_Increment
Writable Properties1: Present_Value
Description
Name
Units
COV_Increment
Proprietary Properties: n/a
Property Range Restrictions: n/a

Binary Value
Dynamically Creatable: No
Dynamically Deletable: No
Optional Properties Supported: Description
Priority_Array
Relinquish_Default
Writable Properties: Present_Value
Description
Relinquish_Default
Proprietary Properties: n/a
Property Range Restrictions: n/a

Calendar
Dynamically Creatable: Yes
Dynamically Deletable: Yes
Optional Properties Supported: Description
Writable Properties: Object_Name
Description
Date_List
Proprietary Properties: n/a
Property Range Restrictions: n/a

1
AVs 10000-10339 convey diagnostic information; Present_Value, Description, and Units are not writable in these
AVs.
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Device
Dynamically Creatable: No
Dynamically Deletable: No
Optional Properties Supported: Description
Location
Local_Time
Local_Date
UTC_Offset
Daylight_Savings_Status
APDU_Segment_Timeout
Max_Master
Max_Info_Frames
Configuration Files
Last_Restore_Time
Backup_Failure_Timeout
Active_COV_Subscriptions
Max_Segments_Accepted
Writable Properties: Object_Name
Location
Description
UTC_Offset
Daylight_Savings_Status
APDU_Segment_Timeout
APDU_Timeout
Number_Of_APDU_Retries
Max_Master
Max_Info_Frames
Backup_Failure_Timeout
Proprietary 1115..1119
Proprietary Properties: 513 Datatype: Character String
Purpose: Diagnostics
1115 Datatype: Unsigned
Purpose: DST mode
1116 Datatype: BACnetCalendarEntry
Purpose: DST start date
1117 Datatype: Time
Purpose: DST start time
1118 Datatype: BACnetCalendarEntry
Purpose: DST end date
1119 Datatype: Time
Purpose: DST end time
Property Range Restrictions: APDU_Segment_Timeout Range: 1000..60000
APDU_Timeout Range: 1000..60000
Number_Of_APDU_Retries Range: 0..16
Max_Info_Frames Range: 1..100

Event Enrollment
Dynamically Creatable: Yes
Dynamically Deletable: Yes
Optional Properties Supported: Description
Notification_Class
Writable Properties: Object_Name
Description
Notify_Type
Event_Parameters
Object_Property_Reference
Event_Enable

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Notification_Class
Proprietary Properties: n/a
Property Range Restrictions: n/a

File
Dynamically Creatable: No
Dynamically Deletable: No
Optional Properties Supported: Description
Writable Properties: Object_Name Conditionally writable.
Description
File_Type
File_Size2
Archive
Proprietary Properties: n/a
Property Range Restrictions: File_Size Only writable with zero.

Notification Class
Dynamically Creatable: Yes
Dynamically Deletable: Yes
Optional Properties Supported: Description
Writable Properties: Object_Name
Description
Priority
Ack_Required
Recipient_List
Proprietary Properties: n/a
Property Range Restrictions: n/a

Program
Dynamically Creatable: No
Dynamically Deletable: No
Optional Properties Supported: Reason_For_Halt
Description_Of_Halt
Program_Location
Description
Instance_Of
Writable Properties: Program_Change
Proprietary Properties: 513 Datatype: CharacterString
Purpose: Diagnostics
Property Range Restrictions: n/a

Schedule
Dynamically Creatable: Yes
Dynamically Deletable: Yes
Optional Properties Supported: Description
Weekly_Schedule
Exception_Schedule
Writable Properties: Object_Name
Description
Effective_Period
Weekly_Schedule
Exception_Schedule
Schedule_Default
List_Of_Object_Property_References
Priority_For_Writing

2
File 0 only, conditional upon state of Program 0.
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Status_Flags
Reliability
Out_Of_Service
Proprietary Properties: n/a
Property Range Restrictions: n/a

Trendlog
Dynamically Creatable: Yes
Dynamically Deletable: Yes
Optional Properties Supported: Description
Start_Time
Stop_Time
Log_Device_Object_Property
Log_Interval
Notification_Threshold
Records_Since_Notification
Last_Notify_Record
Notification_Class
Event_Enable
Acked_Transitions
Notify_Type
Event_Time_Stamps
Writable Properties: Description
Start_Time
Stop_Time
Log_Device_Object_Property
Log_Interval
Stop_When_Full
Buffer_Size
Record_Count
Notification_Threshold
Notification_Class
Event_Enable
Proprietary Properties: n/a
Property Range Restrictions: n/a
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Data Link Layer Options:

 BACnet IP, (Annex J)
 BACnet IP, (Annex J), Registers as Foreign Device
 ISO 8802-3, Ethernet (Clause 7), 10BASET, 100BASETX
 ANSI/ATA 878.1, 2.5 Mb, ARCNET (Clause 8), coax
 ANSI/ATA 878.1, RS-485ARCNET (Clause 8), baud rate(s):
 MS/TP master (Clause 9), baud rate(s): 9.6k, 38.4k, 57.5k, 115.2k bps
 MS/TP slave (Clause 9), baud rate(s):
 Point-To-Point, EIA 232 (Clause 10), baud rate(s): 9.6k, 38.4k, 57.5k, 115.2k bps
 Point-To-Point, modem (Clause 10), baud rate(s): 9.6k, 38.4k, 57.5k, 115.2k bps
 LonTalk, (Clause 11), medium:
 Other:

Device Address Binding:

Is static device binding supported? (This is currently necessary for two-way communication with MS/TP slaves and
certain other devices.) Yes  No

Networking Options:
 Router, Clause 6, routing configurations:
BACnet IP (Annex J) - Ethernet
BACnet IP (Annex J) - MS/TP
BACnet IP (Annex J) - PTP
Ethernet - MS/TP
Ethernet - PTP
MS/TP - PTP
 Annex H, BACnet Tunneling Router over IP
 BACnet/IP Broadcast Management Device (BBMD)
Does the BBMD support registrations by Foreign Devices? Yes  No

Character Sets Supported:

Indicating support for multiple character sets does not imply that they can all be supported simultaneously.

ANSI X3.4  IBMTM/MicrosoftTM DBCS  ISO 8859-1

 ISO 10646 (UCS-2)  ISO 10646 (ICS-4)  JIS C 6226

Gateway to:
n/a

Specifications subject to change without notice.

V1.0

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