BACnet Ethernet vs BACnet IP, same difference.

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Maxburn
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BACnet Ethernet vs BACnet IP, same difference.

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PICS not posted publicly that I can see but;
BACnet Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
Vendor; BeaconMedæs
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Data Link Layer Options
ISO 8802-3 (“Ethernet”) LAN
Turns out the panel actually communicates BACnet/IP. I guess technically that uses ethernet right?

Now that we know the docs are wrong we can have a little fun with this:
https://www.beaconmedaes.com/content/da ... ns_HTM.pdf

page 28, marked 2-7 in the PDF;
2.3.13 BACnet The BeaconMedæs TotalAlert Infinity™ HTM control systems utilize the TCP/ IP family of protocols for communication and each alarm has a unique IP address.
I was hoping to catch a clue in the docs I missed to clue us in on BACnet/IP like the ability to change the port number when I caught that. Docs are pretty consistent in citing ethernet except for that one wacko statement.
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Re: BACnet Ethernet vs BACnet IP, same difference.

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Bonus, the unit can be discovered by YABE and apparently CAS BACnet Explorer. But the point discovery is broken, neither YABE nor Automated Logic discovery can see any points in the units. Fortunately the points are explained in the PICS and you can manually map them.

Shocker, it isn't on the BTL certified list.
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