User Manual

Building Operator Engineering Guide
Adding Data Points Using Building Operator Discovery
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10. If you can’t discover all BACnet devices, increase the timeout setting using the
up and down arrows in the field provided. We recommend a 30-second timeout
value.
11. (Optional) Select Apply to save changes.
12. Locate the appropriate device, select its name to highlight and select Add.
You can also add multiple devices at once. To select a range of devices, click
on the first device and then while holding Shift, click on the last device. Click
Ctrl to select individual devices not in a specific range.
13. Select OK to close the pop-up menu.
14. Select Discover again after you saved these changes. The new settings will
reflect in the new search.
15. When you’re finished, you’ll see list results for both Discovered and Added
Devices.
1.3.4 Adding a Modbus TCP Device
If you don’t intend on adding a Modbus TCP device, skip to the next section.
The instructions below detail how to integrate multiple Modbus devices in bulk.
You’ll need to create a .CSV file with the Modbus data point data and import it to
Building Operator Discovery. Then, a Modbus device must be created in Building
Operator Discovery and the CSV file assigned.
Creating .CSV file
To create a .CSV file, see the information below.
Download Template:
http://www.siemens.com/download?A6V11971292
Please note that in this file, you must: