Data source discovery

When the adapter starts or a new data source is configured, it checks whether the device configuration is populated. If the device configuration is empty, the adapter performs device discovery. A successful device discovery populates the device configuration with information about the BACnet device, such as supported services and segmentation capabilities.

Data item discovery is a separate, manual operation used to discover available BACnet objects and populate the data selection configuration.

When the adapter starts or a new data source is configured, the adapter checks whether the device configuration is populated. If the device configuration is empty, the adapter performs device discovery.

A successful device discovery populates the device configuration with information about the discovered BACnet device, including supported services and segmentation capabilities.

After device discovery is complete, you can optionally run data item discovery to discover available BACnet objects and populate the data selection configuration. For more information, see Configure data discovery.

The adapter log indicates when discovery is complete.

Example log

[15:17:49 INF] [Bacnet] Discovering BACnet router.

[15:18:19 INF] [Bacnet] Found 2 BACnet devices during discovery.

[15:18:19 INF] [Bacnet] Discovering BACnet device 1.

[15:18:21 INF] [Bacnet] Discovery complete for BACnet device 1.

[15:18:21 INF] [Bacnet] Discovering BACnet device 33.

[15:18:53 INF] [Bacnet] Discovery complete for BACnet router.