Installation and Startup Guide | Envision for BACtalk

Ta bl e 3 Device capability descriptions (Continued)

Device capability Description How to use When checked, it does this

Supports Alerton VAV VLCs such as VAV-xx or VAVi-
flow sensor setup xx each have an on-board flow
sensor (velocity sensor), this
(Alerton proprietary)
sensor has setup parameters
used for balancing and
reporting.
Device Managers Send/Save
writes/reads the VAV flow
sensor’s parameters to/from
pointdata.mdb to/from the
device. Writing/reading these
values to/from a VLC does not
cause any system issues.
NOTE: All Alerton VLCs auto
configure this setting as checked
by default. However, the
practical application for this is
VAV controllers. It is acceptable
to leave the default set for all
VLCs.

Supports BACnet Enables the Envision server to
backup and restore back up BACnet compliant
devices that have the BACnet
(BACnet- Backup and
Restore) backup device capability
selected in their device profile.
To save and restore a BACnet Back up devices that have the
compliant devices configuration BACnet backup device capability
data. A password is required selected in their device profile.
when backing up devices. You Device Manager: Select
can also select a character set (if
Advanced->Back up Devices...
necessary) and define a timeout
Or -> Restore Devices...
period after which the back up
process is stopped.
Password: Type the password
defined for the selected
device(s). The default password
for all Alerton controllers is
ALERcomm (case-sensitive).
Character set: This is the char-
acter set recognized by the
selected devices. ANSI X3.4 is
selected by default. You can
select ISO 8859-1 if appropriate.
Timeout: This is the amount of
time, in seconds, in which
Envision for BACtalk attempts to
back up a selected device before
stopping. If all of the devices use
the same timeout value, the
value is displayed here by
default. A valid timeout value is
between 10 and 65535 seconds.

Acts as a smoke Password protects the controller
controller so users can only download
DDC to it if they enter the
password. Protects some
systems from being modified in
ways that prevent them from
functioning appropriately during
a smoke event.
Select this capability and then
set the password. Remember
the password so you can
download DDC to this smoke
controller.
Forces the user to enter a
password to send DDC, device
configuration or Point Data to the
device. Prevents unauthorized
users from modifying controllers
that have been configured as
part of a smoke system.

Preferences
Use the Preferences tab in the Add/Edit Device Profile dialog box to identify the
DDC application that will control this device. You also use the Preferences tab to
identify the host controller for the device. This is where the trendlogs, schedules,
and alarms for the device are stored and run.

Do Not select the Auto Download option to automatically send a ROC file from
the operator workstation hard disk to controllers if it is different than the file on
the device. This automatic download occurs once a day at midnight. Instead,
ROC file downloads should be done under the direct supervision of a trained
technician only.

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