Bacnet Protocol Compatibility; Tcp/Ip Protocol Compatibility; Required Ip Addresses; Device Registration - Siemens PXC-16 Compact Technical Reference Manual

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BACnet Protocol Compatibility

APOGEE BACnet is compatible with the BACnet/IP protocol.
CAUTION
When sharing data values from APOGEE P2 (proprietary) field panels to BACnet
devices, the Cross-Trunk Service does not support requests originating from BACnet
devices to access points (objects) that reside in APOGEE P2 field panels.
If you plan to share data values from APOGEE P2 field panels with BACnet devices
(field panels), you must do one of the following:
● Install and enable the Insight BACnet Server Option.
● Use PPCL in the APOGEE P2 field panels to command values in the BACnet
devices through the Insight Cross-Trunk service.
APOGEE P2 and BACnet Product Features Order of Implementation
The APOGEE field panel firmware supports the BACnet protocol as follows:
● If both the BACnet and APOGEE protocols have a function, the BACnet function is
implemented.
● If APOGEE provides a function that the BACnet protocol does not support, the
APOGEE function is retained.
This approach to BACnet implementation retains the APOGEE feature set while
providing compatibility with standard BACnet/IP protocol.

TCP/IP Protocol Compatibility

PXC Compact Series controllers with BACnet/IP or Ethernet TCP/IP (P2) ALN provide
the following:
● 100% compatibility with the TCP/IP protocol suite.
● Support of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Domain Name
Servers (DNS).
● Support and auto detection of 10Base-T and 100Base-TX Ethernet.

Required IP Addresses

APOGEE BACnet/IP or Ethernet TCP/IP (P2) ALN uses:
● One IP address per device (field panel or workstation).
● One additional shared IP address per ALN for the multicast group (when using
multicast optimization).

Device Registration

Devices register with the DHCP server and Domain Name Server, if either is present.

Address Assignment

IP addresses are dynamically assigned by the DHCP server.
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