BACnet Testing Laboratories - Specified Tests
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Table of Contents
1.
PURPOSE .............................................................................................................................................18
2. Interim Data Link Layer Tests ...............................................................................................................19
2.2 MS/TP Data Link Layer Tests .............................................................................................................19
2.2.18 Verify Tno_token w/ Serial Analyzer .........................................................................................19
2.2.X1 Data Not For Us Test ..................................................................................................................19
2.3 ARCNET (twisted pair bus) Data Link Layer Tests ............................................................................20
2.3.1 Verify the Failsafe Biasing with an Oscilloscope ..........................................................................21
2.3.2 Verify the Basic Signal Duty Cycle with an Oscilloscope ............................................................21
3. DEFINITIONS ......................................................................................................................................23
3.x Common language used in tests ........................................................................................................23
4. ELECTRONIC PICS FILE FORMAT ......................................................................................................23
4.5 Sections of the EPICS File ...................................................................................................................23
4.5.9 Timers ...........................................................................................................................................23
5. EPICS CONSISTENCY TESTS ...........................................................................................................23
6. CONVENTIONS FOR SPECIFYING BACnet CONFORMANCE TESTS ............................................25
6.3 Time Dependencies ..............................................................................................................................25
6.3.X1 Channel Write Fail Time .......................................................................................................25
6.3.X2 Auto Negotiation Fail Time ...................................................................................................25
6.3.X3 Activate Changes Fail Time ..................................................................................................25
7. OBJECT SUPPORT TESTS .................................................................................................................25
7.1.1 Read Support Test Procedure ........................................................................................................25
7.1.2 Non-documented Property Test .....................................................................................................26
7.1.3 Verifying Property_List against the EPICS ...................................................................................27
7.2 Write Support for Properties in Test Database.....................................................................................27
7.2.1 Functional Range Requirements for Property Values ...................................................................27
7.2.1.3 Octetstrings and Characterstrings ..........................................................................................27
7.2.2 Write Support Test Procedure .......................................................................................................27
7.2.3 Read-only Property Test ................................................................................................................28
7.2.X1 Date Pattern Properties Test .......................................................................................................30
7.2.X2 Time Pattern Properties Test ......................................................................................................31
7.2.X3 DateTime Pattern Properties Test ...............................................................................................31
7.2.X4 Date Non-Pattern Properties Test ...............................................................................................32
7.2.X5 Time Non-Pattern Properties Test ..............................................................................................32
7.2.X6 DateTime Non-Pattern Properties Test .......................................................................................33
7.2.X7 BACnetDateRange Non-Pattern Properties Test ........................................................................33
7.2.X8 BACnetDateRange Open-Ended Pattern Properties Test ...........................................................34
7.3 Object Functionality Tests ...................................................................................................................34
7.3.1 Property Tests ................................................................................................................................34
7.3.1.1 Out_Of_Service, Status_Flags, and Reliability Tests ........................................................34
7.3.1.1.X1 7.3.1.1 Out_Of_Service, Status_Flags, and Reliability Test ........................................34
7.3.1.1.X2Out_Of_Service for Commandable Value Objects Test
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7.3.1.1.X3 Out_Of_Service, Status_Flags, and Reliability Test for Objects without Present_Value
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7.3.1.6 Minimum On/Off Time Tests ................................................................................................37
7.3.1.6.1 Override of Minimum Time ...........................................................................................37
7.3.1.6.2 Minimum Off Time - Writing at priorities numerically greater than 6 ...........................37
7.3.1.6.3 Minimum On Time - Writing at priorities numerically greater than 6 ...........................39
7.3.1.6.4 Minimum Off Time - Writing at priorities numerically lesser than 6 .............................40
7.3.1.6.5 Minimum On Time - Writing at priorities numerically lesser than 6 .............................40
7.3.1.6.6 Minimum_Off_Time - Clock is not affected by additional write operations ..................41
7.3.1.6.7 Minimum_On_Time - Clock is not affected by additional write operations ..................42
7.3.1.6.8 Ensuring Minimum_Off_Time starts at transition to INACTIVE ..................................43
7.3.1.6.9 Ensuring Minimum_On_Time starts at transition to ACTIVE .......................................44
