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[[File:Networking rut9 manual webui basic advanced mode.gif|border|center|class=tlt-border|1102x52px]]
 
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'''Note''': It is a additional software that can be installed from the '''Services → [[RUT955_Package_Manager|Package Manager]]''' page.
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'''Note''': This is additional software that can be installed from the '''Services → [[RUT955_Package_Manager|Package Manager]]''' page.
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== BACnet ==
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== BACnet/IP configuration==
[[File:BACnet Topology 1.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|576x221px]]
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[[File:BACnet Topology 1.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|576x221px|]]
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The controller is directly connected to RUT955 via RS485. Router forward the data from the controller to the BACnet server to the PC.
 
=== BACnet ===
 
=== BACnet ===
 
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Install the BACnet package on RUT955 and navigate to '''Services → BACnet''' and '''enable''' the '''instance'''. Everything else can be left as default or changed according to your needs.
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Install the BACnet package on RUT955 and navigate to '''Services → BACnet''' and '''enable''' the '''instance'''. Everything else can be left as is or changed to suit your needs.
    
[[File:BACnet enable instance.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|818x210px]]
 
[[File:BACnet enable instance.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|818x210px]]
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For the server, Yet Another BACnet Explorer (YABE) is used. YABE is an open-source BACnet Explorer that is designed to be lightweight, fast, and easy to use.
 
For the server, Yet Another BACnet Explorer (YABE) is used. YABE is an open-source BACnet Explorer that is designed to be lightweight, fast, and easy to use.
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Open the software and '''click''' on the '''green plus sign''' to add a new device. Then a new window will pop up, there select '''local endpoint IP address ''' and click '''start'''. Everything else cane be left as default or changed according to your needs.
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Open the software and '''click''' on the '''green plus sign''' to add a new device. Then a new window will pop up; there, select the '''local endpoint IP address '''and click '''Start'''. Everything else can be left as is or changed to suit your needs.
    
[[File:Yabe configuration add device fixed.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|639x203px]]
 
[[File:Yabe configuration add device fixed.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|639x203px]]
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Select newly created communication node and right - click on it to send '''WhoIs''' request (application  might send these automatically).
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Select the newly created communication node and right-click on it to '''send'''  '''WhoIs''' request (application  might send these automatically).
    
[[File:Yabe whois.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|364x126px]]
 
[[File:Yabe whois.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|364x126px]]
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=== Results ===
 
=== Results ===
 
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In case of success you see the connected BACnet device and its parameters.
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In cases of success, you see the connected BACnet device and its parameters.
    
[[File:Yabe successful connection.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|914x530px]]
 
[[File:Yabe successful connection.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|914x530px]]
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== BACnet/IP configuration ==
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== BACnet/IP via LTE configuration ==
This is the most commonly used type of BACnet, which is designed to work over Ethernet networks using the Internet Protocol (IP). It supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addressing.
      
[[File:BACnet Topology 2.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|619x230px]]
 
[[File:BACnet Topology 2.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|619x230px]]
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For this configuration you must have a Public IP address. You can read up more on this in our article on '''[[Private and Public IP Addresses]]'''.
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In this topology, there is two RUT955 routers - RUT1 and RUT2. RUT1 is connected to the server via LAN and the RUT2 is connected to the controller via RS485. RUT2 sends data to the RUT1 which forwards it to the BACnet server.
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For this configuration, you must have a public IP address. You can read more on this in our article on '''[[Private and Public IP Addresses]]'''.
    
=== Router 1 ===
 
=== Router 1 ===
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==== BACnet ====
 
==== BACnet ====
 
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Install the BACnet package on RUT955 and navigate to '''Services → BACnet''' '''enable''' the '''instance'''. Everything else can be left as default or changed according to your needs.
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Install the BACnet package on RUT1, then go to '''Services → BACnet''' and '''enable''' the instance. Everything else can be left as is or changed to suit your needs.
    
[[File:BACnet enable instance.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|818x210px]]
 
[[File:BACnet enable instance.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|818x210px]]
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==== Firewall ====
 
==== Firewall ====
 
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The configuration will also require you to add port forward rule in the firewall configuration. To do that, open Router1 WebUI and navigate to '''Network → Firewall → Port Forwards'''. Create a port forward rule to forward UDP packets from Router2 WAN to Router1 LAN address port.
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The configuration will also require you to add a port-forward rule to the firewall configuration. To do that, open RouUT1ebUI and navigate to '''Network → Firewall → Port Forwards'''. Create a port forward rule to forward UDP packets from RUT2 WAN to the RUT1 LAN address port.
    
[[File:Router1 firewall port forward.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|797x617px]]
 
[[File:Router1 firewall port forward.png|border|center|class=tlt-border|797x617px]]
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# '''Internal port''' - YABE port
 
# '''Internal port''' - YABE port
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'''Note''': When YABE sends registration packets you will need to find out which port YABE is using (One way is to look through the traffic with wireshark on your PC or TCP dump on router 1 or router 2)
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'''Note''': When YABE sends registration packets you will need to find out which port YABE is using (One way is to look through the traffic with wireshark on your PC or TCP dump on RUT1 or RUT2)
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If you restart YABE software or delete and create new communication device, YABE might use different port number, and you will need to change port forward configured in router connected to your PC.  
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If you restart the YABE software or delete and recreate a new communication device, YABE may use a different port number, in which case you must change the port forward configuration in the router connected to your PC.  
    
=== Router 2 ===
 
=== Router 2 ===
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
[[RUT955_BACnet|BACnet]] on RUT955
 
[[RUT955_BACnet|BACnet]] on RUT955
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[[RUT955 Firewall#Port Forwards|Port-forward]] on RUT955
    
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
[https://sourceforge.net/projects/yetanotherbacnetexplorer/ Yabe]
 
[https://sourceforge.net/projects/yetanotherbacnetexplorer/ Yabe]