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<li><a href="http://bacpypes.sourceforge.net/">BACpypes</a> - a
BACnet stack written in Python.</li>
<li><a href="http://bacsharp.sourceforge.net/">BACsharp</a> - a
BACnet stack written in C#.</li>
BACnet/IP stack written in C#.</li>
<li><a href="http://bacnet4j.sourceforge.net/">BACnet4J</a> - a
BACnet/IP stack written in Java that serves as the BACnet layer for
<a href="http://mango.serotoninsoftware.com/">Mango</a>.
Mango is open source Machine-to-Machine software
(aka Industrial Control, SCADA, HMI, or domotics).</li>
</ul>
<p>There are also commercial BACnet protocol source code libraries for BACnet
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The entire source code is available for custom applications and has been
written in ANSI C which has been succesfully ported to Unix,
VxWorks etc. </li>
<li><a href="http://bacnetstack.com/">BACnet Stack</a> - Chipkin
automation systems BACnet stack is an application layer BACnet
library for an embedded system and application development.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Licensing</h2>
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unit tests (PC based unit tests) and example application code.
Since the code is designed to be
portable, it compiles with GCC as well as other compilers,
such as Borland C++, Visual C++, MinGW, Code Warrior, or MicroChip C18.
The source code is also designed to be readable, understandable,
and most importantly, easy to use.</p>
such as Borland C++, Visual C++, MinGW, Code Warrior, IAR, or MicroChip C18.
The source code is also designed to be high quality, readable,
understandable, and easy to use.</p>
<p>The BACnet protocol is an ASHRAE/ANSI/ISO standard, so this library
adheres to that standard. BACnet has no royalties or licensing restrictions,
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<p>The BACnet stack was functionally tested
using <a href="http://vts.sourceforge.net/">VTS (Visual Test Shell)</a>,
another project hosted on SourceForge, as well as various BACnet controllers,
BACnet workstations, and through BACnet routers.<p>
BACnet workstations, and through BACnet routers. Some versions of the
BACnet stack were BTL tested.<p>
<h2>Demo BACnet Applications</h2>
<p>Using a master Makefile in the project root directory, a dozen
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to enable the compile.</p>
<code>
$ build.bat<br>
<code>
</code>
<p>To build all the demo applications under Windows with the
BACnet/IP datalink layer and utilizing the
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<code>borland.bat</code> file provided in the root directory.</p>
<code>
$ borland.bat<br>
<code>
</code>
<p>To build all the demo applications under Windows using the
BACnet/IP datalink layer utilizing the
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I have also used <a href="http://codeblocks.org/">Code::Blocks</a> with
the Borland C++ compiler and it successfully compiles and runs the code.</p>
<p><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/bacnet/files/bacnet-tools/">BACnet-Tools</a> -
the example applications are compiled for Windows and can be downloaded from
SourceForge.</p>
<p>To build the demo applications under Linux, such as
<a href=http://ubuntu.com/>Ubuntu</a>, you may need to install
<a href="http://ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu</a>, you may need to install
some build tools.</p>
<code>
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion-tools
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<a href="http://www.codesourcery.com/gnu_toolchains/arm">GNU Toolchain for ARM</a>,
<a href="http://www.gnuarm.com/">GNU ARM</a>,
<a href="http://www.siwawi.arubi.uni-kl.de/avr_projects/arm_projects/">WinARM</a>,
and <a href="http://www.yagarto.de/">YAGARTO</a> toolchains on the Windows platform.
<a href="http://www.yagarto.de/">YAGARTO</a>,
or <a href="http://www.rowley.co.uk/arm/index.htm">Rowley Crossworks for ARM</a> toolchains on the Windows platform.
The datalink layer uses BACnet MS/TP
and the example uses several different objects and services.</p>
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server application that can be built using
<a href="http://www.avrfreaks.net/wiki/index.php/Documentation:AVR_GCC/AVR_GCC_Tool_Collection">GCC-AVR</a> or
<a href="http://winavr.sourceforge.net/">WinAVR</a> for Atmel AVR series of microcontrollers.
There is also a project in the
There is also a project in the
<a href="http://bacnet.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bacnet/trunk/bacnet-stack/ports/bdk-atxx4-mstp">ports/bdk-atxx4-mstp</a>
directory which works on the <a href="http://bacnetdevelopmentkit.com/">ATmega644 based BACnet Development Kit</a>.
Both ports use the BACnet MS/TP datalink layer
Both ports use the BACnet MS/TP datalink layer
and the example uses several different objects and services.</p>
<p>There is a project in the
<a href="http://bacnet.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bacnet/trunk/bacnet-stack/ports/stm32f10x">ports/stm32f10x</a>
directory, and a sample server application that can be built using
<a href="http://www.iar.com/">IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM</a>.
It was written for the 2011
<a href="http://www.stm32challenge.com/">STM32 Design Challenge,</a>
and was one of the finalists.
The Target is an ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller, and the design utilizes
the <a href="http://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-m/cortex-microcontroller-software-interface-standard.php">CMSIS</a> and
STM32 Peripheral Driver Library.
The port uses the BACnet MS/TP datalink layer
and the example uses several different objects and services.</p>
<TABLE border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
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<TR>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="50%" valign="top">Read Range</td>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="25%" align="center" valign="top">-</td>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="25%" align="center" valign="top">-</td>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="25%" align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="50%" valign="top">Write Property Multiple</td>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="25%" align="center" valign="top">-</td>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="25%" align="center" valign="top">-</td>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="25%" align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="50%" valign="top">Get Alarm Summary</td>
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<TR>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="50%" valign="top">Unconfirmed Private Transfer</td>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="25%" align="center" valign="top">-</td>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="25%" align="center" valign="top">-</td>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="25%" align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="50%" valign="top">Confirmed Private Transfer</td>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="25%" align="center" valign="top">-</td>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="25%" align="center" valign="top">-</td>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="25%" align="center" valign="top">Yes</td>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD bgcolor="#FFFFDD" width="50%" valign="top">VT Open</td>
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<h2>BACnet Objects</h2>
<p>The BACnet stack currently implements an example Device Object, and
handles all of the ReadProperty inquiries for the required
Device Object properties. The stack handles Who-Is inquiries
handles all of the ReadProperty and ReadPropertyMultiple inquiries for
the required Device Object properties. The stack handles Who-Is inquiries
with an I-Am, WhoHas with I-Have, and handles reject messages for
services not currently supported. There is built-in handling for
DeviceCommunicationControl.</p>
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<p>The example handlers interact with example objects, including
Analog Input, Analog Output, Analog Value, Binary Input,
Binary Output, Binary Value, Load Control, Life Safety Point,
and Multi-state Output objects.
The objects can be accessed using WriteProperty,
ReadProperty, or Who-Has services. Adding other BACnet objects
is only a matter of setting up ReadProperty, WriteProperty, or
I-Have handling for the required properties and any other
properties that you want to support.</p>
Multi-state Input, and Multi-state Output objects.
The objects are accessed using through the Device object.
Adding other BACnet objects is only a matter of setting up
the various object API for the properties you need to support
in the Device object.</p>
<p>File Objects are conditionally included in the demonstation
applications. The files can be access using WriteProperty,
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should be using this branch. The stable releases are
at: <a href="https://bacnet.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bacnet/tags/">https://bacnet.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bacnet/tags/</a>. This
matches the released version downloadable through SourceForge. Anyone doing project development using
the BACnet protocol stack should be using the tags branch and an appropriate tag.</p>
the BACnet protocol stack should be using the tags branch and an appropriate version tag.
The custom and vendor branches are
at: <a href="https://bacnet.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bacnet/branches/">https://bacnet.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bacnet/branches/</a>.
The <a href="https://bacnet.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bacnet/branches/jbennet/">JBennet branch</a> includes a
derivative project that is designed for a BACnet Client.</p>
<p>To check out the trunk, use "svn co", e.g.</p>
<blockquote>
<code>svn co https://bacnet.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bacnet/trunk/bacnet-stack/</code><br />
or for the stable releases:<br />
<code>svn co https://bacnet.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bacnet/tags/bacnet-stack-0-5-0/</code>
<code>svn co https://bacnet.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bacnet/tags/bacnet-stack-0-5-0/</code><br />
or for the JBennet branch:<br />
<code>svn co https://bacnet.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bacnet/branches/jbennet/</code>
</blockquote>
<h2>BACnet Developer Resources</h2>
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as well as the free turbo debugger.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.bacnet.org/Developer/index.html">BACnet Developer Help</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bacnet.org/Developer/index.html">BACnet
Developer Help</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bacnetassociation.org/DevRes.htm">BACnet International Developer Resources</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bacnetinternational.org/associations/8066/btl/?page=47">BACnet
International Developer Resources</a></p>
<h2>Products and Projects that use this BACnet Stack</h2>
<p>Did you develop a product using this BACnet stack? <a href="http://kargs.net/contacts.html">Let us know</a>, and you
can get a little recognition for your hard work!</p>
<p><a href="http://bacnetdevelopmentkit.com/">BACnet Development Kit</a> - An
Atmel ATmega644 based development kit designed to kickstart BACnet MS/TP
<p><a href="http://bacnetdevelopmentkit.com/">BACnet Development Kit</a> - An
Atmel ATmega644 based development kit designed to kickstart BACnet MS/TP
development.</p>
<p><a href="http://wattstopper.com/DLM/">Digital Lighting Management</a> -
offers connectivity without complexity for remote system management and
control of lights and plug loads. Just one device in each room network has to
be connected to a BACnet MS/TP segment for centralized control.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.controlsystemworks.com/">CSWorks</a> - a development
framework for building web-based HMI (Human Machine Interface),
SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition),
EMI (Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence) and
M2M (Machine to Machine) software applications.</p>
<p><a href="http://sensors.scinterface.com/">SCInterface&trade; = Sensor Control Interface</a> - middleware
platform for managing legacy and modern-day sensors through a centralized
interface.</p>
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BACnetSim is meant for embedded devices and use MS/TP as the media
access layer. BACnetSim is a fork of bacnet-stack-0.0.1</p>
<p><a href="http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb">Building Controls Virtual Test Bed</a> - a
software environment that allows coupling different simulation programs
including Dymola, EnergyPlus, MATLAB/Simulink and Radiance for co-simulation,
and to couple these programs to control systems.</p>
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<b>BACnet<sup>&reg;</sup></b> are registered trademarks of the American
Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.,
1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329.</font> </p>
<p>Website updated 28-December-2009 by <a href="http://steve.kargs.net/">Steve Karg</a>.</p>
<p>Website updated 6-July-2011 by <a href="http://steve.kargs.net/">Steve Karg</a>.</p>
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