ts-node-bacstack

TS Node BACstack

A BACnet® protocol stack written in pure TypeScript from contributors and maintained by PLUS for Node-RED. BACnet® is a protocol to interact with building automation devices defined by ASHRAE.

Install

Run the following command in your Node-RED user directory - typically ~/.node-red

    npm install ts-node-bacnet

try these options on npm install to build from source if you have problems to install

    --unsafe-perm --build-from-source

Features

The BACnet standard defines a wide variety of services as part of it’s specification. While Node BACstack tries to be as complete as possible, following services are already supported at this point in time:

Service Execute Handle
Who Is yes yes
I Am yes¹ yes
Who Has yes¹ yes¹
I Have yes¹ yes¹
Time Sync yes yes
UTC Time Sync yes yes
Read Property yes yes¹
Read Property Multiple yes yes¹
Read Range yes yes¹
Write Property yes yes¹
Write Property Multiple yes yes¹
Add List Element yes¹ yes¹
Remove List Element yes¹ yes¹
Create Object yes¹ yes¹
Delete Object yes yes¹
Subscribe COV yes yes¹
Subscribe Property yes yes¹
Atomic Read File yes yes¹
Atomic Write File yes yes¹
Reinitialize Device yes yes¹
Device Communication Control yes yes¹
Get Alarm Summary² yes yes¹
Get Event Information yes yes¹
Get Enrollment Summary² yes yes¹
Acknowledge Alarm yes¹ yes¹
Confirmed Event Notification yes¹ yes¹
Unconfirmed Event Notification yes¹ yes¹
Unconfirmed Private Transfer yes yes¹
Confirmed Private Transfer yes yes¹

¹ Support implemented as Beta (untested, undocumented, breaking interface) ² Deprecated BACnet® function, available for backwards compatibility

Contribution

Special thanks to Fabio Huser for the fundamental work. Yes, sure! Please help us to make it even better and become a community member of PLUS for Node-RED!

Happy coding!

License

MIT Copyright (c) 2022-present PLUS for Node-RED origin Copyright (c) 2017-2021 Fabio Huser fabio@fh1.ch

Note

This is not an official product of the BACnet Advocacy Group. BACnet® is a registered trademark of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). We’re buying the specifications of ASHARE to programm for this library.