TOP Server BACnet Object Name used for Tag Groups

The TOP Server V6.11.718.0 release introduced multiple changes and features to the BACnet/IP driver. Full details can be found in the TOP Server Release Notes.

Part of these changes included adding the setting "Use Object Names For Groups Names", which is Enabled by default, in the Tag Import tab under the Device Property Editor. Disabling this setting will return the Tag Group Names to how they were previously displayed in earlier versions of TOP Server.

When enabled, new tag groups are given the name of the corresponding BACnet object name. If the object name is not defined or is not unique, the driver assigns a default name to the group, which would essentially have the same results as if this property were disabled.

	Tag Group Name	Description	Example
Enabled	ObjectName	BACNet Object Name is used for Tag Group Name. The Object Name is the descriptive name given in the device.	N/A; because this uses the descriptive Object Name from the BACnet device, this name could be anything
Disabled	ObjectType_InstanceNumber	BACNet Object Type and Instance Number are used as Tag Group Name.	MultistateValue_1, where MultistateValue is the ObjectType and 1 is the Instance Number

Users may want to disable this setting to display groups in a similar way to how event log calls out tag address errors in the event log. Errors in the event log are displayed in the following Tag Address format: ObjectType.InstanceNumber.TagName

Following along with the Example above, the Tag Address in the Event Log may appear as MultistateValue.1.EventState, so having the Tag Group Name be MultistateValue_1 will make it easier to associate the Event Log errors with the correct Tag Group.