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BACnet Interface - Binary Input Object - Buttons

Binary Input Object - Buttons

To obtain the button state of each individual button instance, use the Binary Input objects.

Button

List of available properties for these objects.

Property IdentifierProperty IDProperty DatatypeConformance Code
Object_Identifier75BACnetObjectIdentifierR
Object_Name77CharacterStringR
Object_Type79BACnetObjectTypeR
Present_Value85EnumeratedW
Description28CharacterStringR
Status_Flags111BACnetStatusFlagsR
Event_State36BACnetEventStateR
Reliability103BACnetReliabilityR
Inactive_Text46CharacterStringR
Active_Text4CharacterStringR
Buttons_Allowed_Command927EnumeratedW
Device_Serial_Number573OCTET STRINGR

Object_Identifier

The object instance number is represented as 3CLLII.

  • "3" the prefix is the number 3.

  • "C" represents the DALI channel number, 0, 1, 2, or 3.

  • "LL" represents the DALI input device, numbers 00-31.

  • "II" represents the button instance number, numbers 00-31.

Object_Name

The name of the button.

Object_Type

BINARY_INPUT (3).

Present_Value

The current button state.

For button instance configured as Push-button, the value toggle each time that the button is short pressed.

For button instance configured as Switch, the value is ACTIVE when the button is pressed and INACTIVE when the button is released.

Inactive_Text

"Inactive".

Active_Text

"Active".

Buttons_Allowed_Command

Indicates whether the button instances of the associated DALI input device can generate commands.
At the startup, the value is OFF_ON_ALLOWED.

NameValueDescription
OFF_ON_DISALLOWED0Both Off and On commands are disabled.
OFF_ALLOWED1Only Off commands are enabled.
ON_ALLOWED2Only On commands are used.
OFF_ON_ALLOWED3Both Off and On commands are enabled.

Off commands are the commands Direct Value with a value of 0, Off and Off / Down. As well as the toggle commands On / Off and Last Level / Off when the command to generate is Off.

On commands are the commands Direct Value with a value greater than 0, Max Level, Max Level / Up, Min Level, Min Level / Down, Recall Scene, Recall Scene / Up and Recall Scene / Down. As well as the toggle commands On / Off and Last Level / Off when the command to generate is not Off.

Device_Serial_Number

The DALI serial number of the input device.