This DataType is an enumeration that indicates either a specific Julian calendar month, or a relative relationship (“odd”, “even”, and “unspecified”). Its values are defined in Table 140.

Table 140 – BACnetNodeType Values

Name

Value

Description

UNKNOWN

0

Indicates that a value for Node_Type is not available or has not been configured at this time

SYSTEM

1

An entire mechanical system

NETWORK

2

A communications network

DEVICE

3

Contains a set of elements which collectively represents a BACnet device, a logical device, or a physical device

ORGANIZATIONAL

4

Business concepts such as departments or people

AREA

5

Geographical concept such as a campus, building, floor, etc.

EQUIPMENT

6

Single piece of equipment that may be a collection of "Points"

POINT

7

Contains a set of elements which collectively defines a single point of data, either a physical input or output of a control or monitoring device, or a software calculation or configuration setting

COLLECTION

8

A generic container used to group things together, such as a collection of references to all space temperatures in a building

PROPERTY

9

Defines a characteristic or parameter of the parent node

FUNCTIONAL

10

Single system component such as a control module or a logical component such as a function block

OTHER

11

Everything that does not fit into one of these broad categories

Its representation in the AddressSpace is defined in Table 141.

Table 141 – BACnetNodeType Definition

Attribute

Value

BrowseName

BACnetNodeType

IsAbstract

False

References

NodeClass

BrowseName

DataType

TypeDefinition

Other

Subtype of the Enumeration type defined in OPC 10000-5

0:HasProperty

Variable

0:EnumStrings

0:LocalizedText []

0:PropertyType