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CAS BACnet Explorer – What do the USBkeys look like?

Published by Steven August 26th, 2010 in CAS BACnet Explorer. 0 Comments

Question: What do the USBkeys look like?
Answer: We currently have three generations of USB keys shown below

  • Black = SecuTech
  • Green = Rocket Key
  • Blue = USB drive

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CAS BACnet Explorer – What data type do I use to write to a binary output.

Published by Steven July 28th, 2010 in BACnet, CAS BACnet Explorer and Utilities and tools. 0 Comments

Normally a binary output will uses a BACnetBinaryPV(ENUMERATED) data type for the present value. The enumeration has one of two values 0=inactive, and 1=active.


BACnetBinaryPV ::= ENUMERATED {
inactive (0),
active (1)
}

In the CAS BACnet Explorer you will set the data type to “ENUMERATED” and the data value to either “0″ or “1″.

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CAS BACnet Explorer – Software activation video

Published by cpascu June 4th, 2010 in CAS BACnet Explorer. 0 Comments

How to activate CAS BACnet Explorer with a software product key.

Directions

  1. Download and install CAS BACnet Explorer, if you have not already done so.
  2. Run CAS BACnet Explorer,
    • If your product key is expired then you will be presented with an error message asking you to request a new product key. Click ‘OK’
    • If you did not get the warring message you can still request a new software product from the licence dialog. Click the “Settings” button on the main dialog. Then select “License” on the left hand side
  3. Enter your email address in the “Email Address” field and click the “Request a key” button.
  4. A set of instructions will pop up, Click “OK“
  5. A Web browser window will pop up with information about your request, Name, Email, ect… confirm that this information is correct and click the “Request a key” button.
  6. Check your email account for the activation email.
  7. Copy the product key from the activation email and past it in to CAS BACnet Explorer’s licence page.
  8. Click the “Activate” to activate CAS BACnet Explorer with this software key.

If you have any problems feel free to contact us directly.

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CAS BACnet Explorer – Quick start video

Published by cpascu June 3rd, 2010 in BACnet and CAS BACnet Explorer. 0 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQZPZ8bnm84

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CAS BACnet Explorer – License FAQ

Published by llucica May 13th, 2010 in BACnet and CAS BACnet Explorer. 0 Comments

One License = 2 keys

1x USB Key

Simply move this key from computer to computer to use our software on a new computer. Customers who purchase our software are provided with a USB key. In some cases we provide USB keys for evaluation purposes – ask.

By the way, for those purchasing license packs, our current policy is to ship 1 extra USB key for each 5 licenses purchased. We intend the 6th USB key as a spare.

1x Soft Key

Exists for two reasons:

1) Allows you to use the software before the USB key arrives.

2) Provides a backup to you should you lose your USB key.

This key is tied to an email address because it is emailed to that email address.

When you do not have the USB key inserted, the software looks for the soft key. If it can’t find one then it asks you to activate the key. You complete a screen with the licensed email address (we are happy to change the email on record if you notify us). We email the key to that email address. You copy and paste the key and the software is activated.

If you want to use the software on a different computer and you don’t have the USB key then you have to re-activate the software on the 2nd computer.

Do Licenses Expire ?

No. Full / purchased licenses never expire. Demo and evaluation licenses do expire. Once purchased, you can continue to use the software as long as you like.

What is the Service Agreement ?

We add new features and improve our software all the time. You can download newer versions of the software and use the newer versions. When you purchase the software you can download newer versions for a limited time period of 1 year after the date of purchase. After that time has passed you cannot activate newer versions but you can continue to use the version you are using for an indefinite period. Some customers choose to extend this period of time by purchasing a Service Agreement. If you purchase a 1 year agreement you are extending the default period by a year. Thus you can download and activate any newer version that we release during the 24 months that start ticking on your purchase date.

Free Licenses

If you purchase a FieldServer (communications protocol gateway eg. Lonworks/Modbus to BACnet) and if the gateway is for a BACnet project we include a FREE full license as part of the deal.

What happens if I damage/lose my USB Key ?

Contact us. We look after our customers.

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How to Connect to the Repository + Update files (TortoiseSVN)

Published by cpascu March 22nd, 2010 in Database and Utilities and tools. 0 Comments

To connect to the repository

  1. Create a new folder where you want to store your repository contents
  2. Right-click the folder and select SVN Checkout…
  3. Enter the URL to your repository and select OK.
  4. Enter your username and password.

Before altering/adding files

Before you make changes to the files in your repository folder you must download the most recent version of the files. To do this:

  1. Right-click the folder you’ve created earlier and select SVN Update.
  2. This will update all of the folder contents to the latest versions in case anyone has made any changes since your last date of access.

After altering/adding files

After you’ve made changes to the files you’ve downloaded from the repository, or you want to add new files to the repository, you must send the updated data to the repository server. To do this:

  1. Right-click the folder you’ve created and select SVN Commit…
  2. Make sure the files you’ve altered are checked and select OK.
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How to Create/Access Subfolders In TortoiseSVN

Published by cpascu March 15th, 2010 in Database and Utilities and tools. 0 Comments

Note: This article assumes that the user already has full access to the repository.

  1. Within a folder already linked to the root URL of the repository (http://www.yoursvn.com/CVS/ ), create a new subfolder (e.g. Project).
  2. Create a completely new folder at a different location, which will link to the newly created subfolder in the repository. (e.g. Backup)
  3. Right-click the folder and select SVN Checkout…
  4. For the URL of the repository use the rootURL/subfolder (e.g. http://www.yoursvn.com/CVS/Project/)
  5. Select OK.
  6. Enter the username and password.
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Where are the debug files located – CAS BACnet Explorer

Published by Steven Smethurst March 12th, 2010 in CAS BACnet Explorer and Utilities and tools. 0 Comments

When sending support a bug report for CAS BACnet Explorer please include these three debug files.

  • C:\Users\<user>\Documents\CAS BACnet Explorer\Debuglog.txt
  • C:\Users\<user>\Documents\CAS BACnet Explorer\mstp_log.txt (If BACnet MSTP)
  • C:\Users\<user>\Documents\CAS BACnet Explorer\packets.pkt (If BACnet IP or BACnet Eth)

These files will help us tremendousness to find a solution to your problem. These files are plain text and they should compress down to 3-4mb with 7-Zip (free and opensource), or WinRar (free unlimited demo)

Packets.pkt can be opened with Wireshark.

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CAS BACnet Explorer – USB Key updater

Published by Steven Smethurst March 10th, 2010 in CAS BACnet Explorer and Utilities and tools. 0 Comments

The KeyUpdater.exe is an application at is used to update the USB product keys for CAS BACnet Explorer.

Directions:

  1. Extract the three files included in the Zip archive to a temporary directory (C:\temp\)
  2. Run the ‘KeyUpdater.exe‘ application
  3. Insert the USB product key, It should look similar to this. A green LED should illuminate if property connected.
  4. Click the “Update Key” button

If the key was updated correctly you should get a dialog that says “Done”

This error message can happen for the following reasons.

  • The USB key is not plugged in. Please ensure that the USB key is plugged in and the internal LED is illuminated.
  • The wrong USB key is used. The USB product key looks like this. Ensure that you are using the correct USB key.
  • The USB key is plugged in to a USB hub that does not have enough power to program the USB key. Plug the USB key directly in to the PC.
  • The applcation is missing the two included DLLs. This application requires two DLLs included with the application to run property.
  • The application is run from with in an Zip file instead of a temporary directly. Some Zip application do not extract all the files from a archive before running the EXE. extract the files to a temp directory before attempting to run this applications.

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How to change the default BACnet port (47808) in CAS BACnet Explorer

Published by Steven Smethurst March 9th, 2010 in BACnet, CAS BACnet Explorer and Utilities and tools. 0 Comments

Question: How to change the default BACnet port (47808) in CAS BACnet Explorer?

Answer: You can change the default BACnet port for CAS BACnet Explorer in the settings dialog. The default BACnet port is  47808 or 0xBAC0 (HEX)

Note: You can change the default port that wireshark uses to detect and decode BACnet messages. See this artile for more information Monitor any port using any protocol with Wireshark

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