Contemporary Controls BASview 3 User manual

USER MANUAL
BASview 3

BASview 3 Introduction
The BASview3 is a small building
controller that can provide alarming,
trending, scheduling, graphics and
programming for a small facility or
portion of a larger facility
It can support up to 2000 nodes
It has support for BACnet and
Modbus
It has one Ethernet port
24, VAC/VDC power input,
Power and Status LEDs, and
a rugged DIN rail mounted
enclosure
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All configuration of the
BASview is performed
using a standard web
browser (Chrome
recommended)

Login
The default IP address of the
BASview is 192.168.92.68
You will be prompted to login
The default login is
Username: admin
Password: pass
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BASview 3 Webpage
After logging in you will see the BASview 3 webpage
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BASview 3 Screen
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Toolbar
Device Tree
Working Area

BASview 3 Toolbar and other main screen icons
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System Menu
Logout
Alarms
Runtimes
Help
Root Tree Previous Tree Select in Tree
Previous Screen Next Screen Close Screen
Maximize
Hide Tree

System Menu
System menu provides
help, settings editing, user
and group editing, viewing
log and status, view the
node managers, and server
functions.
In BASview 3 menus make
sure you scroll up/down to
see all available options.
You can do this with the
mouse roller ball or by
selecting and dragging in
the menu.
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BASview 3 Help
The BASview 3 has a very
good online help system.
Press the ? on the toolbar
and on all screens to
access the help system
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BASview 3 IP address setting
Select System Menu, Edit Settings,
Network Settings
Enter your IP address settings
(scroll up/down to see all options)
and reboot
For BACnet systems it is important
to set the Broadcast setting to the
broadcast address in your subnet
To reboot go to System Menu,
Server Functions, Reboot Server
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BASview 3 Driver
You need to load a
driver to communicate
with devices
Right click in the device
tree and select Create
New Item. Then select
New Driver.
In the Pop up box select
the appropriate driver
and configure the driver
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BASview 3 BACnet Driver Configuration
Enter in your driver
configuration
For BACnet use a
system-wide unique
Device ID
47808 is the standard
BACnet UDP port
number
Enter a label for the
driver and press Finish
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BASview 3 Discover Devices
Left click the driver and
right click the device tree
and select Scan for
Devices
You can manually enter a
BACnet device (Create
New Item -> New Device)
Or Scan for devices.
Press the Scan button to
discover BACnet devices
Press Scan on the next
window
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BASview 3 BACnet Device Scan
Discovered devices will be shown in listbox. Select one at a time
to change the name (label) and press +. Or select multiple (or
select all with top left checkbox) and press + if names are ok.
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BASview Add BACnet Points
Left click one device and
right click in the device
tree and select Scan for
Points
Select one or multiple
desired points
Rename them in the label
or leave at default and
press + to add to
BASview 3
As they are added they
will disappear from list. It
only shows the unused
points.
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BASview 3 Manually Writing/Reading Points
Left-click a point in the Device Tree
Then modify its value, if writeable, from the point window and
press the Apply button
This can also be used to view the status of a point
The lock symbol can be used to view/modify the BACnet
priorities for the point
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BASview 3 Alarms
In the Device Tree you can place Alarms at different levels
You can place your alarms below the driver (right click on
driver and select Create New Item. Then Select New Alarm.)
You can place your alarms below the device (right click on the
device and select Create New Item then select New Alarm)
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BASview 3 Alarm Menu
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View Current Alarms
Edit Alarms
Edit Alarm Messages
Edit Alarm Email Settings
Save

BASview 3 Alarms
Name the alarm and press Ok
Then left-click the newly
created alarm
Click Edit Alarms
Drag/Drop a point from the
device tree into the condition
box
Set the value box
You can select equal, less
than, greater than, not equal
Set your time and add any
additional conditions.
Press Save
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BASview 3 Alarm Clearing
Same as with alarm activation
Drag/drop a point, set the valuation and set the condition value
Set the time condition
Add any additional conditions (press the green plus)
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BASview Alarm Messages
The Alarms can have a
message when they are
set and when they are
cleared
Press the Edit Alarm
Messages button
and provide the Alarm
messages
Then press the Save
button
You can place point
data in the message
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