EN ISO 16484-6:2005

Building automation and control systems (BACS) - Part 6: Data communication conformance testing (ISO 16484-6:2005)

This standard shall be applied to conformance testing of protocol implementations, in particular for the testing of conformance of the implementations to the protocol standards or prestandards for system neutral data communication in HVAC systems. This standard may be applied by any test realizer whether the test results will be used in a certification system (which is not within the scope of this standard).

Systeme der Gebäudeautomation - Teil 6: Datenübertragungsprotokoll Konformitätsprüfung (ISO 16484-6:2005)

Systèmes d'automatisation et de gestion technique du bâtiment - Partie 6: Essais de conformité de la communication de données (ISO 16484-6:2005)

Avtomatizacija stavb in sistemi za regulacijo – 6. del: Protokol izmenjave preskušanja skladnosti (ISO 16484-6:2005)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 14-Dec-2005
• Withdrawal Date: 17-Mar-2009
• ICS: 35.240.67 - IT applications in building and construction industry
• ICS: 91.040.01 - Buildings in general
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 247 - Controls for mechanical building services
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 247/WG 4 - Open System Data Transmission
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 18-Mar-2009
• Completion Date: 18-Mar-2009
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 16484-6:2006 - Building automation and control systems (BACS) - Part 6: Data communication conformance testing (ISO 16484-6:2005)

Relations

• Replaced By: EN ISO 16484-6:2009 - Building automation and control systems (BACS) - Part 6: Data communication conformance testing (ISO 16484-6:2009)
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2006
Avtomatizacija stavb in sistemi za regulacijo – 6. del: Protokol izmenjave
preskušanja skladnosti (ISO 16484-6:2005)
Building automation and control systems (BACS) - Part 6: Data communication
conformance testing (ISO 16484-6:2005)
Systeme der Gebäudeautomation - Teil 6: Datenübertragungsprotokoll
Konformitätsprüfung (ISO 16484-6:2005)
Systemes d'automatisation et de gestion technique du bâtiment - Partie 6: Essais de
conformité de la communication de données (ISO 16484-6:2005)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 16484-6:2005
ICS:
35.240.99 8SRUDEQLãNHUHãLWYH,7QD IT applications in other fields
GUXJLKSRGURþMLK
97.120 Avtomatske krmilne naprave Automatic controls for
za dom household use
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 16484-6
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
December 2005
ICS 91.040.01
English Version
Building automation and control systems (BACS) - Part 6: Data
communication conformance testing (ISO 16484-6:2005)
Systèmes d'automatisation et de gestion technique du Systeme der Gebäudeautomation - Teil 6:
bâtiment - Partie 6: Essais de conformité de la Datenübertragungsprotokolle Konformitätsprüfung (ISO
communication de données (ISO 16484-6:2005) 16484-6:2005)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 14 December 2005.
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Foreword
This document (EN ISO 16484-6:2005) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 205
"Building environment design" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 247 "Building
Automation, Controls and Building Management", the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of
an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2006, and conflicting national
standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2006.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of
the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 16484-6:2005 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 16484-6:2005 without any
modifications.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 16484-6
First edition
2005-12-15
Building automation and control systems
(BACS) —
Part 6:
Data communication conformance testing
Systèmes d'automatisation et de gestion technique du bâtiment —
Partie 6: Essais de conformité de la communication de données

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ISO 16484-6:2005(E)
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ISO 16484-6:2005(E)
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ISO 16484-6 was prepared by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers (ASHRAE) as ANSI/ASHRAE 135.1-2003, and was adopted (without modifications except those
stated in Clause 2 of this International Standard) by Technical Committee ISO/TC 205, Building environment
design.
ISO 16484 consists of the following parts, under the general title Building automation and control
systems (BACS):
Part 2: Hardware
Part 3: Functions
Part 5: Data communication protocol
Part 6: Data communication conformance testing
The task of updating this part of ISO 16484 has been delegated to an ISO Maintenance Agency. Details are
given in the "Maintenance" clause overleaf.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 16484-6:2005(E)

Building automation and control systems (BACS) —
Part 6:
Data communication conformance testing
Scope
This part of ISO 16484 defines a standard method for verifying that an implementation of the BACnet protocol
provides each capability claimed in its Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) in conformance
with the BACnet standard (ISO 16484-5).
The scope is further detailed in Clause 2 of the enclosed ANSI/ASHRAE publication.
Recommendations
The technical recommendations are those made in the following publication (reproduced on the following pages),
which is adopted as an International Standard:
ANSI/ASHRAE 135.1-2003, Method for Test for Conformance to BACnet
International Standards cited in the text are the following:
ISO 16484-5, Building automation and control systems — Part 5: Data communication protocol
ISO 10646, Information technology — Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set (UCS)
ISO/IEC 8802-2, Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between
systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 2: Logical link control
ISO/IEC 8802-3, Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between
systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 3: Carrier sense multiple
access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) access method and physical layer
ISO/IEC 8859-1, Information technology — 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets — Part 1: Latin
alphabet No. 1
Maintenance
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American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.,
1791 Tullie Circle NE,
Atlanta,
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USA.
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or from the Maintenance Agency Secretariat at the above address.
ISO 16484-6:2005(E)
ISO 16484-6:2005(E)
Contents
CLAUSE PAGE
1. PURPOSE.7
2. SCOPE.7
3. DEFINITIONS .7
4. ELECTRONIC PICS FILE FORMAT .7
4.1 Character Encoding.7
4.2 Structure of EPICS Files.8
4.3 Character Strings.9
4.4 Notational Rules for Parameter Values.9
4.5 Sections of the EPICS File.10
5. EPICS CONSISTENCY TESTS .27
6. CONVENTIONS FOR SPECIFYING BACnet CONFORMANCE TESTS .28
6.1 TCSL Components.28
6.2 TCSL Statements .29
6.3 Time Dependencies.34
6.4 BACnet References.34
7. OBJECT SUPPORT TESTS.35
7.1 Read Support for Properties in the Test Database.35
7.2 Write Support for Properties in the Test Database.35
7.3 Object Functionality Tests .36
8. APPLICATION SERVICE INITIATION TESTS .106
8.1 AcknowledgeAlarm Service Initiation Tests .106
8.2 ConfirmedCOVNotification Service Initiation Tests.107
8.3 UnconfirmedCOVNotification Service Initiation Tests.116
8.4 ConfirmedEventNotification Service Initiation Tests.118
8.5 UnconfirmedEventNotification Service Initiation Tests.151
8.6 GetAlarmSummary Service Initiation Tests .
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