ISO 16484-6:2020

Building automation and control systems (BACS) — Part 6: Data communication conformance testing

This standard provides a comprehensive set of procedures for verifying the correct implementation of each capability claimed on a BACnet PICS including: (a) support of each claimed BACnet service, either as an initiator, executor, or both, (b) support of each claimed BACnet object-type, including both required properties and each claimed optional property, (c) support of the BACnet network layer protocol, (d) support of each claimed data link option, and (e) support of all claimed special functionality.

Systèmes d'automatisation et de gestion technique du bâtiment — Partie 6: Essais de conformité de la communication de données

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 31-Mar-2020
• ICS: 35.240.67 - IT applications in building and construction industry
• ICS: 91.040.01 - Buildings in general
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 205 - Building environment design
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 205/WG 3 - Building Automation and Control System (BACS) Design
• Current Stage: 9092 - International Standard to be revised
• Completion Date: 20-Aug-2024

Relations

• Consolidates: ISO 5295:2017 - Synchronous belts — Calculation of power rating and drive centre distance
• Effective Date: 06-Jun-2022
• Revises: ISO 16484-6:2014 - Building automation and control systems (BACS) — Part 6: Data communication conformance testing
• Effective Date: 23-Apr-2020

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 16484-6
Fourth edition
2020-04
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
Reference number
©
ISO 2020
© ISO 2020
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may
be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting
on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address
below or ISO’s member body in the country of the requester.
ISO copyright office
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CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.iso.org
Published in Switzerland
ii © ISO 2020 – All rights reserved

Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical
committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International
organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO
collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the
different types of ISO documents should be noted. International Standards are drafted in accordance with
the editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of any
patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or on
the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents).
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.
For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of ISO specific terms and
expressions related to conformity assessment, as well as information about ISO's adherence to the World
Trade Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) see
www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html.
This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 205, Building environmental design, in
collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC
247, Building Automation, Controls and Building Management, in accordance with the Agreement on
technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition (ISO 16484-6:2014), which has been technically
revised See the detailed list of changes in pages 724 to 728.
A list of all parts in the ISO 16484 series can be found on the ISO website.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

CONTENTS
CLAUSE      PAGE
Foreword . iii
1. PURPOSE . 1
2. SCOPE . 1
3. DEFINITIONS . 1
4. ELECTRONIC PICS FILE FORMAT . 1
4.1 Character Encoding . 1
4.2 Structure of EPICS Files . 2
4.3 Character Strings . 3
4.4 Notational Rules for Parameter Values . 3
4.5 Sections of the EPICS File . 4
5. EPICS CONSISTENCY TESTS . 10
6. CONVENTIONS FOR SPECIFYING BACnet CONFORMANCE TESTS . 12
6.1 TCSL Components . 12
6.2 TCSL Statements . 13
6.3 Time Dependencies . 18
6.4 BACnet References . 19
6.5 TD Requirements . 19
7. OBJECT SUPPORT TESTS . 20
7.1 Read Support for Properties in the Test Database . 20
7.2 Write Support for Properties in the Test Database . 22
7.3 Object Functionality Tests . 24
8. APPLICATION SERVICE INITIATION TESTS . 186
8.1 AcknowledgeAlarm Service Initiation Tests . 186
8.2 ConfirmedCOVNotification Service Initiation Tests . 187
8.3 UnconfirmedCOVNotification Service Initiation Tests . 196
8.4 ConfirmedEventNotification Service Initiation Tests . 199
8.5 UnconfirmedEventNotification Service Initiation Tests . 241
8.6 GetAlarmSummary Service Initiation Tests . 261
8.7 GetEnrollmentSummary Service Initiation Tests . 262
8.8 GetEventInformation Service Initiation Tests . 263
8.9 LifeSafetyOperation Service Initiation Tests . 265
8.10 SubscribeCOV Service Initiation Tests . 266
8.11 SubscribeCOVProperty Service Initiation Tests . 267
8.12 AtomicReadFile Service Initiation Tests . 268
8.13 AtomicWriteFile Service Initiation Tests . 268
8.14 AddListElement Service Initiation Tests . 269
8.15 RemoveListElement Service Initiation Tests . 270
8.16 CreateObject Service Initiation Tests . 270
8.17 DeleteObject Service Initiation Tests . 271
8.18 ReadProperty Service Initiation Tests . 271
8.19 ReadPropertyConditional Service Initiation Tests . 273
8.20 ReadPropertyMultiple Service Initiation Tests. 274
8.21 ReadRange Service Initiation Tests . 276
8.22 WriteProperty Service Initiation Tests . 280
8.23 WritePropertyMultiple Service Initiation Tests . 282
8.24 DeviceCommunicationControl Service Initiation Tests. 284
8.25 ConfirmedPrivateTransfer Service Initiation Test . 286
8.26 UnconfirmedPrivateTransfer Service Initiation Test . 286
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8.27 ReinitializeDevice Service Initiation Tests. 286
8.28 ConfirmedTextMessage Service Initiation Tests . 287
8.29 UnconfirmedTextMessage Service Initiation Tests . 288
8.30 TimeSynchronization Service Initiation Tests . 289
8.31 UTCTimeSynchronization Service Initiation Tests . 290
8.32 Who-Has Service Initiation Tests . 290
8.33 I-Have Service Initiation Tests . 291
8.34 Who-Is Service Initiation Tests . 291
8.35 I-Am Service Initiation Tests . 292
8.36 VT-Open Service Initiation Tests . 292
8.37 VT-Close Service Initiation Tests . 293
8.38 VT-Data Service Initiation Tests . 294
8.39 RequestKey Service Initiation Tests . 296
8.40 Authenticate Service Initiation Tests . 297
9. APPLICATION SERVICE EXECUTION TESTS . 301
9.1 AcknowledgeAlarm Service Execution Tests . 301
9.2 ConfirmedCOVNotification Service Execution Tests . 327
9.3 UnconfirmedCOVNotification Service Execution Tests . 332
9.4 ConfirmedEventNotification Service Execution Tests . 334
9.5 UnconfirmedEventNotification Service Execution Tests . 337
9.6 GetAlarmSummary Service Execution Tests
...

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 16484-6
Fourth edition
2020-04
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
Reference number
©
ISO 2020
© ISO 2020
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may
be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting
on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address
below or ISO’s member body in the country of the requester.
ISO copyright office
CP 401 • Ch. de Blandonnet 8
CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.iso.org
Published in Switzerland
ii © ISO 2020 – All rights reserved

Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical
committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International
organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO
collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the
different types of ISO documents should be noted. International Standards are drafted in accordance with
the editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of any
patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or on
the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents).
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.
For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of ISO specific terms and
expressions related to conformity assessment, as well as information about ISO's adherence to the World
Trade Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) see
www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html.
This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 205, Building environmental design, in
collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC
247, Building Automation, Controls and Building Management, in accordance with the Agreement on
technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition (ISO 16484-6:2014), which has been technically
revised See the detailed list of changes in pages 724 to 728.
A list of all parts in the ISO 16484 series can be found on the ISO website.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A
complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

CONTENTS
CLAUSE      PAGE
Foreword . iii
1. PURPOSE . 1
2. SCOPE . 1
3. DEFINITIONS . 1
4. ELECTRONIC PICS FILE FORMAT . 1
4.1 Character Encoding . 1
4.2 Structure of EPICS Files . 2
4.3 Character Strings . 3
4.4 Notational Rules for Parameter Values . 3
4.5 Sections of the EPICS File . 4
5. EPICS CONSISTENCY TESTS . 10
6. CONVENTIONS FOR SPECIFYING BACnet CONFORMANCE TESTS . 12
6.1 TCSL Components . 12
6.2 TCSL Statements . 13
6.3 Time Dependencies . 18
6.4 BACnet References . 19
6.5 TD Requirements . 19
7. OBJECT SUPPORT TESTS . 20
7.1 Read Support for Properties in the Test Database . 20
7.2 Write Support for Properties in the Test Database . 22
7.3 Object Functionality Tests . 24
8. APPLICATION SERVICE INITIATION TESTS . 186
8.1 AcknowledgeAlarm Service Initiation Tests . 186
8.2 ConfirmedCOVNotification Service Initiation Tests . 187
8.3 UnconfirmedCOVNotification Service Initiation Tests . 196
8.4 ConfirmedEventNotification Service Initiation Tests . 199
8.5 UnconfirmedEventNotification Service Initiation Tests . 241
8.6 GetAlarmSummary Service Initiation Tests . 261
8.7 GetEnrollmentSummary Service Initiation Tests . 262
8.8 GetEventInformation Service Initiation Tests . 263
8.9 LifeSafetyOperation Service Initiation Tests . 265
8.10 SubscribeCOV Service Initiation Tests . 266
8.11 SubscribeCOVProperty Service Initiation Tests . 267
8.12 AtomicReadFile Service Initiation Tests . 268
8.13 AtomicWriteFile Service Initiation Tests . 268
8.14 AddListElement Service Initiation Tests . 269
8.15 RemoveListElement Service Initiation Tests . 270
8.16 CreateObject Service Initiation Tests . 270
8.17 DeleteObject Service Initiation Tests . 271
8.18 ReadProperty Service Initiation Tests . 271
8.19 ReadPropertyConditional Service Initiation Tests . 273
8.20 ReadPropertyMultiple Service Initiation Tests. 274
8.21 ReadRange Service Initiation Tests . 276
8.22 WriteProperty Service Initiation Tests . 280
8.23 WritePropertyMultiple Service Initiation Tests . 282
8.24 DeviceCommunicationControl Service Initiation Tests. 284
8.25 ConfirmedPrivateTransfer Service Initiation Test . 286
8.26 UnconfirmedPrivateTransfer Service Initiation Test . 286
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8.27 ReinitializeDevice Service Initiation Tests. 286
8.28 ConfirmedTextMessage Service Initiation Tests . 287
8.29 UnconfirmedTextMessage Service Initiation Tests . 288
8.30 TimeSynchronization Service Initiation Tests . 289
8.31 UTCTimeSynchronization Service Initiation Tests . 290
8.32 Who-Has Service Initiation Tests . 290
8.33 I-Have Service Initiation Tests . 291
8.34 Who-Is Service Initiation Tests . 291
8.35 I-Am Service Initiation Tests . 292
8.36 VT-Open Service Initiation Tests . 292
8.37 VT-Close Service Initiation Tests . 293
8.38 VT-Data Service Initiation Tests . 294
8.39 RequestKey Service Initiation Tests . 296
8.40 Authenticate Service Initiation Tests . 297
9. APPLICATION SERVICE EXECUTION TESTS . 301
9.1 AcknowledgeAlarm Service Execution Tests . 301
9.2 ConfirmedCOVNotification Service Execution Tests . 327
9.3 UnconfirmedCOVNotification Service Execution Tests . 332
9.4 ConfirmedEventNotification Service Execution Tests . 334
9.5 UnconfirmedEventNotification Service Execution Tests . 337
9.6 GetAlarmSummary Service Execution Tests
...