Debug Flags for BACnet Driver Issues
On your management station, problems related to the BACnet driver can occasionally develop. In these cases, using debug flags can help you and Technical Support trace and resolve issues quickly.
The debug flags in the following table are case-sensitive, and you can combine as many as you like to provide specific traces.
Examples
- One flag: -dbg Alarm
- Two or more flags: -dbg Alarm -dbg COV -dbg Trend (multiple trace flags require a space between each entry)
List of Debug Flags
Debug Flag |
Description |
-dbg Alarm |
Shows all incoming alarms and all outgoing alarm ACKs. |
-dbg COV |
Shows all incoming COVs and COV registrations and polling. |
-dbg File |
Shows activity of BACnet backup and restore. |
-dbg Trend |
Shows trend collection information. |
-dbg Ping |
Shows pinging of all devices in 10-second intervals and shows device failures and returns. |
-dbg Istyle |
Shows outgoing Istyle commands from bubble and clients. |
-dbg Service |
Shows sending of dpSets/ dpGets and some communication between Discovery. |
-dbg 2 |
Shows PVSS driver framework debugs. |
-dbg 10 |
Shows active COV subscriptions every 1 minute. |
-dbg 11 |
Shows active alarm list every 1 minute. |
-dbg 25 |
Shows all BACnet service communication (RPM, RP, WP, etc.). |
-dbg 26 |
Shows most of –dbg 25 items, plus some developer bugs. |
-dbg 27 |
Shows some performance counters. |