Configure BACnet on Air Quality Sensors

Learn how to integrate your Verkada sensors with BMS using BACnet

Verkada Air Quality Sensors enable your organization to monitor essential indoor air quality factors, including CO2, CO, PM 2.5, PM 4.0, PM 10.0, AQI, TVOC, and formaldehyde.

The Building Automation and Control Networks (BACnet) integration allows Verkada sensors to inform a building’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system about air quality metrics or any sensor readings, enabling the building's HVAC to respond to these indoor air quality conditions.

Verkada sensors can integrate with the Building Management System (BMS) protocol, BACnet. By integrating Verkada’s sensors with this protocol, your organization’s HVAC systems can now automatically respond to suboptimal air conditions. Learn more about BACnet for Verkada Air Quality Sensors.

To use this integration, your building must have a Building Automation System (BAS) that is compatible with BACnet IP. We recommend that you contact your HVAC specialist to understand if your system is supported. If you are unsure or need help, contact Verkada Support.

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Enable BACnet for your organization

To activate the BACnet functionality on your sensors, you first need to enable the BACnet feature for your organization.

1

In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Admin.

2

Select Feature Manager.

3

Under Air Quality, enable Sensor BACnet.

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Enable BACnet on a sensor

Once the BACnet feature is enabled for your organization, you’re ready to enable it on your devices.

BACnet is only available on the SV21, SV23, and SV25 sensors.

1

In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Air Quality.

2

Select your sensor.

3

At the top right, click .

4

Under BACnet:

1. Click the dropdown and select Enable.

2. Assign a unique BACnet Device ID to identify your sensor in your BAS/BMS. The Device ID identifies the device on the BACnet network; therefore, each Verkada sensor should have a unique Device ID in the range of 0–4194302.

3. Assign a BACnet port. The default BACnet port is 47808, a commonly used UDP port for BACnet/IP, but it can also be any number in the range 47808–47823. We recommend keeping the UDP port unchanged, as the default value is widely used.

4. Click Apply to save your changes.

The BACnet server can now poll the device for properties.

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Disable BACnet on a sensor

1

In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Air Quality.

2

Select your sensor.

3

At the top right, click .

4

Under BACnet:

1. Click the dropdown and select Disable.

2. Click Apply to save your changes.

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BACnet PICS

BACnet Standardized Device Profile (Annex L)

• Smart Sensor BIBB Device profile: B-SS

List all BACnet Interoperability Building Blocks Supported (Annex K)

Data sharing/device and network management services

• DS-RP-B

• DM-DDB-B

• DM-DOB-B

Segmentation Capability

• Segmented requests supported: No Window Size

• Segmented responses supported: No Window Size

Standard object types supported

An object type is supported if it is present in the device.

Supported Models	Name	Object Type	Instance	Units
SV23, SV25	Vape Index	AnalogInput	1	No Units
SV21, SV23, SV25	Temperature (C)	AnalogInput	2	Degrees Celsius
SV21, SV23, SV25	Humidity	AnalogInput	3	% Relative Humidity
SV21, SV23, SV25	CO2	AnalogInput	4	ppm
SV25	Carbon Monoxide	AnalogInput	5	ppm
SV23, SV25	Noise	AnalogInput	6	dB
SV23, SV25	AQI	AnalogInput	7	No Units
SV23, SV25	TVOC Index	AnalogInput	8	No Units
SV23, SV25	PM 2.5	AnalogInput	9	μg/m^3
SV21, SV23, SV25	Tamper	AnalogInput	10	No Units
SV23, SV25	Motion	AnalogInput	11	No Units
SV25	Light	AnalogInput	12	Lux
SV25	Pressure	AnalogInput	13	Hectopascal
SV25	Formaldehyde	AnalogInput	14	ppb
SV23, SV25	PM 4.0	AnalogInput	15	μg/m^3
SV23, SV25	PM 10.0	AnalogInput	16	μg/m^3
SV21, SV23, SV25	Heat Index	AnalogInput	17	Degrees Celsius
SV21, SV23, SV25	Dew Point	AnalogInput	18	Degrees Celsius
SV21, SV23, SV25	Humidex	AnalogInput	19	No Units
SV21, SV23, SV25	Mold Risk Index	AnalogInput	20	No Units
SV23, SV25	Reset Viral Index	AnalogInput	21	%

Device

Object Type	ID	Object Name
Device:	<user-specified-id-in-command>	<device-serial-number>

Dynamically Creatable: No

Dynamically Deletable: No

Data Link Layer Options

• BACnet IP (Annex J)

Device Address Binding

Is static device binding supported? (This is currently necessary for two-way communication with MS/TP slaves and certain other devices.)

• No

Character Sets Supported

Indicating support for multiple character sets does not imply that they can all be supported simultaneously.

• ISO 10646 (UTF-8)