Skip to main content

Configure BACnet on Air Quality Sensors

Learn how to integrate your Verkada sensors with BMS using BACnet

Updated over 3 months ago

Verkada Air Quality Sensors offer your organizations a way to monitor essential indoor air quality factors, such as 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 an air quality metric or any sensor reading, allowing the building 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.

Enable BACnet for your org using the Feature Manager

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 the Privacy & Security tab.

  3. Click Feature Manager.

  4. Under Air Quality, find Sensor BACnet and change it from Disable to Enable.

Enable BACnet on a Verkada sensor

Once the BACnet feature is enabled for your organization, you're ready to enable it on your devices. Learn more about BACnet for Verkada Air Quality Sensors.

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

  2. Click the sensor you want to enroll for BACnet.

  3. At the top right, click the Settings icon (gear).

  4. On the left, click BACnet. (If you don't see the BACnet option, ensure the device is an SV21, SV23, or SV25, and ensure BACnet is enabled for your organization.)

    1. Click the dropdown and select Enable.

    2. Assign a unique BACnet Device ID so you can identify your sensor on 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, which is a commonly used UDP port for BACnet/IP, but it can also be any number in the range of 47808–47823. We recommend that the UDP port stay unchanged because the default value is mainly used.

  5. Click Apply to save your changes.

BACnet should now be enabled on the device. Anything on the BACnet server can now poll the device for properties.

Disable BACnet on a Verkada sensor

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

  2. Click the sensor you want to disable BACnet for.

  3. At the top right, click the Settings icon (gear).

  4. On the left, click BACnet. (If you don't see the BACnet option, ensure the device is an SV21, SV23, or SV25, and ensure BACnet is enabled for your organization.)

    1. Click the dropdown and select Disable.

    2. Click Apply to save your changes.

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)

Need more help? Contact Verkada Support.

Related Articles
Air Quality Sensor Settings
View Air Quality Sensor Data
Air Quality Sensor Readings
BACnet for Verkada Air Quality Sensors
Roles and Permissions for Air Quality Sensors
Did this answer your question?