BACnetIAmEx (FUN)

FUNCTION BACnetIAmEx : IEC_BACNET_STATUS

Sends an I-Am request.

Sends a BACnet I-Am service message to a local or remote network. This routine may execute the I-Am service without using the device instance. To locate the destination it uses the destination address.

InOut:

Scope	Name	Type	Comment
Return	BACnetIAmEx	IEC_BACNET_STATUS
Input	pSourceAddress	POINTER TO IEC_BACNET_ADDRESS	If the BACnet application has only one device constructed and installed, this can be NULL. In this case the MAC address of this device will be used. Otherwise this shall be the MAC address returned on device object construction.
	pDestinationAddress	POINTER TO IEC_BACNET_ADDRESS	This is the MAC address of the device to which the request should be sent.
	pIAmInfo	POINTER TO IEC_BACNET_I_AM_INFO	A pointer to the service information data structure which contains information about the source device: the Device Instance Number and the values of three Device object Properties (max APDU length, segmentation supported, and vendor identifier).