# BACnet status not Initializing

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bacnet-status-not-initializing/64181>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 16, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bacnet-status-not-initializing/64181 "2022-09-16T15:46:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Luke\_Waliser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Luke\_Waliser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Luke_Waliser)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bacnet-status-not-initializing/64181/1 "2022-09-16T15:46:22Z")

</div>

Hi!

I have a BACnet remote device on a subnet with IP 10.66.50.x and my Ignition Gateway is on a different subnet with IP 10.66.x.x

My BACnet device is able to be set up as a BBMD device which I have enabled.

The Ignition Local Device configuration has the following settings:

- Bind Address: 0.0.0.0
- Bind Port: 47808
- Broadcast Address: 10.66.x.x (my Ignition Gateway)
- Network Prefix Length: 23
- BBMD Address: 10.66.50.x (my BACnet remote device)
- Foreign device Registration Enabled: I have this enabled

The error log in Ignition that I’m getting is:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/a/aa45e80737a3fd69e595c75d7efdf4abc418b11f.png)

The BACnet device is a Siemens POL908.00 communication module  
The BACnet remote device config page is this:

 ![Capture1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/3/d3917c03e08287ceaebfe20ce48791a07e239f81.png)

The BACnet device is pingable. I’ve worked with IT the other day to make sure nothing on their end would stop traffic and it seems they have things correct. I can’t though get the BACnet driver to initialize.

Any help / ideas would be great. Thanks!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Luke\_Waliser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Luke\_Waliser](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Luke_Waliser)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bacnet-status-not-initializing/64181/2 "2022-09-19T13:01:43Z")

</div>

Got my problem resolved with the help of Ignition Tech Support! My Broadcast Address had to be changed to 10.66.x.255 and then I had to restart my Ignition Gateway Service.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Marco\_Cisneros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Marco\_Cisneros](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Marco_Cisneros)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bacnet-status-not-initializing/64181/3 "2025-01-31T19:49:14Z")

</div>

Thanks for sharing this solution, it worked with a similar problem I had with Bacnet device