# system.device.addDevice for BACnet driver

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-device-adddevice-for-bacnet-driver/46584>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 11, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-device-adddevice-for-bacnet-driver/46584 "2021-05-11T15:43:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-device-adddevice-for-bacnet-driver/46584/3 "2021-05-12T04:06:29Z")

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@Kevin.Herron

I took a known working BACnet device and deleted it then re-added it with known parameters using this script. It worked other than it did not take the description. Is there a specific key I need to use to get the description to populate?

```auto
props = {
	"LOCALBACNETDEVICESETTINGSID": 6,
	"REMOTEADDRESS": "192.168.xxx.xxx",
	"REMOTEPORT": 47811,
	"REMOTEDEVICENUMBER": 50011,
	"DESCRIPTION": "DELTA_VFD_E_11" 
}

system.device.addDevice(
	deviceType = "com.inductiveautomation.BacnetIpDeviceType",
	deviceName = "HVLS_A1",
	deviceProps = props
)

```

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/5/8556550234db6f261896f7bfeda5236f8b4013d5.png)

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