Network overview showing Building Operator Local
No Internet is needed to use Building Operator Local. Only to keep updated, you need to temporarily connect to the Internet.
Requirements and necessities
- Building Operator Local can be purchased as a one-off purchase, separately from a Digital Services subscription. Building Operator Local Fallback is standard included in the Digital Services subscription.
- PC in the Priva network, running Windows 10 or higher
- Priva Blue ID or Compri HX hardware
- Edge Gateway (Building Operator Local does not work on the Cloud Connector)
See the installation sheet of the Edge Gateway on how to install, register and configure the Edge Gateway.
Perform the following steps
- Follow the instructions as described in How can I start using Priva Digital Services? (Building Automation)
Note: Permissions are given in Access Control Local; a local variant of Access Control that is completely separate from the cloud variant. See the following steps.
For the following steps, it’s not required to have an Internet connection. The Edge Gateway LAN 1 port can optionally be disconnected from the Internet.
Create user(s) in Access Control Local: - Connect your computer to the Priva network.
- Go to Access Control Local via http://<IP_address_LAN2>:5001
Tip: Find the IP address of LAN 2 of the Edge Gateway via service port LAN 3:- Connect your computer to LAN 3
- Configure your computer’s Ethernet port IP address to 172.16.1.*** (where *** must be a free number between 2 and 254).
- Go to http://172.16.1.1
- Sign in with an account created when configuring the gateway to enter the local configuration application and find the IP address of LAN 2 here.
- Set the password for the default admin user account (username ‘admin’).
Warning: Do not forget this password. There is no possibility to retrieve the password. If you have forgotten the password, you can reset the admin account and set a new password.
> You will now enter Access Control Local with the default admin user account - Set permissions for the default admin user.
- Create users for Building Operator Local in Access Control Local.
Note: As an admin user, you set the username and password for the new user. There will no email be sent to the user as Access Control Local works independently from the Internet. The password cannot be changed by the user, only by the admin user in Access Control Local.
Enter Building Operator Local: - Connect your computer to the Priva network.
- Go to Building Operator Local via http://<IP_address_LAN2>:5002
Keep updated
To use Building Operator Local, LAN 1 of the Edge Gateway does not need to be connected to the Internet. However, in 2 situations, LAN 1 must be (temporarily) connected to the Internet:
- When changes are made in the Top Control project, the metadata must be re-uploaded with the TC Metadata Uploader (more info).
Note: This tool uploads the metadata to the cloud. The metadata is available in the cloud for 96 hours. After the upload, the metadata will be downloaded to the Edge Gateway so that it can be used by Building Operator Local. Make sure you wait long enough for the metadata to be downloaded before disconnecting the Edge Gateway from the Internet. - When Building Operator has been updated, you can get these updates in Building Operator Local by updating the module on the Edge Gateway via Installation & Maintenance.