Most asset registers are built by hand from name plates and design drawings. Nexus BACnet does it the other way: scan the network, discover every device, infer the hierarchy, and pre-populate the asset registry.
Four functions across discovery, binding, and ongoing sync.
Who-Is broadcasts across configured subnets. Discovers devices, vendor IDs, object lists, and MAC bindings.
Each discovered point is mapped to an asset and tagged. Project Haystack tags applied where convention is recognized.
New devices appearing on the network are detected and queued for review. Removed devices are flagged.
JCI, Siemens, Honeywell, Tridium, Distech, Schneider, Trane, ABB any BACnet/IP-compliant device.
Building a 5,000-asset register by hand takes 4-6 months. BACnet auto-discovery does the structural work in hours, leaving humans to fill in metadata that the protocol does not carry (manufacturer warranty, install dates, runbooks).
How this looks in your stack.
[bacnet.discover.bldg-3] subnet = "10.18.32.0/24" scan_interval_h = 24 vendor_filter = [] # empty = all auto_create_assets = true tag_haystack = true
On-premise by default. Cloud-deployable when required. Your facility data never leaves your network.
TLS everywhere, secrets in vault, row-level security on every query. Containerized and isolated so one service going down never takes the rest with it.
A·IQ is built by Arcis FM, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Set-aside eligible for federal contracts. CAGE 14DG6 · UEI Z95MQL2KEYG3.
Engineer and operator questions on this capability.
Discovery is read-only. Who-Is broadcasts and ReadProperty requests. No writes, no control changes.
Routed via the BACnet/IP gateway. Discovered as logical descendants of the router.
We pin device IDs at first discovery and warn on drift a known stability issue with some vendors.
BACnet only for native discovery. Gateways and protocol adapters can bridge handled per project.
Each Nexus module is sharper paired with the next.
Connect Nexus to one of your BACnet/IP networks for a 24-hour discovery window. We deliver the hierarchy and bound point list.
