The table below provides an overview of the SmartServer file types. File extensions are not case sensitive.
SmartServer Pi (available with SmartServer 4.2 and higher) does not support LON.
File Type | File Extension | Device Type | Notes and References | |||
Device Interface (XIF) Definitions | ||||||
BACnet device interface (XIF) definition | .bac (cannot use .bac.csv) | BACnet IP devices and BACnet MS/TP devices |
See (Optional) Creating a BACnet Device Interface (XIF) Definition. | |||
EnOcean device interface (XIF) definition | .ENO or eno | EnOCean |
See (Optional) Creating an EnOcean Device Interface (XIF) Definition. | |||
LON device interface (XIF) definition | .xif | LON |
See (Optional) Creating a LON Device Interface (XIF) Definition. | |||
BACnet device interface LoRaWAN device interface (XIF) definition | .bac | BACnet IP devices and | Prepared by a network integrator, or created automatically during device discovery BACnet must first be enabled using the Add a BACnet Interface before importing files CSV format Valid extension: .bac (cannot use .bac.csv) definition | .LoRaWAN, .csv, or .LoRaWAN.csv | LoRaWAN |
See (Optional) Creating a BACnet LoRaWAN Device Interface (XIF) Definition. |
Modbus device interface (XIF) definition | .mod | Modbus |
See (Optional) Creating a Modbus Device Interface (XIF) Definition. | |||
Neuron firmware or application image file for a LON device that supports downloadable firmware | .apb | LON |
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BACnet Server | ||||||
BACnet type mapping definition | .btm | IOX, LON, Modbus, BACnet |
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CMS Configuration | ||||||
Datapoint logging and alarming definition | .dla | IOX, LON, Modbus, BACnet |
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Device type definition | .dtd | IOX, LON, Modbus, BACnet |
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Connection definitions | .con, .csv, or .con.csv | IOX, LON, Modbus, BACnet |
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Graphics file | .jpg, or .png | IOX, LON, Modbus, BACnet |
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Sequencing flows | .json | IOX, LON, Modbus, BACnet |
See Creating Sequence of Operations and SmartServer IoT Node-RED Tutorial. | |||
Device Archive | ||||||
Device type package | dtp, .gdtp, .zip, .gzip, or .dtp.zip | IOX, LON, Modbus, BACnet |
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Datapoints Definitions | ||||||
Datapoints file | .data.csv | IOX, LON, Modbus, BACnet |
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SmartServer IoT Software | ||||||
SmartServer software update/reimage | .zip | N/A |
See Updating with the SmartServer Console and Updating with the SmartServer Configuration Page. | |||
SmartServer software update | .glpo | N/A |
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SmartServer software update | .glpi | N/A |
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SmartServer system backups | .tgz | N/A |
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SmartServer database backups | .zip | N/A |
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Software executable | .exe | N/A |
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SmartServer Pi | ||||||
SmartServer Pi software | .deb | N/A | SmartServer Pi software file used for system installation or update Valid extension: .debSee Installing SmartServer Pi and Updating the SmartServer Pi. |