IEC_BACNET_AUTHENTICATION_FACTOR (STRUCT)

TYPE IEC_BACNET_AUTHENTICATION_FACTOR : STRUCT

Definition of the BACnetAuthenticationFactor structure

The BACnet structure BACnetAuthenticationFactor is used to encapsulate an authentication factor value. Additional attributes are included that identify the authentication factor format and encoding scheme.

InOut:

Name

Type

Comment

formatType

IEC_BACNET_AUTHENTICATION_FACTOR_TYPE

This enumeration (BACnetAuthenticationFactorType) specifies the internal representation of the authentication factor value in the ‘value’ field. The value of this field defines how the authentication factor data in the ‘value’ field is encoded.

formatClass

IEC_BACNET_UINT

This is a site-specific identifier used to distinguish between different authentication factor value formats that have the same format type. When Format-Type is UNDEFINED, Format_Class shall have a value of zero.

value

IEC_BACNET_OCTET_STRING

This is an octet string that holds the authentication factor value. The internal format used is specified by the value in the format-type field.