BACpypes3 CLI

The process subclasses bacpypes3.argparse.SimpleArgumentParser and adds --public (this repository only). All other device and stack options come from BACpypes3.

Print the full upstream parser help locally:

python -c "from bacpypes3.argparse import SimpleArgumentParser; SimpleArgumentParser().print_help()"

Standard BACpypes3 options (summary)

Option	Purpose
-h, --help	Show help and exit.
--loggers	List debugging logger names.
--debug [LOGGER ...]	Attach debug handlers to loggers (optional logger names).
--color	Colorized debug output.
--route-aware	Enable route-aware behaviour where supported.
--name NAME	BACnet device name (string).
--instance INSTANCE	BACnet device object instance (device identifier).
--network NETWORK	Local network number when applicable.
--address ADDRESS	Bind address for BACnet/IP, e.g. 192.168.1.50/24:47808 or 0.0.0.0:47808. On multi-homed gateways, set this to the OT / BAS interface.
--vendoridentifier VENDORIDENTIFIER	BACnet Vendor ID for the device.
--foreign FOREIGN	Foreign device BBMD registration address (when using BBMD).
--ttl TTL	Time-to-live for foreign device registration (seconds).
--bbmd BBMD [BBMD ...]	BDT / BBMD address list for BACnet/IP with BBMDs.

This repository’s extra flag

Option	Purpose
--public	Bind the HTTP server to 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1. Does not change BACnet UDP unless you also set --address appropriately.

Recommended examples

Bind BACnet to a specific interface (multi-NIC edge):

python -m bacpypes_server.main \
  --name EdgeGateway \
  --instance 123456 \
  --address 192.168.10.50/24:47808 \
  --debug \
  --public

Local laptop (no remote API exposure):

python -m bacpypes_server.main --name Lab --instance 999 --debug