# Cloning and filtering BACnet instances

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cloning-and-filtering-bacnet-instances/86015>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [29 February 2024 04:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cloning-and-filtering-bacnet-instances/86015 "2024-02-29T04:01:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![WarrenL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb9ed0/32.png) [@WarrenL](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/WarrenL)\
**Post date:** [29 February 2024 04:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cloning-and-filtering-bacnet-instances/86015/1 "2024-02-29T04:01:22Z")

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Hi all,

I've recently started using Node-RED and having had success passing OpenWeather data to a BACnet controller I'm now looking at using it to pass power meter data from a Modbus TCP server to BACnet AVs.

Now, if I have 25 power meters to implement, and each meter has 20 datapoints, that means I have to create 500 BACnet instances within node-RED to write the meter data to. Is there some way I can speed up the cloning process? And some way of filtering the BACnet instances so that I don't have to scroll through the whole lot when configuring the BACnet-Write nodes?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [29 May 2024 04:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/cloning-and-filtering-bacnet-instances/86015/2 "2024-05-29T04:01:49Z")

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