Facility Explorer FX16 - User Interface; Application Configuration and Commissioning

FX16 Master Controller Technical Bulletin 69
User Interface
The FX16 Master Controller supports up to two user interfaces that are
either integral or remote. The user interface allows you to display and
edit data point and information from the running application. The user
interface display screen format is fully configurable at design time in
FX Builder. The FX16 can also store a display database with up to five
languages (downloaded at design/commissioning time). You can then
select at runtime the display language from the user interface screen.
Application Configuration and Commissioning
The FX16 is based on an object and services oriented architecture that
includes configurable input/output, control algorithm and real-time
functions, and serial communication options. You can create control
applications, download them into the FX16 controller, and commission
the FX16 using the FX Tools software package.
FX Tools software package provides the following tools:
• FX Builder: You use FX Builder to program and configure Facility
Explorer controllers (using menus, navigation trees, and graphic
screens). With FX Builder, you use the application configuration to
define the physical inputs and outputs, data point values to be
monitored, and the user interface displays of the controller.
• FX Builder Express: You use this special version of FX Builder to
select and configure a predefined application from a library of
standard applications for Facility Explorer controllers (using
selection menus and graphic screens). FX Builder Express is
available in North America only.
• FX CommPro N2/LON: You use this commissioning tool for
Facility Explorer controllers with parameter configuration to control
sequence and loop tuning. With this tool, you can save parameters to
download to other controllers with the same application. The FX
CommPro tool supports controllers on N2 Open and L
ONWORKS
protocol networks.