CF Dashboard. Features and Benefits

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1 M-Applications Manual 653 CF Dashboard Section Product Bulletin Issue Date 0601 CF Dashboard The CF Dashboard offering is a customized solution for the telecommunications market and other large enterprises. Using standard products from Johnson Controls and other companies, the CF Dashboard offering provides unparalleled information access, analysis, and management for the systems in a facility that are critical to its operation. Using components from the Metasys Building Automation System (BAS), the CF Dashboard offering provides a flexible decision support system customized specifically for the business needs of each enterprise. Various systems are displayed in a single interface to aid you in making management decisions quickly and accurately in response to any infrastructure-based event. The CF Dashboard offering can improve your business performance by reducing costs and ensuring reliability through the monitoring and collection of realtime information. Figure 1: Sample CF Dashboard Screen Features and Benefits Reduced Life Cycle Costs Increased Reliability Information Management Provides the system support tools to collect and monitor mission critical systems that reduce operational costs Provides early warnings and collects operational trends to identify potential equipment or system problems before they become critical Provides quick and easy access to information, turns data into information, improves response time, and provides a way to analyze problems in critical systems Customized Solution Addresses the specific needs of your system for supporting critical functions within your facility Flexible Offering Remote Access Provides support for a single facility or an enterprise with the flexibility to display different screens for different audiences Provides a way for facility operators and managers to concurrently access the Enterprise Support System from remote locations 2001 Johnson Controls, Inc. 1 Code No. LIT

2 What is the CF Dashboard Offering? The CF Dashboard offering is a management information system that displays critical facility systems, such as Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), power, fuel, and lighting, in one interface. The CF Dashboard system directs management focus to areas needing attention. Facility information from any location is gathered and displayed in a format that promotes understanding, analysis, and management efficiency. The CF Dashboard system is a unique method of using the Metasys M5 Workstation, M-Graphics, and/or M-Web software to address the management of multiple locations. This system not only gathers and displays current data about your facility, it can also analyze and interpret that data. You can monitor multiple facilities or buildings, each with its own customized screen. Custom design allows you to choose which mission critical systems will be presented and monitored on your CF Dashboard system. Because Johnson Controls has integration experience, the implementation of a CF Dashboard system is not limited to traditional Building Automation Systems (BAS) such as HVAC, lighting, fire, and security. Any mission critical system that needs to be monitored can be presented on your CF Dashboard screens. CF Dashboard system can be accessed locally via workstations in each building or from anywhere using centrally located Enterprise servers and Internet browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator software. Figure 2 is an example CF Dashboard screen that presents realtime information for outside air temperature and humidity, environmental conditions for rooms, fuel management information, etc. 2 CF Dashboard CF Dashboard Figure 2: Sample CF Dashboard Screen

3 Cost Effectiveness Displaying information from multiple systems and multiple facilities in one interface is not only convenient, but cost effective. CF Dashboard system displays management level summaries, such as the screen in Figure 2, or detailed information for specific subsystems. This information can: reduce equipment downtime and emergency repair costs by pinpointing the location of alarms or by highlighting undesirable trends in operating conditions support Lights Out operation of a remote facility by delivering critical environmental information and control to a central location reduce facility lifecycle costs through the use of predictive diagnostics, inventory management, and energy management eliminate unnecessary or nuisance alarms and their associated costs by leveraging the capabilities of the underlying Metasys automation and control systems Creating Solutions Johnson Controls will work with you to determine the needs of your facility and enterprise and will propose CF Dashboard solutions for those needs. Information gathered from you and your staff about how you manage your facility and how you look at critical conditions determines the design and layout of your system. Different types of employees within your company require different types of information to make your organization run efficiently. Therefore, you can have one or more views set up for the various types of employees within your company such as management, engineers, operations personnel, etc. Custom designs allow you to choose what is monitored and displayed for whom on a CF Dashboard system. Figure 3 is an example of the items typically monitored within a facility. Other key systems within your facility can also be monitored and displayed on CF Dashboard screens. Environmental Control HVAC Lighting Control Fire Management Security Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Access Control Maintenance Management Power Monitoring Building Management System Touchpoints Figure 3: Facility Applications Touchpoints CF Dashboard CF Dashboard 3

4 C omponents The CF Dashboard system consists of a network of information gathering devices such as field controllers, integration gateways, and supervisory controllers. Ethernet based supervisory controllers are connected individually to the Local Area Network (LAN). From here, information is shared with the local server and/or Enterprise server via the customer Wide Area Network (WAN). The Enterprise server provides authorized users with valuable infrastructure information utilizing standardized graphic templates. Components used to create a CF Dashboard system include: existing Ethernet network (LAN or WAN) existing intranet Enterprise servers or M5 Workstations Operation/ Management Centers Workstation Management Engineering Support M-Web Web browsers M-Graphics M-Trend supervisory controllers/network Control Modules (NCMs) field controllers/application Specific Controllers (ASCs) integration gateways third-party products Figure 4 shows a typical network structure for a CF Dashboard system setup via a corporate intranet. Remote Access Service Corporate Intranet Remote Facility Application Servers Corporate Headquarters Remote Facility Remote Facility App overview Figure 4: Typical Application Overview 4 CF Dashboard CF Dashboard

5 Communications Network The CF Dashboard system is set up over your existing Ethernet/Internet Protocol (IP) network. Using an Ethernet/IP network promotes high-speed operation using industry standard communications protocol. For more information, refer to N1 Ethernet/IP Network Product Bulletin (LIT ) and N1 Ethernet/IP Network Product Bulletin Supplement (LIT a). Remote Access M-Web Enterprise Server and Web Browsers CF Dashboard system can be installed on central Enterprise servers. M-Web installed on an Enterprise server provides you and your staff with remote access to your CF Dashboard system via your corporate intranet. M-Web allows operators to easily, confidently, and remotely access and review the current operational conditions of the entire facility. All that is required for remote access is a computer or other device that supports HyperText Markup Language (HTML) pages and has Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator software. For more information, refer to Metasys M-Web Server Product Bulletin (LIT ). Local Access M5 Workstation and M-Graphics M5 Workstations and M-Graphics are the main components of the CF Dashboard system. Your system can be customized for each facility and provide local access for your staff. The CF Dashboard system can be installed on one or more M5 Workstations in your facility. An advantage of the local access configuration is the ability to incorporate M-Graphics ActiveX controls in the offering s screens, providing dynamic display capabilities. For more information, refer to M5 Workstation Product Bulletin (LIT ) or M-Graphics Product Bulletin (LIT ). M-Trend M-Trend provides superior graphics and text-based trending capabilities at the local facility. M-Trend software is available for use in local M5 Workstations. The M-Trend component provides a powerful management tool to analyze a breadth of historical operational characteristics of a facility. For more information, refer to M-Trend and M-Historian Product Bulletin (LIT ). Supervisory Controllers Supervisory controllers such as Network Control Modules (NCMs) monitor and control field controllers and other infrastructure related equipment within a facility. The supervisory controller uses powerful data gathering and energy management tools to help make your facility economical and cost effective. For more information, refer to Network Control Unit/ Network Expansion Unit Product Bulletin (LIT ). Field Controllers Field controllers perform the control function of the mechanical items in a building. These controllers also gather data. Field controllers can be highly programmable or can be specialized like the Application Specific Controllers (ASCs). The ASC devices focus on particular control functions. Highly programmable devices are designed to handle unique or difficult control schemes. These devices are the working end of a control system and perform much of the data collection. For more information, refer to the Metasys Application Specific Controllers Technical Manual (FAN 636.3). Integration Gateways Johnson Controls has many years of experience in providing integrated systems. The Metasys BAS can connect over 700 different devices from over 125 different companies. One of the tools used in delivering integrated systems is the Metasys Integrator unit. In addition, the Metasys system can integrate competitive systems. The integration of legacy systems provides investment protection and reduces the cost of upgrading control systems. These gateways provide connections to hundreds of products and systems. Therefore, the CF Dashboard offering is an integrated system accessing all critical information no matter where it comes from. For more information, refer to Metasys Integrator 300 Series Product Bulletin (LIT ), Metasys Integrator 300 Series Product Bulletin Supplement (LIT ), and Metasys Compatible Products Brochure (PUBL-2678). CF Dashboard CF Dashboard 5

6 C onclusion The CF Dashboard offering provides a straightforward, yet powerful solution to effectively assist in managing local and remote facilities. Any staff member with a basic knowledge of Windows compatible Personal Computer (PC) applications can utilize this advanced capability. The CF Dashboard offering is a tool that proactively caters to your needs, today and in the future. 6 CF Dashboard CF Dashboard

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8 S pecifications Standard Software Products Optional Software Products Standard Hardware Other Potential Hardware Operating System Standard Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows NT Workstation* with Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS) Version 4 or Windows NT Server with Service Pack 6 and IIS Version 4 and Microsoft Internet Explorer (4.x or 5.x) Operating System Enterprise For five or fewer simultaneous users: Windows NT Workstation* with PWS Version 4 and Microsoft Internet Explorer (4.x or 5.x) For ten simultaneous users: Windows NT Server with Service Pack 6 and IIS Version 4 and Microsoft Internet Explorer (4.x or 5.x) Metasys Person-Machine Interface (PMI) software M5 Workstation Metasys M-Graphics software Metasys M-Web software Metasys Data Visualization Metasys Historical Data Visualization Metasys M-Historian * Support for the Windows 2000 operating system is scheduled for Fall Standard Facility 500 MHz Pentium III class personal computer (166 MHz minimum) 3 GB hard drive, CD-ROM drive 128 MB RAM for Windows 98 Second Edition (64 MB minimum) 256 MB RAM for Windows NT (128 MB minimum) Enterprise Facility 800 MHz Pentium III class personal computer (266 MHz minimum) 5 GB hard drive, CD-ROM drive 256 MB RAM for Windows NT (128 MB minimum) Metasys Network Control Modules (NCMs) Metasys Application Specific Controllers DX9100 Series Programmable Controllers Sensors Additional Information Contact the Controls Group Marketing Department for more information or to discuss a specific implementation of the CF Dashboard offering at CG-Telco@jci.com. The performance specifications are nominal and conform to acceptable industry standards. For application at conditions beyond these specifications, consult the local Johnson Controls office. Johnson Controls, Inc. shall not be liable for damages resulting from misapplication or misuse of its products. Controls Group FAN E. Michigan Street M-Applications Manual P.O. Box 423 Printed in U.S.A. Milwaukee, WI CF Dashboard CF Dashboard