- Web-based user interface
- Features an intuitive new interface that is modern and easy to use. The HTML5 profile provides a more robust web experience.
- Powerful security
- Provides a defense-in-depth approach to security that requires users to use strong credentials. Provides encrypted data and easy to configure user permissions.
- Centralized enterprise‑wide information
- Provides a single access point for a project that consists of multiple FX supervisory controllers or multiple IP field controllers.
- Large storage repository for alarms, events, and histories
- Access and archive large amounts of historical information.
- Niagara® analytics
- Allows you to apply a variety of analytic algorithms and diagnostics to both historical and real-time data.
- Modernized graphics
- At Release 14.11.4, the FX Supervisory Software user interface is enhanced with modern, 3D photorealistic graphics to help users quickly and easily navigate their FX system.
Figure 1. Example of a Facility Explorer configuration
| Callout | Component |
|---|---|
| 1 | Browser |
| 2 | Mobile device |
| 3 | FX Workbench |
| 4 | FX Server |
| 5 | Ethernet, TCP/IP, HTTP, BACnet |
| 6 | F4-SNC Supervisory Controller |
| 7 | MS/TP Bus |
| 8 | FX80 Supervisory Controller |
| 9 | F4-CVM Equipment Controller |
| 10 | F4-CGM Equipment Controller |
| 11 | SA Bus |
| 12 | F4-XPM Expansion Module |
| 13 | TEC3000 Color Series Thermostat |