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FX90 Supervisory Controller Product Bulletin

Product
Controls > Supervisory Controls > FX90 Supervisory Controller
Document type
Product Bulletin
Document number
LIT-12014354
Version
14.13
Revision date
2024-10-31
Product status
Active

You can configure the FX90 Supervisory Controller with the FX Workbench software application. The FX Appliance offers exclusive productivity features built on top of the Niagara framework. These tools aim to streamline and automate workflows, enabling you to quickly build a system configuration database in minutes, with automatic tagging, auto-generated 3D graphics, and more. FX Workbench is embedded in every FX90 Supervisory Controller and is served up to web browsers of authorized users. In addition, you can purchase FX Workbench as a separate software application that resides on a computer.

You can configure the FX90 Supervisory Controller online while you directly or remotely connect with FX Workbench.

FX Workbench includes many labor-saving configuration features:
  • Import FX equipment controllers configuration files to automatically create the point database with automatic tagging, 3D system graphic, point and alarm summaries, Histories, and Trend graphs
  • Online discovery of LonWorks and BACnet devices and points
  • Online discovery of N2 devices with assisted importing of N2 points
  • A check box method to enable and disable points and create point extensions, such as alarms, histories, and totalizations
  • Intuitive managers for grouping points, creating master schedules, and linking points
  • A library of predefined systems, with associated graphic, points list, and default features
  • Automated graphic page creation

For more information about FX Workbench and the FX Appliance productivity features, refer to the FX Workbench 14.x User Guide (LIT-12012256).

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 FX90 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