Andover Controls SX 8000 Front-End

Infinity 8000 Front End Software Infinity SX 8000 front end workstation software package is a PC based color user interface that provides powerful features and easy to operate tools for your Infinity system SX 8000 presents information to the operator using color graphic screens and pop up windows to paint a picture of conditions a facility With SX 8000 OS 2 multi tasking operating system operators centrally manage multiple Infinity sites concurrently viewing displays alarms controlling doors and adjusting setpoints and schedules as COMMUNICATIONS Infinity SX 8000 front end software package is designed to meet the demands of the smallest to largest facilities The SX 8000 supports both single user and multi user applications in both direct and wide area communications over the Ethernet Infinity s high speed backbone bus Up to 64 8000 workstations and a central file server can have simultaneous access to the network As make changes in the system the SX 8000 file server automatically updates any other on the network guaranteeing current information systemwide and eliminating the need to update separate databases on different workstations Through the SX 8000 workstation can also communicate to thousands of remote sites over standard phone lines Once in all remote operations are identical to those performed over hard wired systems ENVIRONMENT 8000 takes full advantage of the speed and power of today s newest networking technology SX software supports leading network operating systems such as Microsoft Windows NT Server Microsoft OS 2 LAN Manager As a result information from the Infinity system can be directly with mini and mainframe computers on the same network In addition SX 8000 offers its a wide variety of networking options including a choice of industry standard Ethernet and point and click connection over high speed telephone lines T1 T3 E1 And SX 8000 s compatibility with today s routers and bridges further expands wide area networking options SX 8000 also features the Microsoft SQL database server software giving the system true with the most popular suppliers of computers and database software E A T U R E S Depict Information Easily Vivid Color Graphic Full Multi Tasking Lets Operators Multiple Sites Built in Library of Animated and Drawing Tools to Custom Control Panels User Programmable Alarm Voice and Audio Alarms Effective Alert Custom Scheduling Options Meet Individual Building Object Management System Information and System Real Time Video integration Live Monitoring of Security Areas Powerful Remote Capabilities SX 8000 high resolution color graphics system provides a flexible way to control building HVAC lighting access control and process systems through the use vivid colors and dynamic data displays The SX 8000 can display a floor plan operators to and click their way through the facility and change turn equipment on and off run reports modify schedules visually track open and close controlled doors view alarm status without ever a keyboard The SX 8000 also displays equipment schematics complete with in automatic response to alarm conditions or at an operator request screens can be created from the SX 8000 built in drawing tools using a full of pre animated controls such as gauges buttons and switches SX 8000 graphics are compatible with third party packages such as Photoshop Designer and Corel Draw And with support for numerous file built in custom graphics and photographs can be imported easily to custom SX 8000 graphic displays SX 8000 user definable alarm management system allows you to plan your alarm determining what action should taken for each and every alarm In SX 8000 large processing capacity quick response time and advanced protocols ensure that no alarms are ever lost even in the most application Multiple alarms can be attached to the same point with different levels for each alarm When an alarm occurs SX 8000 provides immediate automatically logs the alarm and provides valuable alarm status informa for the operator In addition to generating the alarm message to a workstation or the SX 8000 can automatically display a color graphic panel or print a report with a point in alarm SX 8000 offers audio alarm features for any Infinity site In lieu of a simple beep attention grabbing sounds or voice messages can provide both an alarm and response instructions A unique voice message can be recorded for each point the SX 8000 pop up calendar scheduling setting up and adjusting independent for multiple facility sites offices conferences rooms laboratories rooms is easy using SX 8000 on screen clock and calendar Users can yearly weekly and holiday schedules plus special schedules to cover mainte shutdowns vacations or other events Yearly schedules allow exact day by scheduling of up to 13 months in advance weekly schedules offer the simplicity of rolling 7 day period Schedules of either type can be linked to holiday or special SX 8000 even allows users to schedule in advance when specific doors in a will be automatically locked and unlocked Each schedule provides up to 99 and periods for each day of the week In addition the SX and Paste capabilities allow users to fill a schedule over any wide range dates quickly eliminating scheduling redundancy MANAGEMENT CONFIGURATION SYSTEM basis of the SX 8000 is a comprehensive object management system that all information generically to simplify system configuration while providing tools to customize the information for your specific control needs information in the SX 8000 is organized in a directory format and displayed as a Simply click on any object in the tree to view its contents SX 8000 provides object classes such as sites schedules panels alarm levels personnel inputs etc In addition users can create their own custom classes specific their building or application and add new attributes to existing classes including scanned images and entire text files to further customize the informa For each custom class an on screen form is created with SX 8000 built in form to hold class attributes eliminating the tedious and time consuming task of forms SX 8000 automatically creates list views for all object classes Operators can them to view and display information in a preferred custom format SX 8000 search technique and sort capabilities allow users to quickly access data only and display it in a more logical order And with SX 8000 automatic refresh feature users can determine down to the seconds how often live data update within the list view GENERATION AND TRENDING the power and flexibility of Andover Plain English programming language and 8000 operators can create text reports of any description and size The SX 8000 display a report on the screen print it to a printer or send it to an ASCII file for or use by MIS personnel Reports can be generated for any purpose create alarm reports print personnel reports or simply to store miscellaneous about mechanical equipment More sophisticated reports can be easily to sum columns of data perform energy calculations total run times or time and attendance The SX 8000 s built in event log tracks all valid and invalid door ajar alarms forced entry cabinet tampers etc Operators can sort this based on a person a door an area or a specific time interval and save it future call ups In addition the SX 8000 automatically extracts the historical trend data from the Ethernet and Infinet controllers and archives it to the database can view this historical information on the SX 8000 either in the form of or graphics over user selectable time intervals can even customize their reports using SX 8000 built in options for creating sheets ending sheets headers and footers The SX 8000 also makes report simpler with a built in Plain English program debugger This interactive lets users view programs line by line and fix errors immediately INTEGRATION video integration option offered with the SX 8000 adds a whole new dimension to management With t