User Guide

Chapter 12 - FINlite Graphics Tool
FINlite Graphics Tool Overview
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BACnet Field Panel Web Server User Guide
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● Test animation with live data before publication
● Saving the graphics components to the user library for reuse
● Publishing graphics to the panel(s)
● Opening a pre-constructed graphics file from the local file system
NOTE:
In the Web Server user interface, it is recommended to limit the total number of
graphic tabs and dynamic trend tabs that are open to six (6) for performance reasons.
Graphics Application Workflow
NOTE:
Siemens FINlite supports .png and .jpg graphics file formats only.
1. Create a graphics background file using Designer, Auto CAD, or another designing
tool. Save the file (as a .png or .jpg) to the local file system or hard drive. Use the
designing tool’s Export feature to convert the native file type to a .png or .jpg format
for use with Siemens FINlite.
NOTE:
After a new animation image has been added to the set of frames in FINlite’s
Animation Editor window, existing images are sometimes automatically resized to
match the frame added by the user.
Before bringing them into FINlite, be sure the images to be added for editing
animation are sized similarly to the existing images, to avoid automatic resizing
issues.
2. Open the pre-constructed graphics background file from Siemens FINlite to add
animated graphics. The background file can be sized in the canvas before graphics
are added.
3. Once the graphics are published from FINlite to the panel(s), they can be viewed
via the Field Panel Web Server user interface. See the Viewing Graphics in the
Web Server User Interface section.
User Interface Description for the FINlite Graphics
Tool