User Guide

Chapter 1 - Introduction to BACnet Field Panel Web Server
BACnet Field Panel Web Server Overview
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BACnet Field Panel Web Server User Guide
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2017-07-31
Chapter 1 - Introduction to BACnet Field Panel
Web Server
Chapter 1 discusses the following topics:
● BACnet Field Panel Web Server Overview [➙ 9]
● Compatibility [➙ 10]
● Applications [➙ 10]
BACnet Field Panel Web Server Overview
BACnet Field Panel Web Server User Interface (
Web Server or FPWeb UI ) includes all
the applications a facility operator needs to easily configure, monitor, and control the
APOGEE® Automation System.
All of the files that make up the FPWeb UI are loaded onto a field panel (PXC Modular
or PXC-36) and accessed through a browser running Adobe Flash. The files can also
be loaded onto a computer and accessed through Launch Pad, which is an Adobe
AIR-based application. Because the same files are accessed either through the Web
browser (if deployed to a Siemens PXC Modular or PXC-36) or when installed on a
computer with Launch Pad (the files are installed automatically with the installation of
Launch Pad) the FPWeb UI accessed through Launch Pad is identical to the FPWeb
UI accessed through a browser.
In order to access the BACnet Field Panel Web Server User Interface through a
browser, the files must be deployed to a PXC Modular or PXC-36 controller. Due to
space constraints, the Web Server User Interface cannot be deployed to a PXC-16 or
PXC-24 Compact controller.
However any PXC controller can be accessed directly using the Launch Pad software,
without the need to deploy the Web UI user interface to the controller. See the
Siemens Launch Pad User Guide (145-1005) for information on installing or upgrading
the BACnet Field Panel Web Server Embedded User Interface (UI) Client Application
using the Launch Pad Web Server Deployment feature. Once deployed to a panel on
the network, the user interface can be accessed from any compatible Web browser
(see the
Browser Requirements [➙ 13] section).
Through the Launch Pad User Interface, you can access and interact with any BACnet
IP-enabled controller in the network that is Web-enabled, including PXC-16 and
PXC-24 controllers.
Siemens FINlite Graphics Tool
The Siemens FINlite Graphics Tool is a graphic utility program that can be used to
create, modify, animate, and save graphics files for field panels, which are Web
licensed (LSM-FPWEB, LSM-FPWEBPL, or LSM-FPWEBPLHST), and are used with
the Web Server Graphics View.
For more information, see Chapter 12 -
FINlite Graphics Tool [➙ 220].