User Manual

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Graphics Builder
Overview
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site
The site tag represents a building or other type of facility with a unique street address. In this example,
both Building and Default site have a site tag.
equip
The equip tag represents an equipment asset, which is often a physical asset, such as an AHU, boiler,
or chiller. An equip tag can also be used for a logical grouping, such as a chiller plant.
equip objects are structured and can have references to other equip objects or to site objects. In this
example:
Cooling coil has a parent equip reference (equipRef) to Air handling unit West Wing.
Air handling unit West Wing has a parent equip reference (equipRef) to Vent & air cond.plants.
Vent & air cond.plants has a parent site reference (siteRef) to Building.
point or shadowPoint
Every data point in the system has a point or shadowPoint tag.
Point or shadowPoint objects are not structured and have references to a parent equip or site object.
In this example, Valve is an analog output point and has a parent equip reference (equipRef) to
Cooling coil.
Each data point also has one of the following tags to classify its type:
cmd, which classifies a data point as an output, AO/BO, command, or actuator.
sensor, which classifies a data point as an input, AI/BI, or sensor.
sp, which classifies a data point as a setpoint, soft point or process control variable.
Note
A best practice when working with binding queries is to use (point or shadowPoint) to cover both
possible cases and accommodate future enhancements.