Getting Started with Niagara Framework® Software Manual
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Getting Started with Niagara TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 About the Niagara framework.................................................................................................................................... 13 About Niagara 4 ................................................................................................................................................................... 14 About control systems integration ....................................................................................................................................... 17 About Java ........................................................................................................................................................................... 17 About common networking and Internet protocols ................................................................................................................ 18 About component software design ...................................................................................................................................... 20 About the software architecture ............................................................................................................................................ 20 About Baja ........................................................................................................................................................................... 21 About Niagara building blocks .............................................................................................................................................. 22 About modules ..................................................................................................................................................................... 23 About components ............................................................................................................................................................... 25 About presentation ............................................................................................................................................................... 28 About stations ...................................................................................................................................................................... 31 About ORDs ......................................................................................................................................................................... 33 About views .......................................................................................................................................................................... 38 About lexicons ...................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Formats (BFormat) ............................................................................................................................................................... 40 Chapter 2 About Workbench ............................................................................................................................................. 52 Tour of the Workbench GUI ................................................................................................................................................. 52 Workbench window controls ................................................................................................................................................. 56 About the side bar panes ...................................................................................................................................................... 57 About popup menus.............................................................................................................................................................. 58 Table controls and options .................................................................................................................................................... 59 Controls and options for charts ............................................................................................................................................. 60 Customizing the Workbench environment .............................................................................................................................. 71 Chapter 3 Data and Control Model ........................................................................................................................................ 83 Wire Sheet object management ............................................................................................................................................ 83 About control points .............................................................................................................................................................. 89 About point extensions ....................................................................................................................................................... 102 About control triggers ......................................................................................................................................................... 107 About point status............................................................................................................................................................... 108 About writable points .......................................................................................................................................................... 112 About composites ............................................................................................................................................................... 115 Chapter 4 About Workbench tools ...................................................................................................................................... 120 Due to our policy of continuous product innovation, some specifications may change without notification. 3 ©LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ. All rights reserved. “LG” is a registered trademark of LG Corp Getting Started with Niagara Alarm Portal ....................................................................................................................................................................... 121 Bacnet Service ................................................................................................................................................................... 122 Security management ......................................................................................................................................................... 122 Lexicon Tool ...................................................................................................................................................................... 123 Local License Database...................................................................................................................................................... 126 Logger Configuration tool ................................................................................................................................................... 127 Lon Xml Tool ...................................................................................................................................................................... 130 Lonworks Service ............................................................................................................................................................... 130 Credentials manager .......................................................................................................................................................... 131 NDIO to NRIO Conversion Tool .......................................................................................................................................... 132 New Driver wizard .............................................................................................................................................................. 134 New Module wizard ...........................................................................................................................................................