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1 Product Bulletin Issue Date 06/18/04 PRODUCT BULLETIN M-Graphics Unparalleled ease, speed, and power; it s all at your fingertips with M-Graphics, the premier dynamic graphical interface in the facility management industry. Just imagine your facility operators gliding through animated graphic displays, selecting operating strategies to fine-tune your enterprise s operations, launching third-party software applications to access pertinent energy consumption information, reviewing sequence of operations or diagnostic guides, or requesting comprehensive management reports as quickly as they can move their hands. Then consider extending that sphere of influence by integrating diverse subsystems, activating custom control strategies, and embedding Microsoft ActiveX controls to view realtime trends and full-motion video. You can enjoy all this advanced capability and more through M-Graphics - a powerful management tool that your staff can use confidently. Figure 1: M-Graphics Example Features and Benefits Dynamic Animated Graphical Displays Multifaceted Zooming on Any Portion of Graphical Display Full-Feature Online Editor Comprehensive Library with Pre-bound Tags Versatile Import Capabilities Fully OLE for Process Control (OPC) Compliant ActiveX Controls Compliant Provide easy-to-visualize operational conditions Provides detailed focus to assist analysis Provides built-in editor to quickly handle desired modifications Provides symbols, subsystems, and complete Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems in an easy-to-engineer library Allow use of various formats and applications for graphic development Allows data access via open architecture interface OPC data servers, an industry standard Provides universal standard for sharing and integrating data. Provides means to launch compliant applications from graphical displays. Allows display and embedding of ActiveX controls within graphical displays Johnson Controls, Inc. 1 Code No. LIT Software Release 5.0

2 Intuitive Navigation Whether your facility is large or small, single- or multi-site, basic or complex, you require a flexible and efficient facility management solution. Your staff needs to be able to navigate quickly and confidently from one area to another. You want them to make informed, up-to-the-second decisions regarding comfort and operating efficiency. Plus, you need a simple, intuitive design. Through M-Graphics, your staff can easily and intuitively glide throughout your entire networked enterprise using graphical displays. Using simple point and click actions, they can navigate quickly and easily between buildings, floors, animated HVAC or other integrated systems, and related third-party software applications. For example, using these high-resolution dynamic color graphics, an operator may view the digital photographic image of the outside of a building and click on the identified problem area to quickly view all current information on that particular floor. Once the operator has analyzed the situation, the operator can strategically interact with the graphic display to make any necessary adjustments to resolve the problem and restore optimal operational performance. The simplicity of M-Graphics truly helps operators maximize efficiency. All pertinent information can be accessed easily, allowing operators to focus on facility operations. There is no need to memorize or type command formats or use special key combinations. M-Graphics encourages system use, enhances productivity, and lowers overall operating costs. Figure 2: Example of M-Graphics Navigation 2 M-Graphics Product Bulletin

3 Performance Integration M-Graphics enhances your perspective of facility operations. Not only can you see more pertinent information on your screen, you have the ability to manipulate and access it in a wider variety of ways. Besides having the ability to navigate to and view information from anywhere in your facility, your users have access to other integrated facility management functions. Depending on subsystem capabilities, users easily can command the value of objects, launch detailed focus windows, access an object s schedules, and view trend data and other application parameters, all in a familiar format. Graphical displays can have realtime and historical trend graphs embedded, integrating a powerful analysis tool. Furthermore, reviewing a system s sequence of operation, diagnostic guidelines, or a detailed equipment drawing is all just a click away. Your M-Graphics performance integration can be extended to launch popular third-party software applications, such as a spreadsheet calculating energy consumption and efficiency reports, trigger a Visual Basic development system application to initiate a custom control strategy, and much more. Figure 3: Pick Action Dynamics M-Graphics Product Bulletin 3

4 Visual Dynamics M-Graphics brings a dynamic, visual perspective to your facility through a combination of industry-leading characteristics. Backgrounds and static elements can easily be drawn, scanned, or imported. Some operator-affected dynamics of runtime follow: change the size and/or location of an object, such as the volume level in a tank, based on a realtime value rotate the position of an object, such as door or damper, based on an object s realtime value hide drawing components, such as special messages, based on associated logic condition change display color distinctly or by color gradient, such as floor room temperatures, based on an object s realtime value blink/flash a drawing component on/off or between two colors, such as for emergency conditions, based on associated logic condition select which object of a group is displayed, such as maximum load value, based on realtime value of an analog object animate the operation objects, such as pumps, fans, dampers, fluid flows, humidifying vapor sprays, and valves zoom any portion of a graphical display by fixed/custom percentages or by flexible box (rubber banding) Any display can be further enhanced using pushbuttons, check boxes, sliders, and radio buttons. Time and date can be added in a variety of formats. Add realtime data values from any number of OPC data servers. Plus, display values can be the result of custom-created expressions, such as, arithmetic, relational, logical, bitwise/boolean, or functions providing a unique level of flexibility. Your creativity is the cornerstone to the dynamic visual impact provided with M-Graphics. It opens up new dynamic opportunities for managing your facility s operations. Figure 4: Example of Command Bars and Sliders 4 M-Graphics Product Bulletin

5 On-Call Editing One thing we can count on is change. Even when we think a graphic is complete, something can come along to require changes. M-Graphics addresses these real life occurrences by providing a full-feature, online graphics editor. There is no need to use or purchase a separate software package; this editor is always available. The M-Graphics online editor provides a full range of functions including: drawing tools for lines, segmented lines, arcs, rectangles, and ellipses with the ability to apply color, style, and width characteristics text tools for inserting text with effects such as color, shadows, patterns, font, size, and style full-color palette with custom color creation and an eyedropper option to distinctly select a color and apply it functions for aligning, arranging, and grouping bitmaps and metafile formats that can be imported templates to easily apply standard formats Figure 5: M-Graphics Configure Mode M-Graphics Product Bulletin 5

6 Extensive Library To assist in graphics creation, M-Graphics includes a comprehensive symbol library in 2D and 3D formats. Symbols include boilers, chillers, coils, dampers, actuators, duct work, fans, filters, meters, piping, tanks, controls, motors, and complete HVAC systems. Plus, each library symbol is associated with a prebound tag to aid in creating facility drawings. M-Graphics object binding is so quick, fast, and simple - you ll enjoy it. Since M-Graphics is an OPC compliant application, tag browsing and binding is just point and click. Users have the flexibility to select which OPC data server, object, and attribute to bind within a graphic display. Therefore, you can easily intermix data from a variety of systems, subsystems, and OPC data servers. Figure 6: M-Graphics Symbol Library 6 M-Graphics Product Bulletin

7 Figure 7: OPC Tag Browser M-Graphics Product Bulletin 7

8 Sample Files and Demonstration Programs M-Graphics includes a large number of sample files to help aid operators perform their jobs. Some of the sample files included may be used to set up graphical visualization of school jobs and office jobs. In addition, there is an M-Graphics demonstration package included that allows operators to easily present the capabilities of M-Graphics and other M-Series software components. Figure 8: M-Graphics Sample files and M-Graphics Demonstration Program 8 M-Graphics Product Bulletin

9 Active Ingredients As versatile as M-Graphics is, it provides additional industry leading benefits. Besides distinct data source tags, a display can use local variables and runtime aliasing that automatically load the appropriate data sources upon display. For example, operators can create only one detailed Variable Air Volume (VAV) box graphic and, through runtime aliasing, apply it to every VAV box in your facility. Plus, aliasing can be specified within each individual M-Graphics display or be sourced from an external tab-delimited text file. Through ActiveX controls, M-Graphic displays can be embedded in other ActiveX control containers such as Visual Basic development system forms and HyperText Markup Language (HTML) pages. M-Graphics fully supports Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), an industry standard and powerful programming environment to create and customize Microsoft Windows operating systems applications. This high-level application programmability features cross-platform support for ActiveX technology and is identical with VBA in Microsoft Office applications and those of third-party products. Conclusion Unparalleled ease, speed, and power: with all the versatility and advantages of M-Graphics, your decision couldn t be simpler. We think you will agree that M-Graphics is perfect for you. Why not make it an integral part of your team to assist in the management and optimization of your enterprise s operations? M-Graphics Product Bulletin 9

10 Technical Data Product Processor Recommended Tested and Approved Random Access Memory (RAM) Recommended Minimum Hard Disk Capacity CD-ROM Monitor Video Memory Required Software M-Graphics (MW-MGRAPH-0) Windows 2000 Professional OS with Service Pack 4 or Windows XP Professional OS with Service Pack GHz Pentium 4 processor, particularly if using M-Tool on the same computer. Windows 2000 Professional OS 350 MHz Pentium III processor Windows 2000 Professional OS and Windows XP Professional OS: 256 MB Windows 2000 Professional OS and Windows XP Professional OS: 128 MB 40 GB minimum. (If running System Tools and an M-Series Workstation on the same computer, we recommend maintaining 600 MB of free space on your hard disk for virtual memory.) Minimum 4x for loading software Recommended 17 in. monitor with 1024 x 768 minimum resolution Minimum 2 MB VRAM M3 Workstation Software (MW-M3WHCI-0) or M5 Workstation Software (MW-M5WHCI-0) The performance specifications are nominal and conform to acceptable industry standards. For application at conditions beyond these specifications, consult the local Johnson Controls office. Johnson Controls, Inc. shall not be liable for damages resulting from misapplication or misuse of its products. Metasys is a registered trademark of Johnson Controls, Inc. All other marks herein are the marks of their respective owners Johnson Controls, Inc. Controls Group 507 E. Michigan Street P.O. Box 423 Milwaukee, WI Printed in U.S.A M-Graphics Product Bulletin