Chapter 11 - FINlite Graphics Tool
Using the FINlite Graphics Tool
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1. To keep the Choice window from displaying upon start-up, check the Don’t show
this again check box.
2. Click the Open button to open an existing Graphics file from the local file system.
NOTE: A Graphics file can also be opened by selecting New from the File menu.
3. Click the Create button to begin creating a new Graphics file.
4. Click the User Guide button for assistance with the Graphics Application.
To log in to the controller:
1. Click the Panels bar in the left navigation pane to access a specific controller.
The object list of the chosen controller will display.
2. Click the Connect button.
3. In the Login box, enter the panel IP address, user name, and password.
The tool will authenticate with the panel, retrieve the panel list, and then
authenticate with all of the panels on the network.
Once the login is complete, the object list of the chosen panel displays in a tree
format in the left navigation pane.
User Account Passwords Using Double Byte Character Sets
Double byte characters cannot be directly entered in the password field in FINlite.
In FINlite there are password fields whenever a connection is being made to a panel.
You have the following options for passwords:
Use only single byte characters for user account passwords. This option does not
require special procedures to enter the user account password in FINlite.
Use double byte characters for user account passwords. This option requires
copying the characters from another field (such as the user name field) or another
application (such as Notepad) and pasting the characters into the password field in
FINlite. The location from which the characters are copied must support viewing of
the double byte characters appropriately.
Creating Graphics Click the Components bar in the left navigation pane to open the Components area of
the FINlite application.
Once a component is edited and customized, it is called a
Model
. Once a Model is
saved, it can be reused in multiple graphics files.
The Layers bar in the left navigation pane allows you to layer the components in a
specific order. For instance, in a Graphics file, the Air Handler Unit (AHU) template
may be on the bottom-most layer while all of the AHU elements represented by the
components may be on the middle layer, with the labels on the top layer. Be sure to
layer the background image first, and then layer buttons and labels on top. If the
background is layered on top of a button, for example, the button won’t function
properly.