User Manual

Part A: System Overview
Features and Benefits: What the System Does
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Easy to learn and user-friendly
● Consistent interface designed around user-based workflows
● Simple navigation through tree views or graphics
● Auto-defined links (so called Related Items) help anticipate the next step
● Graphics engine supports drag-and-drop and zoom
● Online engineering speeds-up project commissioning time and minimizes
system downtime
Optimal for maximizing operational and engineering efficiency
● Integrated data from multiple facilities, disciplines, and information systems
● Fast, Investigative, and Assisted Treatment for quick response to all kind of
events
● Customized reporting capabilities
● Time-shifted trend graphs, Log Viewer, and Quick Search for data analysis
● Powerful multi-layered graphics supporting animated symbols, import of
AutoCAD plans
● Built-in email, pager and SMS for remote notification
● Automatic import of CAD drawings and placement of symbols
● Ability to import a subset of the cameras configured for the VMS
● Wizard for network configuration
Adaptable to meet the needs of any facility
● Multiple client options for use at a dedicated workstation, in a browser, or as a
light desktop application
● User groups and profiles control and simplify site visibility
● Built-in profiles for building automation, fire safety and security users
● Adjustable pane layouts support beginners and power users
● Separate Operation and Configuration modes
● Flexible Views allow users to organize facilities and to view them as they want
Open, integrated system
● Standard protocol support for building automation, fire safety and security
systems
● IT compliant and IT environment enabled system
● Normalization and management of data from multiple sources
● Extended application development and support for simple and complex
systems
Robust system platform
● Built on proven Siemens SIMATIC technology and IT standard components
● Scalable to support small and large facilities
● Flexible to provide a wide range of applications
● Highly secure client-server communication
● Extendable to grow with a facility’s needs
1.1.3 User Interface
Desigo CC’s user interface provides effective system operation and control. It
presents well-arranged, relevant information to the user and is ready for interaction
without any overlapping windows. The user interface combines daily operation and
event handling. The System Manager (1) is a multi-pane window for navigating,
monitoring, and controlling all the components and subsystems of the site. Each
pane contains a functional component of the management system (for example, a
browser for navigating and selecting system objects, a viewer for displaying site
floor plans, tools for scheduling tasks, and so on). Event management (2) consists