Training Manual

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 Contents
1. General.........................................................................................................................1
2. Logging On..................................................................................................................2
3. Main Page....................................................................................................................3
3.1. WorkStation Toolbar.............................................................................................3
3.2 History Bar............................................................................................................5
3.3 Alarms Pane and Alarm View...............................................................................6
4. Navigation Page...........................................................................................................8
5. Floor Overview..........................................................................................................10
6. Plant Overview..........................................................................................................11
6.1. Forcing Points..................................................................................................12
6.2. Trend Chart View............................................................................................14
6.2.1. Trend Chart Event Icons..............................................................................15
6.2.2. Trend Chart Navigation Bar.........................................................................18

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 1. General
Schneider Electric will provide training for CIT and its nominated representative(s)
starting at the end of the Contract Period not later than four weeks after Practical
Completion. This shall comprise onsite training for four people for project specific
training.

The onsite training will include the following:

Showing the location for controllers and panels and explain their functionality
Showing the BMS servers, rack and other hardware used to monitor and
control
General navigation of the Struxureware headend software and tools
General troubleshooting techniques

Training provided shall be sufficient for CIT engineering staff to understand and
modify graphical points and schedules within the system.

The following graphics are from SEs project as a sample and are subject to change.

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 2. Logging On
Use the Welcome to StruxureWare window to log on to WorkStation.

Logging on
Start up Local
To access the Building Management System on a computer within the network
Start up StruxureWare Software
Log in using Your Unique Username and Your Unique Password
Domain should be left as Default
Server should be left as localhost
Once successfully logged in you will be directed to the Main Page

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 3. Main Page
After logging on you will be presented with this page

This is the main front page that you can navigate to anytime by clicking on the
Home tab at the top panel

Quick Introduction to WorkStation Environment

3.1. WorkStation Toolbar

Upon logging on, the WorkStation toolbar will be available at the top of the screen.
Use the buttons on the WorkStation toolbar for easy access to commands you use
frequently.

Button Description

Log Of

Click to log off from WorkStation.

Workspace

Click to open the Workspace menu

where you can select a workspace.

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 Control Panel

Click to open the Control Panel

where you get access to some of the
most used administration functions
in StruxureWare, such as alarms,
domains, user accounts, backup and
archiving, and engineering.

New

Click to open the New submenu

where you create new objects.

Open in New

Click to open the selected object in a

new window in the work area.

Save

Click to save changes.

Cut

Click to cut the selected objects. The

objects are placed on the clipboard.

Copy

Click to copy the selected objects.

The
objects are placed on the clipboard.

Paste

Click to paste a copied or cut object.

Delete

Click to open the Confirm delete

dialog box where you delete the
selected object.

Cancel

Click to cancel the latest command.

Refresh

Click to refresh the selected object

or workspace.

Print

Click to print the selected object.

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 Help

Click to open StruxureWare help.

3.2 History Bar

Use the History bar to go back and forward to pages you have visited before.

Button Description

Back

Click to go back to a view you have

visited before in the selected
window.

Forward

Click to go forward to a view you

have visited before in the selected
window.

Continuation:

1. Choose the BUILDINGS tab at the top of the page to go into the Building
Navigation page

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 3.3 Alarms Pane and Alarm View
Use the Alarms pane and Alarm View to survey and manage alarms.

Alarm Panel Commands Description

Acknowledge Click to acknowledge the alarm state

or reset state.

Enable alarm Click to enable the alarm. If the

alarm state changed, for example
from alarm state to normal state
during the time the alarm was
disabled, the alarm is given the new
state once it is enabled.

Disable alarm Click to disable the alarm. The alarm

is disabled and cannot be
acknowledged or reset until it is
enabled.

Unhide alarm Click to show the alarm.

Hide alarm Click to hide the alarm from the

Alarms pane. The alarm is still
logged in the event log.

Release Click to release an alarm that is

assigned to you.

Add comment Click to add a comment to the

alarm.

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 Add cause note Click to add a cause note to the
alarm.

Add action note Click to add an action note to the

alarm.

Checklist Click to view the checklist of the

alarm.

Show/Hide Group Box Click to display the Show/Hide Group

box to group and sort objects.

Save Current Settings Click to save the current list of

values.

Quick Filter Enter a word or a character to filter

on.

1 Alarm Priority Applies filter to select specific

priority alarms

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 4. Navigation Page
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Sub-Menu

This is the main page that will allow for easy navigation to all the different areas of
the BMS by selecting the appropriate tab at the top.

Selection of the buttons on the main tab will alter the available tabs in the Sub-Menu:

1. Home will lead back to the Main Page covered in section 2

2. Buildings will lead to a display of the various Building layout 3D overviews
3. Boiler will lead to displaying a summary of the Hot Water plants
4. Chiller will lead to displaying a summary of the Chilled Water plants
5. Cooling Towers will lead to displaying a summary of the Cooling Tower plants
6. Energy will lead to displaying a summary of the Electrical Power meters
7. Alarms will lead to a display of the various Building Alarms
8. Schedule will lead to a display of the various Time Schedules
9. Calendar will lead to a display of the various Holiday/Exclusion Calendars
10. Weather will display a three day weather forecast.

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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

This is the Building Specific page that will allow for easy navigation to all the different
areas of the selected Building by selecting the appropriate tab at the top:

1. Home will lead back to the Main Page covered in section 2

2. Floor will lead to a display of the various floor layout overviews
3. Alarms will lead to a display of the various System Alarms
4. Schedule will lead to a display of the various Time Schedules
5. Calendar will lead to a display of the various Holiday/Exclusion Calendars
6. Weather will lead to a page displaying a three day weather forecast.
7. Back/Forward will navigate to the last historical selected page

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 5. Floor Overview

By clicking on the Ground Floor tab on the top panel, you will be directed to this
page where you can get a quick overview of the floor conditions.

Selection of the buttons on the main tab will alter the available tabs in the Sub-Menu:

1. Use the Pop-out menu on the left to bring up a status page of the floor
systems

a) Fan, Heating and Cooling Status

b) Temperature Sensors and Setpoints

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 c) Graphs/Trends

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 6. Plant Overview
2. Navigate via the Sub-Menu to select between various systems

b
c
d c

a) Unit/System and location

b) Emergency Contact Details
c) Functional Description
d) Unit/System Conditions and Setpoints
e) Note: Alarm condition ACTIVE
f) Trend chart

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 6.1. Forcing Points

While on the AHU graphics, it is possible to force certain points on the page:

1. Force Damper Position:

To force damper positions, click on the damper you would like to force
1. Then under properties box that pops up, click on force value
2. Set the damper position, as a percentage, that you would like to
force to
3. Press ok. This will save the damper point to be forced to the set
value

2. Force Enable:

To force the supply or return air fan, click on the button immediately
below the fan graphic
1. Then under properties box that pops up, click on force value
2. Set the value to True or False
3. Press ok. This will save the fan enable to be forced to the set value

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 3. Force Valves:

To force valve positions, click on the valve you would like to force
1. Then under properties box that pops up, click on force value
2. Set the valve position, as a percentage, that you would like to force
to
3. Press ok. This will save the valve point to be forced to the set value

4. Force Temperatures:

To force the temperature, click on the temperature you would like to

force
1. Then under properties box that pops up, click on force value
2. Set the temperature to what you would like to set as
3. Press ok. This will save the temperature point to be forced to the
set value

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 6.2. Trend Chart View

Throughout the system graphic pages, there will be a set of icons referencing
relevant Trend Charts. Use the Trend Chart view to graphically display trend log
records and events by clicking on these icons.

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The graphical view of the trend chart would look something similar to this.
1. By pressing on this series tab, you can see the values that is being logged on
this chart
2. Can click on individual logged points to hide from the chart, or to make it
visible

6.2.1. Trend Chart Event Icons

When using trend charts, sometimes trend chart event icons may appear. These
icons will allow you to get further information on various trend log events. Heres a
list of these event icons:

Icon Description

Log was started

Indicates that the trend log started

recording values.

Log was stopped

Indicates that the trend log stopped

recording values.

The log is not configured

Indicates that the trend log is not

correctly configured or preferences
are missing, so the trend log cannot
start recording values.

A log value was missed

Indicates that one or more records

were missed due to interrupted
communication, hardware failure, or
software failure.

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 The log configuration was
updated

Indicates that the settings of the

trend log were updated. The change
is described in the ToolTip of the
event.

Record was added

Indicates that a record was manually

added. The new value is described in
the event ToolTip.

Record was edited

Indicates that a record was manually

edited. The change is described in
the ToolTip of the event.

Record was added and

commented

Indicates that a record was manually

added and commented. The new
value and comment are described in
the ToolTip of the event.

Record was edited and

commented

Indicates that a record was manually

edited and commented. The
changes are described in the ToolTip
of the event.

Record was commented

Indicates that a record was

commented. The comment is shown
in the ToolTip of the event.

Log was cleared

Indicates that a trend log was

cleared.

Meter was changed

Indicates that the meter was

changed or that the settings were
configured. This icon only applies to
the meter trend log.

Values exist outside the

viewable area

Indicates that values exist before

the values displayed in the trend

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 chart area.

Values exist outside the

viewable area

Indicates that values exist after the

values displayed in the trend chart
area.

System clock changed

Indicates the system date and time

of the server where the trend log is
located has been changed

Override

Indicates that the recorded value is

overridden by the hardware and is
not the measured value.

Forced

Indicates that the recorded value is

forced by the software and is not the
measured value.

Log database restored

Indicates that the log database has

been restored and that, when the
log restarts, there can be a time gap
in the log series.

Log reset by extended log

Indicates that the log has been

cleared by the extended trend log
due to a log database restore.

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 6.2.2. Trend Chart Navigation Bar

Use the Trend Chart navigation bar to horizontally scroll the trend chart.

Component Description

Scroll to the first value

Click to scroll back to the first value

of the trend chart in WorkStation.

Scroll fast backwards

Click to scroll fast backward.

Scroll backwards

Click to scroll back.

Live Update Select to have the trend chart

automatically adjust itself according
to the latest trend log record in
WorkStation.

Scroll forwards

Click to scroll forward

Scroll fast forwards

Click to scroll fast forward.

Scroll to current client time

Click to scroll full forward, that is, to

the latest value of the trend chart in
WorkStation.

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