CitectFacilities is Citect’s facilities management software. The strength of CitectFacilties has always been its reliability, (through redundancy at all levels of operation), and its open connectivity to multiple systems. In the release of CitectFacilities V7.0, Citect introduces support for multiple server clusters enabling users to further enhance the redundancy of their system or offer new topologies to meet the distributed needs of large facilities projects. The support for open protocols has been enhanced with a direct Konnex EIB driver; one of the most used protocols in Europe, and rapidly gaining in popularity across the world. The maintainability of CitectFacilities systems has also been improved with most changes being able to be made without needing to restart the clients.

The new software architecture in V7.0 permits a variety of new control designs. Users can choose centralized or localized control, according to their needs. The local distribution of the servers to each building means alarming and trending continue regardless of the reliability of networking or a central control room. If a network failure occurs within the system, historical tag data is passed from the local systems to the central server to maintain the data integrity. This topology also allows a single central server to act as a redundant system for a number of systems in each building, which leads to greater savings without jeopardizing reliability.

Furthermore, V7.0 offers a free Web client in each server license. This Web client allows the monitoring of facilities systems to be located on any PC within the business or in a central monitoring room. The Web client can be called from the combined alarm list through “ad-hoc clustering” to permit the operator to locate the exact graphics page within the local facilities system. The new dynamic-point licensing means client licenses need only be valid for the number of points used. Single building companies only pay for the points in that building while multi-campus companies benefit from attractive point-size license packages.

Scheduler
The Scheduler allows you to optimize your facilities systems, based on calendar events. For example, you can program the scheduler to switch off lighting and HVAC systems outside normal working hours. The calendar-based user interface is easy to configure. You can program "special days" for holidays or other irregular events. Control schedules can be configured during project development and changed during runtime.

Process Analyst
Citect’s Process Analyst allows Facility Managers and Operators to analyze the cause of disturbances throughout their facility by bringing together trend and alarm data on a single integrated display. If there is a fault in the air-conditioning system
and the temperature is deviating from set points, instead of comparing trend data with alarm logs from different pages, the Process Analyst allows the operator to simply select any alarm and variable that could have contributed to the disturbance. This
means the system fault can be identified, analyzed and rectified in less time with minimum disruption. The Process Analyst also allows operators to recognize patterns that may lead to disturbances so that they can be identified before a fault occurs.

Additional Features

• Zero maintenance, fully functional Web Client
• True client-server architecture
• Redundancy at every level with no special hardware requirements
• WAN capability with centralized database
• Supports dial-up modems
• Multi-CPU Support
• Read-only XML Web Service
• Continuous 24/7 monitoring
• Alarm management including alarm delay
• Comprehensive security features enabling restricted user access
• Read-only projects
• Multiple screens (up to 6 screens per workstation)
• Option for mobile Pocket technology
• Higher level reporting possible with CitectSCADA Reports
• Drivers for standard I/O devices and controllers
• Multi-project find and replace
• True color, facilities industry specific symbols
• Rapid development through pre-configured templates and genies
• Configurable graphic screens including .DXF drawing files and photos

Benefits

Enterprise-wide Centralized Monitoring
Immediate, continuous 24/7 visibility of multiple vendor systems and multiples sites leads to increased staff productivity, lower operating costs and improved tenant service.

Protects your existing and future facilities investment
CitectFacilities's open architecture and open protocols allow you to retain existing facilities equipment and add new building automation technology of your choice.

Low risk, low entry cost
CitectFacilities iis highly scalable from small to very large systems. This allows you to expand your CitectFacilities application at a pace that suits your business.

Remote access and mobility
Monitor your system remotely via the Internet with CitectFacilities's zero maintenance web client. The CitectSCADA Pocket option maximizes your mobility, using wireless technology, so that you can monitor and control your facilities systems wherever you are.

Increased Reliability
CitectFacilities design is centered on reliability, with multi-level, hardware independent redundancy to ensure constant communication from server to all remote I/O. Optional dual servers and dual networking can provide an additional level of reliability.

Rapid Development & Deployment
CitectFacilities easy-to-use configuration tools allow rapid development of graphic pages, alarms, tags and schedules, for any size system. This results in lower development costs & lower overall implementation costs.

Courtesy of Citect