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A dashboard provides an easy-to-understand display of the current values from key sensors in a building. Here is an example:
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[[images/sample_dashboard.png]]
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This document explains how to create Dashboards. You can create one Dashboard for each building in the BMON system. Any or all of the sensors associated with the building can be displayed in the Dashboard.
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This screenshot shows the three different types of Dashboard Widgets (the Gauge has a light red background because its value is outside the normal (green) range):
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[[images/widget_types.png]]
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To create a Dashboard for a building, log into the Admin interface and navigate to the screen that allows you to edit or configure the building. More details are provided in [[this article|Adding Buildings and Sensors]] but the basic steps are:
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To create a Dashboard for a building, log into the Admin interface and navigate to the screen that allows you to edit or configure the building. More details are provided in [this article](Adding Buildings and Sensors) but the basic steps are:
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- Go to the main Home screen for the Admin Interface by clicking the `Home` link in the upper left corner of your current screen.
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- Click the `Buildings` link in the left column of the `Home` screen.
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At the very bottom of the editing page for the building should be a section for Dashboard items and the first blank Dashboard item is shown:
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[[images/dashboard_item_blank.png]]
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A Dashboard is made up of individual Widgets arranged in rows and columns. For the sample Dashboard shown above, there are five Widgets in the first row (a Label, two Green/Red LEDs, and two Gauges), and four Widgets in the second row (a Label and three Gauges). So, to create this Dashboard, you would need to enter nine different Dashboard items for the building.
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... | ... | @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ A blank Dashboard item is provided to start with, and additional items are creat |
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Here are sample inputs for a Gauge Widget:
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[[images/gauge_inputs.png]]
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The `Widget Type` input is a dropdown showing the three different Widget types, `Gauge` being the selection here. Next, you need to specify where this Widget is to be located in the Dashboard. Row and column numbering starts with 1, and this Gauge is to be located in the second column of the second row. It is best to sketch out your Dashboard before entering values so that it is easy to determine row and column locations of the Widgets.
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Here are sample inputs for the Red/Green LED Widget:
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[[images/led_inputs.png]]
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The first two rows of inputs have the same meaning as for the Gauge Widget. The important settings for the LED Widget are the `Minimum normal value` and `Maximum normal value`. If the sensor value is within this range, the LED will be colored Green. If the sensor value is outside of this range, the LED will be Red. In this example, the sensor selected reads a set of alarm contacts on a boiler. The dry contact sensor reports a 0 when the alarm contacts are open and a 1 when they are closed and an alarm is occurring. So, Minimum and Maximum normal value inputs are both set to 0, because 0 is the only value that indicates no Alarm.
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Finally, here are sample inputs for a Label Widget:
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[[images/label_inputs.png]]
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This Widget simply shows a label in the Dashboard; the Widget is *not* linked to any sensor. The only inputs that are used are the `Widget type`, `Row number`, `Column number`, and `Widget Title`, which is the label that will be displayed.
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