About the kitControl palette

The kitControl palette provides a toolkit with which to manage building automation systems. The palette is a standard feature of .

Figure 1. Folders in the palette kitControl


The kitControl palette contains over 90 unique components across 12 folder categories (not counting ControlPalette). The folders in the palette reflect the types of components:

  • ControlPalette includes these subfolders: Points, Extensions, and Trigger. These standard control palette folders in the kitControl provide easy access to the simple control points, extensions, and timers, in addition to the kitControl components found under its other folders.

  • Alarm contains three extensions for alarming. One is expressly for a LoopPoint (setpoint-deviation) alarming. The others provide alarming options for a Boolean point with a DiscreteTotalizerExt. A fourth component provides alarm count monitoring of any Alarm Class, and includes a Boolean relay output.

  • Constants contains four components, one for each data category. Each provides a linkable status-type output, and a Set action for changing value.

  • Conversion contains 19 components that mainly convert status values to simple values, and vice versa. This folder also contains other special conversion types.

  • Energy contains 10 components for typical energy functions, such as degree day calculation and electrical demand limiting.

  • HVAC contains nine components for typical HVAC functions, such as interstart delay, lead-lag control, and sequence control. This folder includes Tstat (thermostat) and LoopPoint (PID loop) components.

  • Latches contains four components, one for each data category.

  • Logic contains 10 components, each with StatusBoolean output.

  • Math contains 23 components for processing one or more numeric input values to produce a StatusNumeric output.

  • Selects contains four components, one for each data category.

  • String contains six components with one or more StatusString inputs.

  • Timer contains five components. Three are timers: BooleanDelay, NumericDelay, and OneShot. Two are absolute timers: Current Time, and TimeDifference.

  • Util contains 16 various utility components including Expr (BQL Expression).