Setting up Email Alarms couldn’t be any easier in CBAS20. All you have to do is set up the Alarm on a point, check the Acknowledge box, and select Contacts. There is no acquiring an email account or setting up a program to send the email. Let me explain how this all important feature has evolved over the years.
Continue reading George’s CBAS Tips, July 2021Last month I went through procedures to create templates and use them to add Computrols BASnet controllers. Let’s continue with controllers using BACnet, Modbus, and OPTO communication protocols. While CBAS works with many other protocols, these are the most common.
Continue reading George’s CBAS Tips, June 2021Let’s say you are programming a new Computrols system and the AHUs or VAVs are the same or similar to the ones in another building you had already programmed and installed. Perhaps you are doing a remodel in the same building of a floor and the VAV boxes are the same configuration as another floor. Whether the controllers are our protocol, BASNet, or a third-party protocol like OPTO, BACnet, or Modbus, CBAS has a solution to make this easy for you.
Continue reading George’s CBAS Tips, May 2021About two years ago I spent three months of articles explaining the many Reports that are available in CBAS. Recently I was asked what kind of Report was available in CBAS to meet certain requirements of management analyzing the efficiency of the system:
Continue reading George’s CBAS Tips, March 2021The memory on X and LX controllers is pre-allocated from the factory. In some circumstances, you may find a need to adjust those settings depending on your specific application. Some of the things affecting the database scale are:
Continue reading George’s CBAS Tips, February 2021When you install CBAS20, a new Windows service called Computrols Live Service is installed and any previous Computrols services are uninstalled as they are no longer needed.
Continue reading George’s CBAS Tips, January 2021In the last 2 months, I have covered new features in the latest CBAS versions that enhance the way you view your CBAS database. I talked about the new Dark Theme and how to select or deselect it, which was added in CBAS 19. In CBAS 20, there are new ways of formatting Text View\All Points in order to make the points easier to read, especially on a large flat-screen display. The next feature we’ll cover has to do with that large flat-screen display or adding a second monitor.
Continue reading George’s CBAS Tips December 2020As I said last month, the latest CBAS versions have new features that enhance the way you view your CBAS database. I talked about the new Dark Theme and how to select or deselect it. That feature was added in CBAS 19. Now in CBAS 20, there are new ways of formatting Text View\All Points in order to make the points easier to read, especially on a large flat-screen display.
Continue reading George’s CBAS Tips November 2020CBAS 20, features several user interface refinements and customization options, one of which is a completely redesigned Dark Theme option.
The CBAS 20 installer program selects Dark Theme by default, but you can easily toggle between Dark Theme and the Classic theme as desired by following the steps below.
Continue reading George’s CBAS Tips October 2020
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