Transcript the new JACE 5R-AX

NIAGARA MOBILE
Gareth Johnson
June, 2012
© Tridium 2012
Agenda
A little
Background
Introducing
Mobile Apps
Demo
Web – 10 years ago
• Early browsers
– HTML fairly basic
• Poor layout and styling control
– Disparity in behaviour and standards support
• Java used for visualisation
– Niagara R2 and Web Applets for Niagara AX
Web – recent years
• More browser choice
– Emergence of HTML5 as dominant standard
• Arrival of SmartPhones and Tablets
– iPhone set the standard for mobile browsers
– Introduced concept of Web based Apps
Mobile Computing
• The rise of Apps
– Software dedicated to tasks
• Usually single task
• Typically not a universal toolkit
Types of Apps
• Native App (for specific Operating
System)
– iPhone/iPAD, Android, Blackberry, Windows
– Niagara Examples
• J2, Tyrrell eBMS, Distech, Think Simple...
Browser Apps
• HTML5, CSS and JavaScript now widely
supported
• Multi-Platform support a reality for
browsers
Mobile Apps for Niagara
Open Web Apps – configured in Station
Serves views
and data to
browser
Framework for
multiple apps
• Optimised for mobile devices
• SmartPhones and Tablets
• Touchscreens
• Desktop also supported
• Tridium and third party possible
• BajaScript API used for data
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Demo
Mobile Apps for AX
• New Station components
– Box Service
– Apps folder
– Mobile Apps set
• New Mobile user profile
• Px Views engineered for mobile profile
– Px Editor is assembler, not WYSIWYG
– Views autosize for small browser screens
Developers
• Niagara Mobile Apps API:
– Add custom Field Editors for Px and
Property Sheet App
– Custom themes
• Create your own Mobile Apps
– BajaScript
– Velocity
– Niagara App API
Questions?