FoxMaker

FOX501

03 February 2016

The use of a clear and intuitive interface made it possible to achieve the desired combination of rich and flexible functionality and ease of installation and configuration.

The application is licensed freeware – for private as well as commercial uses – so that all users have free and unlimited access to its full capabilities.

Using the application does not require knowledge of programming, the graphical interface is divided into three sections:

Elements of project structure: devices, controllable outputs and realisable functions.
Window for editing project elements.
Additional tabs: information about the correctness of the project configuration and the console communication with the system.

The application is able to connect up to the running Fox system by the Fox NET module, automatically adding a list of manipulators and modules to the newly created project. In the the device’s editor, there is the possibility to show the resource inputs/outputs, giving them names and select a basic action configuration.

At this point, the user specifies that the first module output controls wall lamps in the living room, and a pair of the last outputs controls the engine of the blinds in the kitchen.

You are allowed to specify the system functionality in a clear relation between system events and its operations. This universal tool lets you connect your manipulators with any controllable element of the system.

Krótkie dotknięcie pola z podświetlaną ikoną w manipulatorze Fox TOUCH może przełączać Żyrandol w jadalni (moduł Fox DIMM), a jego dłuższe przytrzymanie sterować poziomem naświetlenia. Inny przycisk pozwoli podnosić, opuszczać i zatrzymywać Prawą roletę w jadalni (moduł Fox OUT). Kolejny będzie zmieniał nastawę koloru Paska RGB pod sufitem (moduł Fox LED).

The available functions do not only determine the reaction of the buttons, but also the basic system autonomy allowing to replace the user in the daily control of the house. Popular solutions for this are the heating control based thermometers built into the Fox TOUCH and Fox SET manipulators as well as schedules performing routine tasks.

The system will take care that in winter evenings the temperature maintains at a comfortable level, and while the residents’ absence the household stays warm on an economic way. On weekends, the blinds go up at nine in the morning, and lower at nine in the evening.

If the basic range of functionality is not enough for the more demanding user, the application offers the possibility of extensive configuration of automated system behaviours. The advanced task functions make it possible to determine complexe system behaviours. This configuration is created based on the convenient graphical editor operating on readible block connections.

Turning on the lighting button on the condition that another light is turned off and a sensor in the corridor is violated; automatic switch-off of the lights in the bathroom after some minutes of movement sensor inactivity – the user can specify this kind of system tasks thanks to the FoxMaker.

WARNING!

System requirements:

PC with operating system Microsoft Windows XP or new (32-bit or 64-bit),
Virtual Java Machine, version 7 or new (to download from http://www.java.com/pl/download/).