# What is a WebCTRL® system? The WebCTRL® building automation system offers an intuitive user interface and powerful tools to help facility managers keep occupants comfortable, manage energy conservation measures, identify key operational problems, and analyze the results. The web-based WebCTRL® system can be accessed from anywhere in the world through a web browser. On a workstation or mobile device, you can perform building management functions such as: adjust setpoints and other control parameters set and change schedules graphically trend important building conditions view and acknowledge alarms run preconfigured and custom reports on energy usage, occupant overrides, and much more
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## A typical WebCTRL® system A WebCTRL® system uses a network of microprocessor-based controllers to control heating, air conditioning, lighting, and other facility systems. A web-based server communicates with these controllers and generates the WebCTRL® interface that the user can access through a web browser. Through the interface, you can gather information, change operating properties, run reports, and perform other building management functions on a single building, an entire campus, or a network of facilities that stretch around the globe. A typical WebCTRL® system may include: The WebCTRL® client uses a web browser to access the WebCTRL® Server application as a website. Access and security options may include:
## WebCTRL® editions and optional packages A WebCTRL® system is available in 3 editions: Standard, Advantage, and Premium.
| WebCTRL® edition
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Feature | Standard | Advantage | Premium
Unlimited simultaneous users |  |  |
Multiple operating systems and databases |  |  |
Mobile devices |  |  |
Custom graphics and dashboards for equipment, system, floorplan and campus visualization |  |  |
Alarms |  |  |
The following alarm actions: Send SNMP trap Web service request Write property Write to database |  | Requires Advanced Alarming Package | Requires Advanced Alarming Package
Trends |  |  |
Hierarchical schedules |  |  |
Time-lapse |  |  |
Third-party integration |  |  |
Secure server access using TLS |  |  |
International languages (International English, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Vietnamese) |  |  |
Reports: |  |  |
Run preconfigured reports |  |  |
Schedule reports |  |  |
Import custom reports |  |  |
Create custom reports (current and legacy) |  | Requires Advanced Reporting Package |
Discovery and communication with Carrier Open and CCN controllers |  | Requires WebCTRL® Superset Package | Requires WebCTRL® Superset Package
Points (all input and output points regardless of vendor) | 200 | 500 | Unlimited
Supports licensed add-ons |  | * |
Advanced security features |  | Requires Advanced Security Package | Requires Advanced Security Package
* Does not support the Automated Demand Response add-on. Optional WebCTRL® packages
Package | Features
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Advanced Reporting* | Report Manager that lets you create: Custom reports A legacy-style report designer for creating the following reports: Equipment Values Trend Samples
Advanced Security | Location-dependent operator access Requirement of operator comments and operator verification prior to accepting system changes
Advanced Alarming | The following alarm actions: Send SNMP Trap Web Service Request Write Property Write to Database In addition to running an alarm action when an alarm or return-to-normal occur, alarm actions can be set to run: After a delay period Based on a schedule group's occupancy status
WebCTRL® Superset | Allows discovery of and communication with Carrier Open and CCN controllers.
Multi-CCN | Allows for mulltiple CCN Bus 0's for a WebCTRL system that has the WebCTRL Superset optional package. See the CCN Integration Guide for information on using this feature.
* These features are included in WebCTRL® Premium. This package can be purchased for WebCTRL® Advantage. NOTES An optional package is enabled when you install a license that provides the optional package. What you can see and do in the WebCTRL® interface depends on your system's edition, optional packages installed, and which privileges have been assigned to you.
## WebCTRL® tools A WebCTRL® system includes the following tools. Design Tools
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EIKON® | Create control programs and Properties pages.
ViewBuilder | Create graphics, touchscreens, and BACview® screens.
SiteBuilder | Create and modify the system database and associate control programs and graphics with equipment.
Third-Party BACnet Utility | Use discovered BACnet information to choose and address microblocks for third party BACnet integration.
EquipmentBuilder | Generate the following files from a library of pre-defined applications. Control program (.equipment) Graphic (.view) BACview® file (.bacview), if applicable to the equipment Sequence of operation (.odt) Visio schematic (.vdx)
Start-up, Commissioning, and Service Tools
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Field Assistant | Service or start up and commission a piece of equipment or a partial network of controllers.
Test & Balance | Calibrate airflow in VAV zone controllers, commission air terminals, and override reheat and terminal fans.
Virtual BACview® | Let your laptop serve as a local interface to a single piece of equipment.