Desigo™ PXC4 & PXC5

Automation system for HVAC and building services

Range overview

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 PXC4 & PXC5 – The flexible, reliable ...

The Desigo PXC4 & PXC5 automation and control system is optimized for control
and monitoring of heating, ventilation, air conditioning plants and other technical
plants in buildings. Scalability, energy efficiency, openness, and user-friendly
operation sets it apart.

Desigo Control Point – the embedded management station

Ergonomic operation from any location: Remote access means ease of use, and
independence. Automation stations can be accessed from any location and at any time via
Desigo Control Point. This offers low-cost monitoring and controlling of small to medium-
sized systems.

Desigo Control Point – Range of Touch panels

User-friendly, easy-to-understand, and flexible to use: Desigo PXC4 & 5 offers a choice of
touch panels to satisfiy the different requirements in terms of location and functionality.
They excel in intuitive handling with clear user guidance and full graphical displays.

Automation stations – scalable and open

Its scalability and openness distinguish the freely programmable automation stations for
primary plants. It meets all expectations associated with the control and monitoring of
building services. Modular in system design, the system can be ideally adapted to specific
requirements and needs, making cost-effective DDC technology a possibility even in
smaller HVAC systems. This innovative system strategy allows to extend the PXC4 &
PXC5 controller range in stages into a building automation and control system as and
when required. Desigo PX is consistent in its support of open communications, making it
easy to connect a wide variety of building services equipment on the basis of standard
open data interfaces.

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... and scalable automation and control system

Scalable integration platform

Desigo PXC4 & 5 allows for cost effective integration of third-party devices and
subsystems via Modbus and/or BACnet communication.

Project planning, engineering, commissioning, and service

User-friendly software tools are optimized for planning, configuration, and service. They
are supported by graphic interfaces and allow the access from remote via cloud.

Long-term experience
Siemens is the global leader in building automation and control as well as HVAC control
technology. Our development is based on expert knowledge and years of experience of our
engineers. The result is a reliable and user-friendly automation and control system: Desigo.

Highlights
 The system concept is universal in design
 BACnet communications for maximum openness
 User-friendly operation for any location and any function
 Decades of experience in building automation and control

Tested quality
BACnet® Testing Laboratories (BTL) is a registered trademark.
Products that are successfully tested by the BACnet Testing Laboratories
may bear the BTL label.

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 Desigo Control Point ...
Desigo Control Point – Developed to simplify building automation and
control tasks
A building is more than just four walls. We spend 90 percent of our life in buildings –
“Living”, sleeping, learning, working, and relaxing. This is why it is important to optimize the
building to these ends and increase our comfort. Desigo Control Point simplifies these
goals.

Desigo Control Point is a management station for operating and monitoring HVAC plants
and other technical services plants in small to mid-sized buildings. Many public and
commercial buildings can increase general comfort conditions, while saving energy.
Functionality can be adapted to any user needs and installation, allowing anyone to take
advantage of the functionality. BACnet support simplifies integration and operation of third-
party devices and systems

Desigo Control Point to be independent

At the office Mobile from anywhere. Alarms on the go

Desigo Control Point management station functions

Animated graphics display the plant state Efficient alarm management

Schedulers based on occupancy Reports for documentation and analysis

Online / offline trends for analysis Energy dashboards as an overview

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 ... Embedded management station
Function overview

 Plant graphic: Fast and targeted monitoring and  Energy dashboards: Display and compare energy
operation of the system using animated and real-life consumption based on a comprehensive library of
plant images. graphics and configurable elements.
 Schedulers: Central programming of all time-  Haystack interface: Access by external IT systems
controlled building services functions. for BACnet objects in a Desigo system via Haystack
 Alarming: Detailed overview of alarms to quickly tagging or Haystack REST APL.
localize and eliminate errors. Haystack is an initiative to simplify data access in the
 Alarm Routing: Flexible routing of alarms to Internet of Things (IoT), optimized to the needs of
cellphones and PCs via e-mail or SMS (via the SMS building automation and control (http://project-
gateway). haystack.org/).
 Trend: Comfortable analysis of trend data to Application examples: Data access with HTML 5.0
optimize operations and increase energy efficiency. browsers, customized apps, via SAP, etc.
 Reports: Customizes snapshots of values and  Heating curve: Graphical display of the heating
display in report form. Reports provide information curve with the ability to modify parameters.
on plant operation analysis as well as for evaluation  Engineering: Flexible and efficient creation of
and documentation purposes. Data points can be customized operation, based on graphic libraries
filtered by alarm status or object types. Export as either using the optimized offline tool or via web
CSV file. Send report by e-mail or save to an FTP browser during operation.
server.  Commissioning and service: Integrated tool for
 Generic operation: An efficient tool for navigation HTML 5.0 compatible web browsers.
through the hierarchical tree-structure to all the data  Access management: User access rights can be
points in the system. These points can then be read assigned down to individual data points (read/write
or manipulated, depending on the access rights of access).
the user concerned.

Efficient and intuitive remote plant operation …

... that is Desigo Control Point

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The Desigo touch panel product range provides intuitive monitoring and operating of
multiple plants. The user-friendly graphic interface is optimized for building automation and
control.

Plant operation
The touch panels operate plants with graphics and tables tailored to the individual needs of
the customer. The touch panels are installed in the panel doors close to the technical
building plant. They also integrate alarm management, graphic trend display, scheduler
programs, graphical heating curve, and animated plant graphics.

Energy consumption display

The Desigo touch panels display energy consumption and encourage users to save energy
with easy-to-understand graphics. A large library of displays and comparisons are available
to individually design user-friendly energy dashboards. Mounting kits are also available for
installing the touch panels on walls.

Touch panel function overview

 Animated plant graphics  Energy dashboards: Consumption display available
 Central programming of all time-controlled building on-site
services functions  Generic operation of all data points and parameters
 Detailed overview of alarms to quickly localize and  Engineering: Flexible and efficient creation of
eliminate errors. customized operation
 Graphical trend displays  User management: Define access rights
Heating curve: Graphical display of the heating
curve with the ability to modify parameters

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... Touch Panels
Touch panel features
PXM30, PXM40, PXM50:
 Robust, high-quality, suitable for industrial installations,
24/7
 Capacitive displays
 Supports multitouch gestures (swipe, zoom, etc.)
 Widescreen
 LED to display alarms on an inactive screen
 Brightness sensor
 Optimized for panel mounting

Additional properties PXM40, PXM50

 Wall-mount option
 Aluminum frames
 Theft protection
 Power over Ethernet (PoE)

BACnet touch panels (BACnet/IP)

The BACnet/IP touch panels can be connected anywhere on a BACnet network and permit
generic operation of all connected devices. The project-specific graphics and tables are
saved in the touch panel.
The integrated web functions support the user on site to resolve technical or operational
problems by a technician.
Remote access via web browser or remote alarming by e-mail is also supported.

Product range overview Type Data sheet

BACnet touch panels with own data storage PXM30.E A6V11664137
and integrated web server function PXM40.E
7.0 "10.1 ", 15.6 " PXM50.E

Touch panel clients (TCP/IP) and Web interface

The touch panel clients (TCP/IP) can be used together with PXG3.Wx Web interface. The
PXG3.Wx interface saves all project-specific data for multiple touch panels. It also permits
access via web browser and sends alarm messages by e-mail.

Product range overview Type Data sheet

Touch panel clients (TCP/IP) A6V11664139
7.0 " PXM30-1
10.1 " PXM40-1
15.6 " PXM50-1

Web interface for touch panel clients: PXG3.W100-2 A6V12304192

Data storage is integrated in the PXG3.Wx PXG3.W200-2
interface

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 Operation and monitoring
Comfortable operation tailored at the right place
The various intuitive operations provide excellent coverage of various requirements with
regard to location and functionality: on the panel, in the technical plant rooms or with a web
browser from anywhere at any time. It permits inexpensive monitoring and operating of
small to mid-sized plants.

Location Products Application User

Office Desigo Control Point – Embedded building management Operate and Building
Remotely station monitor operator
Remotely
Office via web
clients
Panel doors Touch panels On-site Technical
operation services
manager

Panel TXM... Manual Service

intervention technician

Operation with Desigo Control Point – Embedded building management

station
 Inexpensive plant monitoring and operation: Anytime from anywhere via tablets or
notebook using a standard web browser thanks to the web interface.

Plant operating via touch panels and operator units

 The Desigo touch panels PXM30, PXM40 and PXM50 are comfortable to operate and
monitor complex building technical plants.

Manual operation on the panel

 The Desigo I/O modules include facilities for manual/emergency operation of plants and
for the display of operating states.

One building.
Various users.

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 Automation stations and system controllers

The PXC4 Automation Stations and the PXC5 system controllers offer flexibility and ease
of use in the control and monitoring of building automation systems.

The modern system approach allows for cloud connection to all PXC controllers and offers
user friendly operation via Desigo Control Point.

Comprehensive system functions such as alarm management, time scheduling and trend
data storage cover all the requirements associated with the operation of a building.

Decentralized automation stations operate autonomously with consistently net-worked

BACnet communication, guaranteeing a high level of operating reliability

Integration of third-party devices via Modbus enlarges the feature list for optimized
controllers.

Efficient engineering and commissioning are supported by the modern tool ABT site via
WLAN connection, via Ethernet or via Cloud.

You also benefit from uniform equipment design. Thanks to the optimized product concept,
installation, maintenance and replacement are quick and cost-efficient.

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 Alarm management
One of the most important functions of a building automation and control system is the
automatic alarm for faults in building automations plants. The management of alarms
(generation, display and handling) must be simple, efficient and consistent at all levels of
the system. Desigo uses the BACnet alarm functions, and supports the following three
types of alarms with up to 256 alarm priority levels:
 Basic alarms (for alarms not requiring user interaction)
 Simple alarms (for alarms requiring acknowledgment)
 Extended Alarms (alarms requiring acknowledgement and reset)

Alarm messages
An alarm is automatically recorded, registered, and forwarded to the PXM30/40/50 or to
the Desigo management station. Meaningful alarm messages are also sent to remote
devices including cell phones, PCs, web browsers via e-mail.
Alarm lists provide a view of all pending and time-stamped alarms at a glance and permit
straightforward processing.
Operators are notified by pop-up windows and optical/acoustic signals.

Alarm routing
Alarms are routed based on time and priority. This guarantees uninterrupted routing, even
if the operator is not there. Overviews support the user to quickly and correctly handle
alarm situations.

Alarm overview on PXM30/40/50 touch panels or on a web client

Scheduler/calendar
Schedulers control workflows and processes on basic building automation and control
functions on a day-to-day basis. Ventilation, heating, air conditioning, are controlled based
on office and operational hours in offices, banks, restaurants and schools.
Schedulers ensure that the temperature setpoints are lowered at night in the building. It
also ensures that certain rooms are not air-conditioned during vacations and holidays and
plants are only operated as needed.
Scheduler programs are saved and processed directly in a decentralized manner on the
automation level. The primary plants continue to operate autonomously in the event the
network failures.
.

Calendar program on PXM30/40/50 or

on a web client

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 Trend data storage
The fully integrated trend data processing stores real-time (online) and historical (offline)
data. The trend functions allow to monitor and fine tune plants.
The Desigo system uses trend log objects per BACnet standard to be accessible by any
other client.

Gathering options: Query, change of value (COV)

Trend options: Continuously, one-time pass, defined timeframe.

Trend graphics can also be displayed on the PXM30/40/50 touch panels as well as on
Desigo Control Point web clients

Access rights to data

Access rights are comfort functions to filter information per the individual needs of the
customer. In other words, the resident engineer or the service engineers, for example, only
have access to the information at a strict-need-to-know basis.
Only authorized personnel can access the operator units. This requires the entry of a name
and password. The access rights can also be assigned in detail, down to even an
individual data point. Desigo uses the following access levels:
 Internal, extended service, and basic service
 Administrator, extended operation and basic operation

Handing certificates and IT security

Handling of certificates to ensure IT security of the control system is an integral part of the
engineering process and allows for easy handling of these tasks without special know how.

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 Automation stations PXC4...

Compact, freely programmable automation stations for HVAC and building services
plants. Can be extended with TXM modules.

 System functions such as alarming, schedulers, trend functions and access security
 Stand-alone application or for use within a building automation system
 Generic object viewer via an embedded web-based interface
 Direct connection for field devices.
 Extensions possible with TXM modules
 PXC4.x16: Integration of communicative field devices, e.g. variable speed drive via
Modbus
 Engineering and commissioning with the user-friendly ABT Site tool
 BACnet communication on IP or MS/TP, in compliance with the BACnet standard
including B-BC profile (Rev. 1.15)
 WLAN interface for engineering and commissioning
 PXC4.E16 / PXC4.E16S: Cloud connectivity and integrated Web operation

Function PXC4.E16 PXC4.E16S

PXC4.M16 PXC4.M16S
Communication PXC4.E16, PXC4.E16S BACnet/IP
PXC4.M16, PXC4.M16S BACnet MS/TP
Number of inputs/outputs (Onboard) 16 16
Number of universal inputs / outputs (UIO) 12 12
Number of relay outputs (DO) 4 4
Number of inputs/outputs (Onboard + TXM) 40 40
Number of Modbus data points via RTU 40 0
PXC4.E16: also over TCP
Number of Modbus RTU devices on a field level network 31 0

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 PXC4 Input/output extension

Type

TXM1.8U-ML

TXM1.8X-ML

TXM1.4D3R
TXM1.6R-M
TXM1.16D
TXM1.8D

TXM1.8U

TXM1.6R
TXM1.8X

TXM1.8P

TXM1.8T
Number of inputs/outputs 8 16 8 8 8 8 6 6 8 8 7
Number of universal inputs / outputs (UIO) 8 8
Number of universal inputs / outputs (XIO) 8 8
Number of relay outputs (DO) 6 6 3
Number of digital inputs (DI) 8 16 4
Number of TRIAC 6
Number of Inputs (P) 8

Local override − − − ● − ● − ● − − −
LCD indication − − − ● − ● − − − − −
3 color I/O status LED ● − − − − − − ● − − ●
Green I/O status LED − ● ● ● ● ● ● − ● ● −

UIO Universal inputs/outputs support the following signal types:

- Passive sensors LG-Ni 1000, 2x LG-Ni1000, Ni 1000 DIN, Pt 1000 (375,
385), NTC 10k, NTC 100k
- Resistance sensors 1000 Ohm, 2500 Ohm, 2650 Ohm,
1000...1175 Ohm (for setpoint shift)
- Active sensors DC 0 ... 10 V.
- Binary potential-free contacts for signaling functions
- Counters to 25 Hz (electronic switch to 100 Hz)
- Analog outputs DC 0…10 V
XIO Universal inputs/outputs support the following signal types:
- Same as UIO, and in addition
- Current input 4...20 mA or 0...20 mA
- Current output 4...20 mA on outputs 5 to 8
DO Relay outputs AC 250 V for binary controls, changeover contact
(NO, NC, pulse)
TRIAC TRIAC: Permanent contact, pulse width modulation
DI Binary output: Status signal (NO/NC), Signal pulse, Meter 10 Hz (DI 1-8)
P Pt100 4 wire, 0…250 Ohm, Pt1000 / 0…2500 Ohm, LG-Ni1000

I/O modules with additional functionality

TXM1.6R-M TXM1.8U-ML and TXM1.8X-ML

Local override, three-colored LEDs Local override, LCD

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 System controller PXC5

System controller for the integration of Modbus and/or MSTP devices or

subsystems.

 System functionality such as alarming, schedulers, trend functions, access protection

with individually defined user profiles and categories
 Integration of Modbus and /or BACnet MS/TP devices and sub-systems
 Generic object viewer via an embedded web-based interface
 Engineering and commissioning with the user-friendly ABT Site tool
 BACnet communication on IP or MS/TP, in compliance with the BACnet standard
including B-BC profile (Rev. 1.15)
 WLAN interface for engineering and commissioning
 Cloud connectivity

Function PXC5.E003
Communication BACnet/IP
2-port Ethernet Switch 1
RS 485 interface for Integration of BACnet/MSTP devices and systems 1
RS485 interfaces for Integration of Modbus devices and systems 1
Number of Modbus data points via RTU and/or TCP 500
Number of Modbus RTU devices on a field level network 128 *)
Number of MS/TP devices on a field level network 60
Integrated web operation yes
Integrated cloud access yes

*) The number of possible RTU subscribers depends on the distance and the Baud rate.
Up to 247 subscribers can be connected to a network using repeaters.

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 ABT Site ... for flexible and intuitive…
Professional software tools and a wide range of proven application function blocks are
available for engineering the automation stations.

ABT site
The engineering tool ABT Site is a user-friendly software tool that is easy to use and
geared to technical processing of customer projects. That includes planning, configuration,
commissioning and final adjustment of the automation station with the associated program.
A variety of report functions are available for documentation purposes.
Thanks to its intuitive design of Desigo ABT site, makes it easy to begin working without
time-consuming training.

Efficient engineering with blocks

The project-specific HVAC applications are configured, programmed, commissioned and
maintained using the CFC Editor. The CFC Editor is a graphics editor based on block and
data flow techniques. Predefined and tested application function blocks are assembled to
create the controls applications required.
CFC can be used offline in the office as well as online in the plant room allowing for fast
and efficient commissioning thanks to actual process values displayed in the programm
structure.

ABT GO
ABT GO allows commissioning via an easy to use App from your mobile. Functions such
as I/O testing as well as reporting (incl. photos of the plants) are inclueded.

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 ... set-up, programming and commissioning

Set up system: Project Settings / Building view Set up points: I/O Configuration/Modbus editor

Program device: graphical programming with CFC editor Create graphics: Desigo Control Point
offline engineering

Wiring test: Easy to use mobile app ABT GO to simplify commissiong.

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 Can be extended in stages at any time
The Desigo PXC4 & PXC5 building automation and control system can be supplemented
in stages and extended, meeting the need to optimized flexibility. The modular structure
adapts to any building type and size and makes it possible to invest in stages. This
ensures long-term protection to your investment and optimizes added value.

Improve operation, step-by-step

Desigo Control Point Touch panels can be supplemented as needed in equipment
rooms or on a floor.

Increased ease of service

Remote operation via web solutions increases ease of service throughout the life of the
building.

Desigo room automation

The unique and flexible solution for all room automation tasks to reduce energy
consumption at a maximum level of comfort.
Desigo room automation provides a product range of solutions with room operation for
HVAC as well as lighting and shading.

Desigo CC – The integrated building management platform

The Desigo CC management platform offers comfortable, system-wide multistation
operation of distributed building complexes, uniting innovative management of building
comfort, security, and energy distribution.

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Published by:
Siemens Switzerland Ltd.
Smart Infrstructure
Global Headquarters
Theilerstrasse 1a
6300 Zug
Switzerland
Tel. +41 58-724 24 24 © Siemens Switzerland Ltd 2020
www.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies Delivery and technical specifications subject to change without notice

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