To program the SF1, a telephone gateway allowing remote control of a unitary controller network, American Auto-Matrix^® has developed the SF1 Engineering Tools package. Windows-based, it enables the user to create and program an SF1 database off-line and to download it to a remote SF1 via modem. Additionally, the user can upload system variables, database objects, trend and alarm information from remote SF1 area controllers; this information can then be modified for use in other Windows applications like word processors and spreadsheets.

	Uses a standard Windows drag-and-drop technique to copy information from one SF1 database to another
	Creates a project "library" with standard SF1 database configurations to drag and drop into other projects
	Multiple projects can run simultaneously
	Can save SF1 databases onto a floppy disk for use in other computers running SF1 Engineering Tools software
	Connects to SF1s using PHP protocol with either a modem or direct EIA-232 connection
	Utilizes up to four ports/modems in host computers and can run up to four Virtual Terminal sessions simultaneously
	Ability to download and upload a complete or partial database to a remote SF1
	Ability to automatically gather trend data and alarm messages
	Uses the Trend Viewer to convert SF1 trend data into comma-delimited format for interfacing with other Windows applications
	Displays alarm messages using the Alarm Log
	Security management
	Extensive on-line help system