The kitControl palette contains various components that you can use in combination with points, both simple control points and proxy points. Whereas proxy points read (and possibly write) data from (and to) remote devices, kitControl provides the “data manipulation” building blocks that let you further process that data. Included are HVAC components like a PID loop and sequencers, a variety of boolean logic components, math components for numeric values, and miscellaneous others. Together with proxy points and schedules, kitControl components provide the basis of the “common component model” for modeling control logic. See “About Scheduling” in the NiagaraAX-3.x User Guide.

Usage of kitControl components is entirely optional. It is possible to build a monitoring-type application where only proxy points (and perhaps a few simple control points) are used. This would allow real-time data monitoring, plus user-invoked “action” overrides through writable points’ right-click command menus. As needed, you could also add extensions to the proxy points for alarming and history collections.