Create and run your first working solution in just minutes.

Get Started → First Solution - 5 min

First Solution (5 min) creates a working solution with:

  • Real-time data tags
  • Interactive display with controls
  • Live value updates
  • Running application

Prerequisites:

  • FrameworX Installed
  • On first launch, you may see a prompt from the AI Designer Tutor — accept it to walk this exercise with a guided companion, or skip and return to it later.

Create Your Solution (1 minute)

Launch Solution Center

  1. Start FrameworX
    • Windows: Start Menu → FrameworX → Solution Center
    • Or use desktop shortcut

Create New Solution

  1. Click New Solution button
  2. Configure:
    • Name: MyFirstSolution
    • Product Family: FrameworX
    • Location: Keep default or browse
  3. Click Create

(tick) Checkpoint: Solution created and appears in the solution list

Add Your First Tags (1 minute)

Open Designer

  1. Select your solution
  2. Click Edit - Designer opens

Create Tags

  1. Navigate to Unified Namespace → Tags
  2. Add Temperature tag:
    • Name: Temperature
    • Type: Double
    • Initial Value: 75.5
    • Description: Room Temperature
  3. Add SetPoint tag:
    • Name: SetPoint
    • Type: Double
    • Initial Value: 72.0
  4. Add SystemEnabled tag:
    • Name: SystemEnabled
    • Type: Digital
    • Initial Value: 1

(tick) Checkpoint: Three tags visible in the tag grid

Design Your Display (2 minutes)

Create Display

  1. Navigate to Displays → Draw → List
  2. Double-click MainPage to open editor

Build Interface

  1. Add title:
    • Drag TextBlock from toolbox
    • Enter: "My First FrameworX Solution"
    • Set font size: 24
  2. Add Temperature display:
    • From Assets tree, drag Temperature tag to canvas
    • TextBox appears showing value
  3. Add SetPoint control:
    • Drag SetPoint tag to display
    • Right-click → Dynamics → use Slider
    • Set range: Min=50, Max=100
  4. Add Enable switch:
    • Drag SystemEnabled tag to display
    • Right-click → Dynamics → use CheckBox
    • Set label: "System Enabled"
  5. Save display

(tick) Checkpoint: Display shows title, temperature value, setpoint slider, and enable checkbox

Run Your Solution (1 minute)

Start Runtime

  1. Click Run Startup in Runtime / Startup button in Designer toolbar
  2. Runtime starts and display opens

Test Your Solution

  • Move SetPoint slider - value updates
  • Toggle System Enabled checkbox
  • Observe Temperature value

Make It Dynamic (Optional)

  1. Return to Designer
  2. Select Temperature tag
  3. Add expression in Value column:
   @Tag.SetPoint + Random.Shared.Next(-5, 5)
  1. Restart Runtime - Temperature fluctuates around SetPoint

(tick) Success! You've created your first FrameworX solution

Next Steps

Topic

Description

Link

Understand the Platform

Learn architecture and concepts

Platform Overview

Build Real Solutions

Master the four-pillar methodology

The Four Pillars

Connect to Devices

Add real data sources

Connect to Devices

Explore Local AI

Run an ISA-88 plant model with an interactive Knowledge Graph and a local LLM chat panel.

Local AI Ontology Demo

Troubleshooting

Issue

Solution

Can't create solution

Run Solution Center as Administrator

Designer won't open

Check Windows version (10 or newer required)

Runtime won't start

Check Windows Firewall settings

Display blank

Ensure Runtime is running (green icon in system tray)

Tags not updating

Verify expression syntax

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