Product specifications

Section 2 Configuration
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Entities, Reservation and Environments
Starting from System 800xA version 5.0 onwards the system provides an enhanced
multi-user support. Optionally the system can be extended for environment support
allows to have different system configuration in certain environments. So called
entities are available as base functionality at object types in the 800xA System to
enable multi-user engineering. The entity allows to lock (reserve) a project,
controller or applications to prevent simultaneous configuration of aspects and
Table 2. Overall Project Workflow Activities Site Engineering
Workflow Step Activities
Activities according overall
project workflow on
Engineering System (ES)
See Tabl e 1 .
Create System Configuration
Version on Production (PS)
Define System Configuration Version in System
Configuration Version Definition object /aspect in
the Maintenance Structure.
Execute Creation of the System Configuration
Version (full backup).
Export on ES Export known changes: Entities with or without
additional dependencies.
Import on PS Transfer archive with changes.
Import Archive.
If Configure-Deploy or Load-Evaluate-Go are going
be used on PS: Import Archive into Engineering
Environment.
Verify Changes in PS Verify trees/objects/entities changed:
If OK: Continue.
Else: Do corrections either on PS or ES.
Download / Activate
Changes in PS
If applicable: Download/activate changes
If on-line evaluation required: Use Load-Evaluate-
Go during download on the controller.