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Standard plant structures
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Global objects
Site : A site is a self-contained area in terms of location, function and
organization, usually a building or a group of buildings (facility). Example:
Building 6
Global area : The global area contains all the global components of the site.
There is one global area per site.
Global objects are data objects which exist simultaneously in several
automation stations at the automation level, e.g., an exception calendar for the
time schedules of all plants. These objects are combined as a virtual system in
a global area and can be invoked as such.
Component : A global area may contain several components, such as 3
calendars, 18 notification classes for alarm distribution. Each component is
present on all automation stations of the site. For operation, however, each
component is visible only once.
Room automation with Desigo RX
Site : A site is a self-contained area in terms of location, function and
organization, usually a building or a group of buildings (facility). A site can
comprise several plants. Example: Building 6
Area : An area is typically a building, and can comprise subareas, sections,
components and subcomponents. Example: Building
Subarea : A subarea is typically the wing of a building and can comprise several
sections. Rooms can be directly subordinate to a subarea. Example: Building
wing, staircase
Section : A section is typically a floor in a building and can contain various
rooms. Example: Floor
Software objects, which need to be displayed and operated even though they
do not exist as physical elements in a real building, are also treated both as
sections (e.g., via grouping criteria, such as east facade or emergency group 12)
and as components (e.g., group object for distribution of centrally determined
control variables to several rooms).
Room : A room is a section of a building that is delimited by walls, ceilings,
floors, windows and doors. Example: Individual room, hall
Site
Global area
Component
Site
Area, Subarea,
Section
Room
Structure
Elements
Structure
Elements