User Manual

Desigo workflow, tools and programming
Coverage of the technical process
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4 Desigo workflow, tools and programming
The Desigo tools cover parts of the technical process and parts of the Desigo
system.
Main tools
The most important tools are:
Desigo Configuration Module (DCM): For designing the Desigo system in
the sales phase
Xworks Plus (XWP): For engineering, commissioning and servicing Desigo
PX system components
Automation Building Tool (ABT): For engineering, commissioning and
servicing Desigo system components
Special tools
There are also special tools, e.g.:
Tools for configuring and commissioning specific product families, such as
RXT10 for the configuration of room devices on LON
Tools for specific tasks, such as the AL Migration Tool for the migration of
legacy system components to Desigo PX
See
Automation level migration, Engineering manual
(CM110776).
4.1 Coverage of the technical process
The Desigo tools are used in the technical process, especially for designing the
system in the sales process, for engineering, commissioning, and servicing. The
tools have interfaces to specific tools of the regional companies, such as tools
for designing electrical wiring diagrams.
The Desigo tools cover the entire technical process from sales to service:
Sales
Planning
Engineering
Installation
Commissioning
Service
For service operations the Desigo tools support remote data access to project
data via Branch Office Server (BOS). SSP provides the service platform.
Coverage of the technical process by Desigo tools:
Europe Sales Planning Engineering Installation Commissioning Service
STST
DCM
XWP
ABT
Coverage of the technical process by Apogee and Desigo Tools: