User Manual

Desigo workflow, tools and programming
Desigo Configuration Module (DCM)
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Field of application
DCM calculates the required materials for an installation from raw system data,
such as data points, panels, and building and plant structures.
You can use DCM to conduct analysis of variants after defining and completing
the installation structure by generating copies and then subsequently changing
the hardware specifications. If prices are stored in DCM, you can also compare
prices to find the best possible device for the money. You can copy the devices
calculated in DCM from the price lists or export them as an Excel file to
calculate a bid.
Flexibility
You can enter the data directly into DCM or import it as an Excel file for the
automation and Desigo room automation level.
The structure in DCM is hierarchical, but you can customize the structure
according to your requirements.
Management level
The required software licenses for the selected functions, devices, integrations
and data points are calculated on the management level. The licenses are listed
and the required software units are calculated.
Calculations can be made for new installations and for upgrades and migration.
To calculate upgrades and migration, you can import existing license keys. The
import provides the exact installed basis and explicitly allows additional,
required licenses and software units.
Devices for the Desigo Web Interface are also determined on the management
level. The calculation is based on the number of data points to be integrated in
the web interface and by the number of desired touch panels.
Desigo room automation level
The Desigo room automation level lets you create highly complex building
structures with the sublevels building, floor, zone, room, and room segment for
Desigo room automation.
The required hardware is calculated from the specified functions and/or data
points and/or KNX PL-Link and KNX devices. The specification follows a model
function set that is then assigned to the structure within the Desigo room
automation level. In addition, multiple model function sets can be created in a
project and each of them assigned as needed. A structure at the Desigo room
automation level may have multiple, assigned model function sets, and a model
function set can be assigned to different structures. As Desigo room
automation often uses the same structures and functions, you can indicate a
multiplier on each sublevel within the Desigo room automation level.
Automation level
At the automation level you can calculate the required hardware based on
specified data points.
You can choose and calculate many variants using presettings. Variants
include, e.g., the automation station type or I/O module type, larger automation
stations, or if plants are to be distributed among multiple automation stations.
You can also consider other criteria, such as available panel sizes.
Room automation
You can choose solutions with LON and/or KNX. You can choose predefined
solutions with drag & drop and then equip them with the required field devices.
This way you can create a sample room and replicate it as required.
Third-party devices
You can integrate third-party devices with protocols, such as LON, KNX,
ModBus, M-bus or OPC, on all levels.