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Building Technologies Operating Instructions for ACS Operating and ACS Service CE1U5640en
HVAC Products 2 Processes Dec. 1, 2005
2.5 Working with a plant
2.5.1 Working with a plant
For every plant, the program generates a plant file. The properties of that plant can be
changed, or the plant file can be deleted again. For more information, refer to the
following chapters:
• Creating a plant
• Opening a plant
• Deleting a plant
• Plant properties
After the plant has been created and the connection to the plant has been
established, the information about the devices contained in the plant must be
transferred to the PC:
• Updating the device list
The generated device list can be used for navigating through the plant by means of
the device view. For more convenient navigation, it is also possible to generate a
user-defined plant view:
• Editing the plant view
For more information, refer to the following chapters:
• The first steps
• Working with connections
• Navigating through a plant
• Working with the devices
• Applications
2.5.2 Creating a plant
If this is the first time you work with the program, you can select where the plant file
shall be saved. Select the "Tools" menu – Options... and change the Default plant
path. In the future, new plants will then always be saved in that directory and existing
plants opened from there. We recommend to leave that path unchanged.
1. Select the "Plant" menu – New – Plant… to create a new plant.
2. The Save As dialog is opened: Enter the required File name of the plant file and
continue with Save.
3. The Plant properties dialog is opened where you can enter the description of the
plant and the communication parameters.
4. Since the plant file does not yet contain any devices, dialog Refresh device list?
appears now. Click the YES button. Then, a connection to the plant is opened and
the device list updated. The plant file is now completed. In the future, all
information about the plant will be saved in the plant file. When an application is
open, the name of the plant file appears beneath the toolbar.
Now, you can upload and change the data of the devices.
For more information, refer to the following chapters:
• The first steps
• Working with connections
• Working with a plant
• Navigating through a plant
• Working with the devices
Plant file
Updating the device list
Views
Creating a plant