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Building Technologies Operating Instructions for ACS Operating and ACS Service CE1U5640en
HVAC Products 2 Processes Dec. 1, 2005
appears, the name of the node or the description of the device can be changed.
For this command, you can also use the following button:
After the plant view has been created, it can be used for navigating through the
applications: "View" menu – Plant view.
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
• Applications
2.6 Navigating through a plant
2.6.1 Navigating through a plant
Select devices or data points from the various applications. To find the devices of a
plant, you have 2 choices:
• You work with the plant view, if you would like to use navigation matched to your
individual needs
• You work with the device view, if you would like to use bus addressing as a guide,
or if the creation of a plant view is not worth the effort
You can print the device view and the plant view.
For navigating through a plant, you can also use the following buttons:
Back: The node selected last appears
Forward: Reversal of action Back
One level higher: The node at the next higher level will be
selected
For more information, refer to the following chapters:
• The first steps
• Working with connections
• Working with a plant
• Working with the devices
• Applications
2.6.2 Navigating with a plant view
This function is not contained in all ACS7.. software packages. For more information,
refer to chapter Licensing.
The plant view is a self-created navigation tool designed to find devices and data
points in a plant. For information about the creation of a plant view, refer to chapter
Editing a plant view.
To navigate with the plant view, select the "View" menu – Plant view:
The plant view has a tree structure: Nodes (branches) of the tree can be opened or
closed by clicking + / - . Devices are displayed with special self-explanatory symbols.
Plant view
Device view
Plant view